Art & Design
The Arts Award’s mission at CP Riverside is to support our students in enjoying the arts, connecting with and taking part in the wider arts world, and developing creativity, communication, and leadership skills. The Bronze Arts Award is a fully accessible course to all students, no matter how creative they think they are. It supports and encourages them to unlock their potential and discover their creativity and talent.
Students take an active part in arts activities and experience the arts as audience members. Researching an artist who inspires them creates role models within the industry, and leadership skills are developed through passing on their art skills to others.
As they participate in this journey, their confidence in communicating ideas, creating masterpieces, and building self-esteem and talent soars. The Arts Award allows students to experience the world of the arts that might otherwise be inaccessible to them. It provides insight into artistic practitioners and cultural organisations. The students will aim to finish the course, achieving a level 1 qualification (RQF) and a portfolio of work they can be extremely proud of.
Our Art and Design classroom is equipped with a variety of materials in both 2D and 3D disciplines. Prompts are provided, but where possible, students are given a choice in the themes they explore and how they want to express them visually. Students will have access to different techniques and materials such as clay, paint, dry media, screen printing and marbling: all to give them tools with which to explore and express their ideas.
This subject allows students to explore themes that interest them, thereby encouraging self-expression and idea generation. This learning area is valuable in developing students’ patience and perseverance and gives them the opportunity to have new experiences.
For Post-16 destinations, this qualification demonstrates that the student has ideas, can work to briefs, and can produce a portfolio of work, showing an incredible amount of self-discipline and hard work. It would allow a student to go on to study any creative subject at college, or to enter a creative industry as an apprentice, while showcasing their development of life skills such as idea generation and independence.
Please click on the link below to view the Arts Award Annual Curriculum Plan
