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GCSE Art - so much work!!

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Notcontent · 21/01/2022 18:50

My year 11 DD is doing GCSE art. She knew it would be a lot of work and she really loves art, but yes, it seems to require so much more time than other subjects. She is very able and works hard in all her subjects - but she gets very good grades in her other subjects with much fewer hours of work….

When I think of the work she has done in her sketchbooks plus all the larger end of topic works etc it’s a lot of material! I actually think the expectations are too high - not in terms of the standard but the volume expected to get a good grade.

Is this your DC experience too?

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RedskyThisNight · 21/01/2022 19:18

My DD has not found it too bad (she's also Year 11) but her teacher has very much emphasised that they should focus on quality not quantity.
Their end of year piece is purely in class. I'd say she does about 2-3 hours a week otherwise - which I accept is more than other subjects, but I think evens out with the lack of revision. I suspect it helps that one of her specialities is textiles, so she tends to sew while watching stuff on YouTube/TV (don't ask me how she manages this ...).

I get the impression a lot of the grade is down to the way the portfolio is presented? DD has certainly been told she might go up one grade higher if she does this well. (She's predicted a 7 or 8 so is aiming for higher grades).