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Art & Design
Cambridge Primary
Why Study Cambridge Primary Art & Design?
Cambridge Primary Art & Design gives learners a platform to express themselves, sparking imagination, creativity and developing transferable skills. Students explore and push boundaries to become reflective, critical and decisive thinkers. They learn how to articulate personal responses to their experiences. (Cambridge Assessment International Education, n.d.)
What will students learn?
Students develop creative skills that will help with many aspects of their future learning and development. They will:
- learn to see themselves as artists and become increasingly reflective and independent
- develop the skills needed to express creative ideas and to communicate visually
- understand their place and the place of others in a creative, innovative and interconnected world.
How is the programme taught?
Cambridge Primary Art & Design is taught through a broad range of investigative, artmaking and reflective activities. These include a number of study areas, for example painting, print making, model making or digital art. This course supports progression to Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design.
PRIMARY ART & DESIGN
Assessment
There are no Cambridge Primary End of Year Assessments in this subject. The emphasis of Cambridge Primary Art & Design is for teachers to focus on formative feedback on the understanding and skills they want students to develop. This subject is assessed in the online classroom through discussion, observation and lesson outputs where teachers discuss with students ‘what went well’ and how they can improve further, so they can reflect on and improve their performance.
Course Fee
The fee for Cambridge Primary Art & Design can be paid in monthly or termly instalments.
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For more information about Cambridge Primary Art & Design, please click here.
Art & Design
Cambridge Lower Secondary
Why Study Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design?
Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design course gives learners a platform to express themselves, sparking imagination, creativity and developing transferable skills. Students explore and push boundaries to become reflective, critical and decisive thinkers. They learn how to articulate personal responses to their experiences and to think about how their artistic development will support them throughout all areas of their education. (Cambridge Assessment International Education, n.d.)
Key topics covered in the course
Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design students:
- learn to see themselves as artists and become increasingly reflective and independent
- develop the skills needed to express creative ideas and to communicate visually
- understand their place and the place of others in a creative, innovative and interconnected world
- make increasingly informed decisions about the art and design they encounter, engage with and produce
- understand the role of creative arts in society
- analyse and reflect on creative intentions and ideas, practices and outputs from different perspectives.
Prior requirements and hours of study
Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design course assumes no prior knowledge and starts from the basics. It requires 2 – 3 hours per week of study time for your child to complete Year 7, 8 or 9.
LOWER SECONDARY ART & DESIGN
Assessment
There are no Cambridge Lower Secondary End of Year Assessments in this subject. The emphasis of Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design is for teachers to focus on formative feedback on the understanding and skills they want students to develop. This subject is assessed in the online classroom through discussion, observation and lesson outputs where teachers discuss with students ‘what went well’ and how they can improve further, so they can reflect on, and improve, their performance.
Course Fee
The fee for Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design can be paid in monthly or termly instalments.
For more information about Fees and Discounts, please click here.
For more information about Cambridge Lower Secondary Art & Design, please click here.
