Finishing Up with Illustrative Lettering... Reflection on my scheme of work with 5th years

All students worked diligently in this lesson, and expressed how much they enjoyed the project and found the process easy due to my explanations.

• Two methods of assessment worked well, as the rubric was more structured / grade based, and the peer evaluation was focused positively and gave students the chance to discuss the entire project as a group

• Students added small details to their work, and were able to identify the influential SS artists. I feel that students visual literacy has really improved throughout this project, and their ability to discuss work is much stronger

• Classroom management is never a big issue, but I found with a scheme with so many moving parts, I was able to delegate tasks accordingly, provide all students some one to one support, and ensure the class was motivated throughout the project

• Overall, I feel that this scheme was really positive - it had clear links to VS that students identified throughout the entire process, and I feel the theme was well integrated due to the choice of primary sources, the examining of lettering and phrasing and then the creation of the final artefact - having students take the letter from a phrase from their source song / object / film etc. helped integrate the theme thoroughly 

• Each student’s work is individual while working through the same process - at senor cycle, i feel it is important to allow students this creative freedom , while keeping in mind learning intentions and outcomes for schemes - I feel that this was well achieved 

EBI?:

• I wish some students had got to spend more time refining their final pieces - some students rushed them toward the end, and I felt that one or two could have benefitted from more time - In future, I would allow more time for the final creation of the artefacts in a UoL similar to this.

• I feel that I could have scaffolded this class more strongly - while I enjoyed going around to each student and giving advice, doing this all the time can take away from teaching and learning, so perhaps if i had scaffolded this task more it could have been more beneficial for learners

Overall:

The Theme was unique, and allowed students to dig into a niche that interested them, this Worked well for differentiation, as students could work to their strengths - wide variety of outcomes while adhering to the same process

A range of evaluation methods allowed students to learn from their peers and apply

this feedback in their work

● Enjoyable scheme of work that I loved teaching in every class - rooted in my degree discipline

● Wide variety of SS artists

● Could have allowed for more time for students to complete final pieces

● Wish I had been able to support students at the design drawing stage slightly more

● Continue to integ

rate VS into work, and make sure the link stays strong