Fine Art
Mrs. M.
Chengadu
Head of SubjectFine Art
“Our Art students and teachers are engaged, and excited to be in our classrooms.”
Studying Fine Art at Ferndown Upper is an engaging and diverse space which allows our pupils to develop creative and analytical thinking. We encompass a broad range of materials, techniques, and conceptual development that allows our students to build confidence & understand the process of becoming a young independent artist. Lessons are engaging, diverse, and challenging – building on knowledge and skills each academic year. As the Head of Fine Art, I am keen for students to have access to a broad and varied curriculum, which through lesson planning, trips, and 1-1 feedback is personalised to our individual students.
Meet the Art Department
Mrs. M.
Chengadu
Head of Fine Art
Ms. F.
Liddiard
Teacher of
Art and Photography
Ms. A.
Bailey
Teacher of Art, Textiles and Photography
Curriculum Overview
Please rotate your device to landscape to view the Curriculum for years 9, 10 and 11.
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
PROJECT:
PARTY TIME
Baseline Assessment
Formal Elements: food items
Artists: Thiebaud/POP ART
PARTY TIME
Painted final piece: watercolour
PROJECT: WAR
collage, drawing, designing
Artists: DADA, John Heartfield, Raul Haussman, Hannah Hoch.
PROJECT: WAR
German Expressionism
Printmaking final piece: lino cut or poly print.
GCSE INTRO;
PROJECT: MY PERSONAL ARTEFACT
options begin
Formal Elements
CLAY FINAL PIECE
Personal artefact made in clay.
VANITAS/STILL LIFE
Artists:
17C Dutch still life
Audrey Flack
Sari Shryack
Picasso
VANITAS/STILL LIFE
-Photography
-Composition development
Final piece: watercolour still life
IDENTITY/PORTRAIT
-Symbolism
-Facial ratios
-Photography
Artists: Basquia, Expressionism
IDENTITY/PORTRAIT
Final piece: Acrylic portrait
ENVIRONMENT
Collage
Formal Elements:
-Experimental backgrounds
-Conceptual development
-Narrative & Layering
ENVIRONMENT
Final piece: Mixed media
PAST PAPER
MOCK EXAM
Checklist for students
PAST PAPER
Mock Exam 5 hour final piece (day off timetable)
MARK & FEEDBACK
COMPLETION OF COURSEWORK (60% for all projects)
EXAM JAN 1st
Real Exam Paper
Checklist for students
EXAM
Composition development
Exam sat over two days: Final piece created in 10 HRS.
Exams Marked/Moderated
AQA MARKS ENTERED
External Moderation
Extra-Curricular Opportunities & Enrichment
We host regular visiting artists and workshops. In 2024, we hosted two visiting artists who provided practical workshops for our students. We have hosted GCSE trips to galleries, and Year 12 begin their final major project with a trip to the National Gallery in London which allows them to gain further insight through the gallery’s curation and related artworks to their chosen historical piece. 6th form are also offered bi-weekly enrichment sessions in Art, where a small group create a variety of different mini-projects using clay, card, weave & more!
Year 9 & GCSE Art club: runs every Wednesday 2.40-3.55pm
Careers Links
Useful Information for Parents
All subjects have class TEAMS pages which are updated weekly with learning resources and homework tasks.
Project planners, checklists and deadlines are provided in sketchbooks and online.
Fine Art students at FUS produce ambitious, highly personalised outcomes that reflect both technical confidence and individual voice. They respond thoughtfully to feedback, refining their skills while pushing beyond initial ideas to explore greater conceptual depth. We have a range of materials in the department to provide students the opportunities for degree level work: from the darkroom, to printmaking facilities including metal plate etching, as well as oil paints, glazes & building our own canvases.