GROW · Bronze · Week 1 of 8

The Local Canvas

Teesside Art Studio Suite · Bronze Arts Award

Progress SoW · Arts Aut 1 · 2026–27 · GROW · Week 1🎨 Bronze Part A · Own Arts Practice

Enquiry: How can digital or physical mapping transform the way we see a familiar structure?

Success looks like

I can map my local area digitally or physically
I can select sites with creative potential and say why
I can plan how my map feeds my studio work

Aspire · LAUNCH reach: annotate your map with the DECISIONS it forces, not just the places.

Teacher Print Tools — Week 1

Retrieval Quiz

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Elements (Recall)

Name three formal elements.

Line, shape, tone, colour, texture, pattern, form.

2. Map (Recall)

What does a map key do?

Explains the symbols.

3. Local (Recall)

Name two drawable places within ten minutes of here.

Own answers.

4. Choose (Think)

Digital photos or physical sketching — which do you reach for first?

Own answer — both are practice.

1. Retrieval (Explore)

What did 'the steal' mean last year?

Taking a method, never an image.

2. Mapping (Think)

How is mapping a place different from drawing it?

Mapping selects + organises many observations; drawing renders one.

3. Part A (Recall)

What does Bronze Part A ask for?

Evidence of developing YOUR OWN arts practice.

4. Series (Think)

Why do artists work in a series rather than one-offs?

Development shows across pieces; one-offs can't show growth.

1. Retrieval (Explore)

Recreate / exaggerate / transform — which is hardest to evidence? Why?

Transform — the link to the source must stay arguable.

2. Psychogeography (Think)

A route walked with attention becomes material — what would YOU log?

Sounds, textures, colour incidents, thresholds — own answer.

3. Selection (Think)

Your map can't hold everything. What's your filter?

The practice focus — log what feeds the work.

4. Intent (Recall)

Bronze raises the bar from Explore how?

Sustained own practice + audience + inspiration + TEACHING a skill.

Starter

Starter: The Ten-Minute Radius

Key Question: Everything within ten minutes of this room is potential material. Bronze begins by claiming your patch: what's in YOUR radius that nobody else would map?

🗺️

The Route

Door to your patch and back

Walk it with intent

📍

The Pins

Five stops worth stopping for

Your selection

📱

Digital Capture

Photos, sound clips, screen maps

Fast + layered

✏️

Physical Capture

Thumbnails, rubbings, notes

Slow + felt

Pairs: name one place in your radius that outsiders walk straight past. That's probably your pin one.

I Do

I Do: Mapping as Practice

Key Idea: A practice map is a made thing: route + pins + captures + one line per pin saying why it feeds the work.

👀 Look: Bronze eyes choose — the viewfinder turns your patch into compositions.

Step 0 of 4

The route drawn

Watch me draw my door-to-river loop as a single line — not accurate, but TRUE: thick where I slow down, thin where I hurry.

Pins with reasons

Five pins land: the flaking mural, the shuttered arcade, the rust gate… each gets its why-line: 'gate — best texture in the radius'.

Capture pairs

Every pin gets a digital capture AND a physical one — the photo remembers; the thumbnail understands.

The practice line

Bottom of the map: 'This term my practice follows TEXTURE.' One word claims the territory — Part A now has a spine.

We Do

We Do: Tap the Capture Choice

How it works: Tap each situation — digital, physical, or both, and why. Found: 0/6

🌅 Perfect light, 30 seconds

🧱 A texture you'll paint

🌫️ A mood you can't name

🔊 The place has a SOUND

⏳ It changes weekly

🏠 People's windows/doors

I Do

I Do: From Map to First Practice Pages

Key Idea: The map earns its keep the same week: two practice pages grown directly from pins, dated, labelled, honest.

Step 0 of 3

Pin to page

Pin 3 (rust gate) becomes page 1: three texture studies, materials logged. The map told me where; the page shows me working.

The dated habit

Date + pin number on every page — Bronze assessors follow the trail from map to practice like a detective.

Next-pin note

Page corner: 'Pin 5 next — the arcade shutters at closing time.' Practice that knows its next move is practice with momentum.

We Do

We Do: Match the Practice Term → Its Meaning

Step 1: Tap a card, then its partner. Step 2: Watch the WAGOLL write itself. Score: 0/6

🎨 Own practice

📍 The radius

📌 Pin + why-line

📱✏️ Capture pair

🗂️ Series

🦴 Practice line

Digital remembers; physical understands

A stop that feeds the work, reasoned

Your claimed patch of material

Growth visible across pieces

YOUR sustained making, with direction

The one-word territory claim

📱 Capture pair🦴 Practice line📅 Dated evidence➡️ Momentum

Independent Work

Independent Work — Studio Time

Instructions: Work at your level. Evidence photos go in your Arts Award portfolio — your mapped route + first practice pages, photographed and dated (Part A begins).

