Grove Academy Senior Phase S4/5/6 Course Choice Booklet 2021/22 1 CONTENTS Courses Page Nos Art and Design Portfolio Course 4-7 Art & Design 7-11 Photography 11-14 Biology Biology 15-22 Business Studies Accounting 23-26 Administration and IT 27-30 Business Management 31-35 Chemistry Chemistry 36-40 Classical Studies Classical Studies 41-43 Computing Science Computing Science 44-46 Design and Technology Advanced Engineering Program 47 Engineering Science 48-49 Design and Manufacture 50-51 Graphic Communication 52-53 Practical Woodworking Skills 54 Practical Metalworking Skills 55 Drama Drama 56-59 Creative Industries 60-63 English English 64-69 Geography Geography 70-73 Travel and Tourism 74 History History 75-77 Home Economics Health & Food Technology 78-80 Fashion & Textile 81-84 Practical Cookery 85-86 Bakery 87 Early Education and Childcare 88 Maths Maths 89-95 Modern Languages Modern Languages 96-99 Modern Studies Modern Studies 100-102 Sociology 103-104 Politics 104 2 National Social Subjects 105 Music Music with Performing 106-113 Music with Technology 114-119 Creative Industries 120-123 Physical Education Physical Education 124-129 Physics Physics 130-135 Religious, Moral & RMPS 136-139 Princes Trust 140 Scottish Baccalaureate in Science 141 Flexible Pathways Courses Employability Pathways 142 S4 Employability program 142 SFA Coaching Academy 142 Fitness Industry Training Academy 142-143 S4 Industry Preparation Programs 144 Plumbing & Electrical Preparation program 144-145 Hospitality Industry Preparation program 145-146 Future Skills College 147 Foundation Apprenticeships 148-150 Skills for work Courses Please see separate College Senior Phase Choice booklet 3 ART and DESIGN PT MRS S MIKKELSEN Art and Design: Portfolio Preparation Course Non-Certified Course (S6 Pupils Only) The portfolio course provides pupils with a specialist body of work when applying to both College and University when considering a career in Art and Design. All candidates are expected to have a range of high quality work to submit either through E-portfolios or a hard copy in an A1 folder when applying for courses. It is strongly recommended that pupils who take the portfolio course have successfully taken Higher Art and Design. Course Description This non-certified course is designed to provide pupils with a wide range of skills and to allow pupils to generate work tailored to their specific course requirements.
Portfolio production is very time consuming and pupils must invest a considerable amount of their own time too. The course will compromise of short units in both expressive and design areas. Some of these units may be covering graphic design, product and 3D design, portraiture, still life and photography. Progression: • HNC/HND courses at college.
• Various Degree courses. Pupils re required to pay £10 towards the cost of mounting card for presenting work in portfolios. They will also be expected to buy appropriate materials themselves to enhance their individual projects and also cover the cost of photography paper and printing as required. Higher: The skills that learners gain by successfully completing the course will be valuable for learning, life and work.
Learners will investigate and analyse how artists and designers have used materials, techniques and/or technology to develop their ideas for creative and expressive impact. They will develop creativity and complex problem solving skills when experimenting with materials, techniques and/or technology and experiment with different ways to realise their creative ideas. Learners will also develop their critical thinking and reflective skills when reviewing and refining their work. The aims of the course are to enable learners to: • Communicate personal thoughts, feelings and ideas through the creative use of art and design materials, techniques and/or technology.
4 • Analyse a range of art and design practice and critically reflect on the impact of external factors on artists and designers and their work. • Plan, develop, produce and present creative art and design work. • Develop personal creativity, using problem solving, critical thinking and reflective practice skills. Course Structure The course has an integrated approach to learning and includes a mix of practical learning and analysis of art and design practice.
In the course, learners will draw upon their detailed understanding of art and design work and practice. They will experiment with using a range of selected art and design materials, techniques and/or technology to develop their own creative ideas. Learners will develop a range of complex problem solving skills and a critical understanding of the impact of social, cultural and other external factors on artists’ and designers’ work and practice. Expressive Portfolio (Higher) This unit helps learners to develop their personal thoughts and ideas in visual form.
In the unit learners will develop critical understanding of artists’ working practices and the social and cultural influences impacting their work. They will select stimuli and produce investigative drawings and studies. They will develop and refine their expressive ideas and art work, experimenting with and using a range of materials, techniques and/or technology in 2D and/or 3D formats in response to the stimuli. Learners who complete this unit will be able to: 1.
Analyse the factors influencing artists and art practice. Produce creative development ideas for expressive art work. The expressive portfolio has a total mark allocation of 100 marks.5% of the overall marks for the course assessment. Design Portfolio (Higher) In this unit learners will plan, research and develop creative design work in response to a design brief.
They will develop their creativity, problem solving and critical thinking skills as they consider complex design opportunities and work to resolve design issues and constraints. In the unit, learners will develop critical understanding of designers working practices and the social and cultural influences impacting their work. They will develop and refine their design ideas by experimenting with and using a range of materials, techniques and/or technology in 2D and/or 3D formats. Learners who complete this unit will be able to: 1.
