Photography
Photography
Our vision:
William Edwards Art/Photography Department want to nurture young people to be culturally aware, curious and opinionated about Art, Design, and Photography. We want them to feel confident to use contemporary and historical Art and Design as a tool to explore and explain the world around them. We use the arts to celebrate and explore culture and diversity and to challenge inequality. We want to ignite our students’ inner creativity, to become enthused and have a sense of pride and purpose about their work, to be able to make confident, imaginative and artistic connections. At Key stage 4, we provide Photography, which allows students’ prior knowledge and cultural awareness of Art and Design to link with Photography and allowing a smooth start to the subject.
Our aim is to provide opportunities for young people to experience and enjoy Photography, and to instill a sense of aspiration and desire to work in the creative industries.
We see our key objectives as:
- To deliver a broad, engaging and exciting curriculum.
- To embed the foundations of Art, Design and Photography.
- To recognise and celebrate individuality and creativity.
- To build cultural capital.
- To foster more than one branch of knowledge approach in both staff and pupils.
- To ensure students have the technical repertoire to confidently solve creative problems.
- To deliver ever evolving provision.
As a department, we believe that Photography is important to a students Programme of Study for a number of reasons:
- Visual Literacy.
- Cultural Awareness.
- Technical Skill.
- Independence.
- Collaboration.
- Experimentation.
- Questioning and Curiosity.
- Reflection.
- Passion and Commitment.
Curriculum Journey Sept 2023 Art and Photography
Key Stage 4 Programme of Study – Photography
Our GCSE Exam Board is AQA Photography
Names and email addresses of key post-holders:
Ms R Jhita – Director of Art and Photography – jhitar@wes.swecet.org
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