Fashion & Textiles

ENGLISH LITERATURE

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 YEAR 13

ENGLISH LITERATURE

This course is designed for the avid reader and those who find fascination with all things fiction! Successful students are those who take the opportunity to read widely and independently across both set and wider texts, who are keen to access wider research and information on the authors and the time and context of their writing and who have an interest in shaping and honing their own writing.

The course will develop higher level skills of critical analysis and formal, personalised response.

COURSE CONTENT

Unit 1

Drama examines one Shakespeare play and one other comedic or tragic drama. Students will also study a critical anthology on either tragedy or comedy. Examples of texts they might study are Othello, King Lear, Measure for Measure or Taming of the Shrew. Examples of other drama texts they might study are Doctor Faustus, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Importance of Being Earnest or Waiting for Godot.

Unit 2

Prose involves the study of two novels which are thematically linked, while at least one of the novels must be pre-1900. Examples of the prose texts students may study are Mrs Dalloway with A Thousand Splendid Suns or Frankenstein with Never Let Me Go.

Unit 3

Poetry involves the study of an anthology of post-2000 poetry plus a specific range of poetry from a specific literary period, such as the Romantics or medieval poetry.

Unit 4

Comparative Coursework is where students, with teacher guidance, have a free choice of two texts to study and compare as part of an extended comparative essay project.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

KS5 English Learning Journey English Literature KS5 Coursework

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ASSESSMENTS

Unit 1 Drama is worth 30% of the qualification and assessed through a 2 hour and 15 minute examination. Students will be able to take clean copies of their drama texts into the exam. Unit 2 Prose is worth 20% of the qualification and assessed through a 1 hour examination. Unit 3 Poetry is worth 30% of the qualification and is assessed through a 2 hour and 15 minute examination. Unit 4 Comparative Coursework is worth 20% of the total qualification.

FASHION & TEXTILES

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 YEAR 13

FASHION & TEXTILES

This course provides students with an opportunity to develop manufacturing and design skills in a creative and innovative way. They will investigate historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic influences on design and technology, whilst enjoying opportunities to put their learning into practice by producing fashion and textiles with a range of practical outcomes.

Students will be required to manufacture high quality products and prototypes to meet a specific need for a range of consumer groups. It is an exciting course, which will allow students to become more aware of the place of design in society and the influences that designers have on the world in which we live.

COURSE CONTENT

Modern industrial and commercial practice Fashion design and development Protecting designs and intellectual property Enterprise and marketing Performance characteristics of material The use of finishes Design communication Digital design and manufacture Health and safety Design for manufacturing,maintenance, repair & disposal Materials and their applications Methods of joining and using components Enhancement of materials Feasibility studies

Year 13 students are required to spend 45 hours designing and manufacturing a product which is submitted as part of their non-examined assessment module. Students will develop subject knowledge through project based activities and regular theoretical lessons, further developing material, manufacture and industrial knowledge as well as looking at the social, ethical and environmental effects of fashion, it’s history, political influences and roles within the fashion industry.

SKILLS DEVELOPED

● Creativity and confidence ● Illustration and ICT Skills ● Manufacturing Skills ● Project Management

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ASSESSMENTS

Textiles is a reformed A Level with external exams taking place at the end of Year 13. Students will be assessed by continuous assessment and internal exams in Year 12. Paper 1 : The core technical principles, coupled with core designing and making principles. Mixture of short answers, multiple choice and extended response questions. 2 hour written exam (25% of Level A). Paper 2: Additional specialist knowledge, core technical, designing and making principles. Mixture of short answers, multiple choice and extended response questions. 2 hours written exam (25% of A Level). Non Exam Assessment (NEA) Practical application of core technical principles, core designing and making principles and additional specialist knowledge. This is a substantial design and make portfolio task that is about 45 hours work. It is internally assessed and externally moderated. It is worth 50% of the A Level grade.