Expressive Arts
Introduction
The Expressive Arts Faculty delivers Art, Music, Drama, Performing Arts and Media
Studies. All Key Stage 3 students study Art, Music and Drama in each year on a carousel timetable.
The Expressive Arts Faculty delivers GCSE courses in Art, Music and Media Studies and BTEC courses in Performing Arts and Media Studies. Courses in Expressive Arts subjects at Key Stage 4 are optional, rather than core and students who choose these subjects enjoy a very “hands on” practical course.
Department Team
Curriculum Leader for Expressive Arts – Miss G Lennox
Subject Leader for Drama – Miss H Gardiner
Subject Leader for Music – Mrs G Gillingham
Subject Leader for Media Studies – Miss J Farnworth
Subject Teacher for Art – Miss M Marshall
Subject Teacher Music and Drama – Mrs C Smith
Homework
At Key Stage 3 homework is partially set as a project task that spans approximately 4 weeks. The task combines the practical skills of our subjects. The current year 7 task is:
‘ Design and make the stage set for a musical, book, film or play and write an accompanying song.’
Student work is displayed in the Link Corridor cabinets and through exhibition.
At Key Stage 4, homework tasks are on-going and tend to be elements of the course work requirements, eg. sketchbook work, preparation for performance and design work.
Extra-Curricular Opportunities
Key Stage 3:
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Art Club – E6
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Flute Group – E2
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Singing Group – E8
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Show Rehearsals
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Peripatetic Lessons
Key Stage 4:
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Art Tuition – E6 and E7
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Performing Arts – drop in sessions any day after school
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Music – by prior arrangement

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Media Studies – by prior arrangement
Gifted and Talented Students
Key Stage 3
At the end of each cycle Expressive Arts staff update our register of the most able learners as more students are identified. Progress of these students is monitored and intervention occurs where appropriate.
Examples of opportunities in Expressive Arts includes:
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Involvement in The School Production – acting, lighting and stage management, singing and playing musical instruments
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Art workshops delivered by Post 16 providers
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Cross phase links with local primary schools in Music and Art
Resources
Expressive Arts Key Words
Art: line, shape, tone, pattern, colour, texture, form, composition, scale, techniques, composition, design, cultural, visual, creative, materials.
Drama: set design, gesture, audience, articulation, mime, cast, theme, director, accent, scene, stage, perform.
Music: composing, performing, listening, timbre, texture, duration, pitch, dynamics, structure, tempo, silence, rhythm, treble, bass, beat.
Media Studies: audience, representation, advertising, marketing, popular music, news, evaluation, genre, anchoring, bias, broadsheet, critical, stereotype, text, objective, subjective, tabloid.
Course Overview – KS3:
Art Year 7 – “The Visual Elements”. Hundertwasser and Gaudi. “ Portraiture.”
Year 8 –“ Burger, Box and Bag Design”. John Burgerman and Erica Burns
Year 9 –“ Identity”. Frida Kahlo. “Text and Texture” sculpture project.
Drama Year 7 – “Improvisation and Characterisation”
Year 8 – “ Script.” Blood Brothers and Soap Saga
Year 9 – “World War Two.” Empathy and Emotion.
Music – Composing, Performing and Listening in all years across the following themes:
Year7 – Musical Elements, African music and William Tell
Year 8 – Orchestra, Indian music, Classical and Romantic periods
Year 9 – History of Pop music, East Asian music, Jazz and Blues, Film

Course Overview KS4
GCSE Art:
Pop Art and Food. Giant Animal Eyes and Tribal sketchbook.
AO1 – Developing ideas through critical understanding
AO2 – Refining ideas, experimenting and working in different media
AO3 – Recording observations and making your work relevant
AO4 – Presenting a personal response and completing work.
GCSE Music – A range of styles of music based on the five areas of study:
AO51 Rhythm and Metre
AO52 – Harmony and Tonality
AO53 – Texture and Melody
AO54 – Timbre and Dynamics
AO55 – Structure and Form
Linked to three strands
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Western Classical music
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Popular music of 20 th
and 21 st
centuries
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World Music (African, Indian and Caribbean)
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BTEC Performing Arts
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Devised – Monologue & Improvisation
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Scripted
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Make-up for stage
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Production process
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Musical theatre
GCSE Media Studies
Research, produce and evaluate from the following topics:
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Radio
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Promotion of music
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Filming
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Advertising
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Writing for media
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Film production
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Gaming
Key Web Links www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art www.bbc.co.uk/arts www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music
Google “GCSE Music Revision”