Analyse the factors influencing designers and design practice. Produce creative design ideas and development work for a design brief. The design portfolio has a total mark allocation of 100 marks.5% of the overall marks for the course assessment. 5 The portfolios are now marked separately out of 100.
In total the practical portfolios are out of 200 marks. The marks contribute to 77% of the overall marks for the course assessment. The course overall is graded A-D. Marks for all course components are added up to give a total course assessment mark which is then used as the basis for grading decisions.
This is one of two components of course assessment. The other component is a question paper. The portfolio has two sections. Section 1, titles Expressive will have 100 marks.
Section 2, titled Design will have 100 marks. Art and Design: Critical Question paper 60 marks Candidates have 2 hours to complete the question paper. The question paper assesses candidates’ knowledge and understanding of the work and practice of artists and designers and how social and cultural contexts impact on art and design works. The questions are designed to assess candidates’ ability to: • Explain the methods used by artists and designers to achieve visual impact and creative and/or functional effect.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the impact of different external influences on art and design works. • Analyse art and design works and critically respond to unseen prompts and images. The question paper has a total mark allocation of 60 marks. This is 23% of the overall marks for the course assessment.
The question paper has two sections. Section 1: Expressive Art Studies This section has 30 marks. It contains six extended-response questions, one mandatory and five optional. In this section, candidates answer three questions in total, the mandatory question and two of the five optional questions.
Section 2: Design Studies This section has 30 marks. It contains six extended response questions, one mandatory and five optional. In this section candidates answer three questions in total, the mandatory question and two of the five optional questions. The portfolios are: • Set by centres within SQA guidelines.
• Conducted under some supervision and control. • Submitted to SQA for external marking. All marking is quality assured by SQA. 6 RECOMMENDED ENTRY: • N5 Art and Design • N5 English Homework: Learners can expect to be given at least 2 hours of homework per week.
All pupil will complete homework in order to reinforce and develop learning, understanding and skills. Homework will vary and include researching and developing ideas through drawing and other media. Pupils will also receive written homework for revision tasks for practice exam questions. • There is an expectation that learners will attend the department at extra times for extra tuition and support to ensure they meet the deadline and produce work to the best of their ability.
The department is also open to pupils at lunchtime. • There is an expectation that pupils will work at home on their own initiative to finish off class work as required. Career Paths: Art and design can lead to a wide range of courses at college and university and a variety of careers such as: Animation Architecture Costume and Theatre Design Fashion Design Game Design Graphic Design Illustration Interior Design Jewellery Design Product Design Sculpture Teaching Advanced Higher Art and Design The new Advanced Higher is preparing pupils at a higher level who wish to continue down a creative field. This course is recommended for pupils who intent on following in a career path in Art, Design, Product Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Photography, Textile, Jewellery and Fashion Design.
This course offers a great range of choice where pupils will initially make the choice of focusing on either Design or Expressive. The course is producing a Portfolio of work producing a minimum of eight single-sided A1 sheets (or equivalent) and a maximum of 16 single-sided A1 sheets along with a written Critical Analysis which links to their area off study. Course assessment structure: portfolio Portfolio 100 marks. 7 The portfolio has a total mark allocation of 100 marks.
This is 100% of the overall marks for the course assessment. The portfolio assesses candidates’ ability to apply design skills and integrate them with their knowledge and understanding of design practice. Throughout the portfolio, candidates have the opportunity to demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding by: • selecting a design brief / statement of intent • producing a practical work, including investigative research and development of ideas • resolution and realisation of a final piece of work • applying an understanding practice in their design/expressive work by using materials, techniques and/or technology to experiment with design/expressive elements • producing a contextual analysis by selecting a design work/ artwork relevant to their practical design/expressive work and discussing the impact of related contexts through analysing the features of the design/expressive work • reflecting on their design/expressive process and design/expressive work The contextual analysis has a maximum of 2,000 words. If the word count exceeds the maximum by more than 10%, a penalty is applied.
Marks are allocated as follows: Section 1 — practical design work 64 marks Section 2 — contextual analysis 30 marks Section 3 — evaluation 6 marks At this level pupils will be expected to produce a high volume of practical work and undertake investigative studies in sketchbooks, portfolio work as well as study and respond to artists/designer’s work. Internal assessments are carried out throughout the academic year. The portfolio submission to SQA is the end of May. Pupils are required to pay £10 towards the cost of mounting card for presenting work in their Advanced Higher portfolios.
They will also be expected to buy appropriate materials themselves to enhance their individual projects and cover the cost of photography paper and printing as required. Pupils who wish to continue with Advanced Higher should speak to Mrs Mikkelsen for further information regarding the course details. 8 NATIONAL 5 The National 5 Art and Design course allows candidates to improve their skills base and broaden their horizons regarding the range of careers available to them. Throughout the course, candidates develop creativity, perseverance, independence and resilience.
Learning through art and design also develops candidates’ ability to critically appreciate aesthetic and cultural values, identities ad ideas.