Year 10

Curriculum Map

This curriculum map provides an overview of the art and design journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of artistic styles, techniques, and influential artists alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop creative expression, technical skills, and critical appreciation appropriate to their age and stage.

Half Term	Unit(s) of Work	Key Assessments
Autumn 1	Personal Creative Enquiry: Skills Project 4 Mini colour landscapes looking at colour theory Mark-making exercises texture and atmosphere - foundations in expressive drawing and printmaking Techniques using 6B pencil, charcoal, and white pencil on black paper Blending colour, building tecture through layering Washes, layering, transparency, wet-on-wet and dry techniques Opaque layering, impasto, brushwork techniques, colour mixing Stitching, embroidery, thread drawing, using textiles as a medium Combining materials, layering papers, photo montage, cutting and pasting Layering different media, exploring textures, combining techniques Personal and meaningful final piece using chosen media and techniques Creative statement
Autumn 2	Introduction to landscapes A3 title page, mood board, and artist brainstorming Annotated analysis and artist response in watercolour Pencil, charcoal, and ink drawings from direct observation or photographs Media experiments in sketchbook with annotation Artist research page with analysis and personal interpretation Mixed media test pieces with written reflections Contact sheet and annotated plan of final composition Sketches and colour tests for final outcome Ongoing development work, process photos, and mid-point critique Feedback session and refinements based on critique Finished final artwork and high-quality presentation
Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2	Personal Creative Enquiry: Organic Artist section and artists research Bacteria samples using glue and brusho materials Flower painting, using the techniques of bleeding and black ink over the top Mark making booklet from pervious knowledge taught in year 7, 8, and 9 Fruit drawings on a larger scale using a material of student choice Fruit 3 can be completed in lesson or homework Skull drawing using a range of pencils / human figures that are consecutive line drawings Wool ribcage using an image and textured wool Bird skulls using the bleeding technique with a black pen over the top for mark-making Leaf drawings, stippling technique taught in skills project Design four final ideas Final outcome

Half Term

Unit(s) of Work

Key Assessments

Autumn 1

Personal Creative Enquiry: Skills Project

4 Mini colour landscapes looking at colour theory
Mark-making exercises texture and atmosphere - foundations in expressive drawing and printmaking
Techniques using 6B pencil, charcoal, and white pencil on black paper
Blending colour, building tecture through layering
Washes, layering, transparency, wet-on-wet and dry techniques
Opaque layering, impasto, brushwork techniques, colour mixing
Stitching, embroidery, thread drawing, using textiles as a medium
Combining materials, layering papers, photo montage, cutting and pasting
Layering different media, exploring textures, combining techniques
Personal and meaningful final piece using chosen media and techniques
Creative statement

Autumn 2

Introduction to landscapes

A3 title page, mood board, and artist brainstorming
Annotated analysis and artist response in watercolour
Pencil, charcoal, and ink drawings from direct observation or photographs
Media experiments in sketchbook with annotation
Artist research page with analysis and personal interpretation
Mixed media test pieces with written reflections
Contact sheet and annotated plan of final composition
Sketches and colour tests for final outcome
Ongoing development work, process photos, and mid-point critique
Feedback session and refinements based on critique
Finished final artwork and high-quality presentation

Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2

Personal Creative Enquiry: Organic

Artist section and artists research
Bacteria samples using glue and brusho materials
Flower painting, using the techniques of bleeding and black ink over the top
Mark making booklet from pervious knowledge taught in year 7, 8, and 9
Fruit drawings on a larger scale using a material of student choice
Fruit 3 can be completed in lesson or homework
Skull drawing using a range of pencils / human figures that are consecutive line drawings
Wool ribcage using an image and textured wool
Bird skulls using the bleeding technique with a black pen over the top for mark-making
Leaf drawings, stippling technique taught in skills project
Design four final ideas
Final outcome

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