Visual Arts & Creative Technology
ART & DESIGN MAKES CHILDREN POWERFUL
Visual Arts & Creative Technology at Bonus Pastor is a catalyst for cultural development; studying a wide range of arts practices across time and place to assist students develop a tolerance and understanding of the world in which we live.
The VACT department comprises Art, Fine Art, Graphics, Photography, Applied Art and Food. Students learn how to record, analyse, develop ideas, make final outcomes and evaluate using a range of materials and techniques.
We assist students in enhancing their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, capacity to formulate and communicate ideas and emotions, while also nurturing the self-confidence that young adults require to excel and take initial steps towards higher education and employment.
Our courses are enhanced with a variety of creative clubs, Arts Awards qualifications, gallery visits, and international trips to New York.
Visual Arts & Creative Technology Big Ideas
Visual Art & Creative Technology is about human creativity and expression. It's about understanding how things look, how they communicate, and how they work. In this subject, we explore how ideas in art and design come together across time and place. We learn how design influences our daily lives and how art shapes the world around us. Moreover, it instils qualities of ambition, resilience, tolerance, and creative adeptness, fostering holistic problem-solving skills while emphasising the Arts' profound influence on our overall well-being.
Department Overview at KS3
At KS3 the Visual Arts & Creative Technology Department offer the following subjects.
| Subject | Description & Lesson Frequency |
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Art |
Drawing, painting, printing, 3D, ceramics, wire sculpture, digital art, analysing a range of artists work across time & place 1 double lesson per fortnight |
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Applied Art |
Research designers & craftspeople from a range of cultures across time & place, paper-mache masks, Ceramics, 3D design Carousel - 1 double lesson per week for 1 term |
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Graphics |
Research Graphic designers across a range of time & place. Design, paper cutting, collage, Photoshop & digital art Carousel - 1 double lesson per week for 1 term |
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Food Technology |
Students learn to make a variety of savoury dishes. They develop essential chopping skills which enable them to prepare fruit, vegetables and meat safely and hygienically. Students also learn how to operate the hob, grill and oven safely and effectively to produce good quality dishes. Carousel - 1 double lesson per week for 1 term |
Key Stage 4 Visual Arts Provision
These subjects are options at GCSE
| Subject | Description & Lesson Frequency |
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Fine Art |
Exam Board: Edexcel Analysing artists work across time & place, drawing, painting, printing, digital art, ceramics, 3D sculpture. 3 double lessons per fortnight |
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Photography |
Exam Board: Edexcel Analysing photographers & artists work across time & place, using a range of photography skills and techniques, Photoshop digital developments. 3 double lessons per fortnight |
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Graphics |
Exam Board: Edexcel Analysing graphic designers & artists work across time & place, drawing, painting, digital developments, printing, making prototypes. 3 double lessons per fortnight |
Enrichment & Clubs
The Visual Arts & Creative Technology department prides itself on the number of Clubs and Enrichment activities we offer at Bonus Pastor. Please click the button for further details.
Visual Arts & Creative Technology Enrichment & Clubs
Visual Arts Shop
Please visit our Visual Arts Shop, which sells exceptional work produced by our students, with 50% of the sale going directly to the student artists’ themselves and the other 50% going to the department to continue to provide opportunities for other young artists’.
For more details please email our Head of Department
Teaching Staff
- Mrs N Mc Garry (Head of Visual Arts & Creative Technology)
- Ms K Johal (Head of Clitherow House and Teacher of Creative Technology and Teacher of Food Technology)
- Lydia Lijoka (Teacher of Visual Arts)
- Mrs N Coventry (Teacher of Art, Applied Art)
- Laura Ruddock (Teacher of Visual Arts)
- Miss E Travers (Visual Arts Technician)
