Ceramics is taught by Mrs Matthews.

In September 2005 Ceramics moved into a new, well equiped studio in the Technology Block - Stratford House. The studio has two electric pottery wheels, a kick wheel, a large kiln and a wide range of clays and glazes.

Ceramics lessons at Farringtons encourage girls to explore the unique quailities of clay. Students are taught traditional craft skills and develop a working knowledge of tools and materials. With this knowledge girls are encouraged to be creative and express their ideas through design based projects. Girls  will develop an understanding of the place of ceramics in society and its importance in an historical and cultural context.

Fiona Ash Year 12 -  Working in the new Ceramics Studio

Key Stage 3

 Year 7                                                                

• Clay, its origins, use and preparation
• Small modelling
• Modelling hollow forms
• Applied, impressed and incised decoration
• Underglaze colours
• Glaze preparation and application

YEAR 8

Year 8 - Sketch Books - Paper resist designs

• Slab making for tiles and handbuilding
• Decorative slip techniques - Sgraffito, paper resist, inlay and trailing
• Glaze technology
• Firing processes

                                                 Slabbed Vases with slip decoration  
                                         Karin Kiho - Ashley Smith = Jessica Parish

     
Alice Weld

Year 9

• Throwing
• Coiling
• Design project      

 All students keep work books and are set homework once a week. 

Year 9 Mug Project

GCSE Option - Years 10 and 11

Ceramics can be studied as a specialist subject at GCSE following the Edexcel Art and Design - Three Dimensional Design syllabus.

Course Structure

• Coursework Unit 1
• Coursework Unit 2
• Externally Set Assignment

Assessment Objectives

AO1 - Record observations and ideas appropriate to intentions           25%

AO2 - Analyse and evaluate images, objects and artefacts showing an understanding of context                                                                                25%

AO3 - Develop and explore ideas using media, processes and resources, reviewing and refining work as it progresses                                                                25%

AO4 - Present a personal response, realising intentions and making informed connections to the work of others                                                                 25%

YEAR 10 - 2005/2006

Year 11 -

       Anna Cox

Coursework Unit 1 

Mandi Lai Year 11 - Externally Set Assignment

AS and A2   Edexcel Art and Design - Three Dimensional Design

Chelsia Cheng  Yr 12 - Handle making for coiled jug with maquette in the foreground.

Course Structure AS -  Year 12

• Unit 1                                    
• Externally Set Assignment  

Course Structure A2 - Year 13

• Unit 3 - Contextual Study
• Unit 4 - Externally Set Assignment

 Anna Maria Kiho

Anna Maria attained one of the top ten marks in the country in 2006 for her GCSE 3D Design Exam.

Anna Maria Kiho - Externally Set Assignment

Anna - Maria  Kiho Year 11 - Islamic