Supported

Task: Map your radius with the frame: route line + 3 pins with why-lines + one capture pair started.

Steps: Route drawn · pins reasoned · photo + thumbnail for pin one.

Standard

Task: Full map (route, 5 pins + why-lines, practice line) + first practice page from your strongest pin, dated.

Steps: Map complete · the one-word spine chosen · page grown from a pin · next-pin note.

Stretch

Task: Map + two practice pages + the series plan: which pin becomes a weekly series, captured how, toward what?

Steps: Everything in Standard · second page · series pin justified · the capture routine committed (day/angle/media).

Lundy Loop

Lundy Loop — Your Voice in the Studio

Why: Article 12 — your view on this work counts, and it changes what the studio does next.

🚪 SPACE

The radius IS the space this term — with permissions set, practice legally leaves the room; the map is your passport.

📣 VOICE

Pitch your practice line (one word) to the room; the room may ask one question each — territory defended aloud.

👥 AUDIENCE

Maps go on the studio wall as a combined atlas — the class's radii overlap into one Teesside practice map.

⭐ INFLUENCE

Where radii overlap, the class votes a SHARED pin — Week 3's Independent Challenge offers it as a common option.

Exit Ticket

Instructions: Answer independently. No sketchbooks.

1.

What two things does every pin need?

A capture (pair) and a why-line.

2.

What's your practice line word?

Own answer.

3.

Why date every page?

The assessor follows the trail — Part A is a dated journey.

1.

Digital remembers; physical…?

Understands.

2.

Why does a series show growth better than one-offs?

Change is visible across the sequence.

3.

Your next-pin note — read it out.

Own answer.

1.

Defend your series pin choice.

Own answer — repeatable, changing, feeds the spine.

2.

What did your hand learn that the photo missed?

Own answer.

3.

Where does consent limit the radius, and how do you work with that?

Homes/people need care — map character, not lives; ask when in doubt.

Knowledge Organiser (GROW W1): The Local Canvas

Teesside Art Studio Suite · Bronze Arts Award · Bronze Part A · Own Arts Practice

Key Word	Definition
Own practice	Your sustained, directed making (Part A)
Radius	The claimed patch your practice draws from
Why-line	The reason a pin feeds the work
Capture pair	Photo + physical study of the same stop
Practice line	The one-word spine of the term
Series	Repeated works that show development

Key Facts

Bronze Part A wants a JOURNEY: map → pages → growth, all dated.
Digital remembers; physical understands — strong practice uses both.
A practice with a named spine develops; one without wanders.
Consent and care set the radius's edges — character, not lives.

The Local Canvas

Name: ____________________ Class: __________ Date:

This week's enquiry

How can digital or physical mapping transform the way we see a familiar structure?

Arts Award evidence

your mapped route + first practice pages, photographed and dated (Part A begins).

Arrival Task

1) Name three formal elements.

2) What does a map key do?

3) Name two drawable places within ten minutes of here.

4) Digital photos or physical sketching — which do you reach for first?

1) What did 'the steal' mean last year?

2) How is mapping a place different from drawing it?

3) What does Bronze Part A ask for?

4) Why do artists work in a series rather than one-offs?

1) Recreate / exaggerate / transform — which is hardest to evidence? Why?

2) A route walked with attention becomes material — what would YOU log?

3) Your map can't hold everything. What's your filter?

4) Bronze raises the bar from Explore how?

Starter: The Ten-Minute Radius

Key Question: Everything within ten minutes of this room is potential material. Bronze begins by claiming your patch: what's in YOUR radius that nobody else would map?

We Do 1: We Do: Tap the Capture Choice

🌅 Perfect light, 30 seconds, 🧱 A texture you'll paint, 🌫️ A mood you can't name, 🔊 The place has a SOUND, ⏳ It changes weekly, 🏠 People's windows/doors

We Do 2: We Do: Match the Practice Term → Its Meaning

Draw lines to match:

🎨 Own practice · 📍 The radius · 📌 Pin + why-line · 📱✏️ Capture pair · 🗂️ Series · 🦴 Practice line

Digital remembers; physical understands · A stop that feeds the work, reasoned · Your claimed patch of material · Growth visible across pieces · YOUR sustained making, with direction · The one-word territory claim

Scaffolding – Supported

Word Bank

route, pin, photo, thumbnail, texture, because

Map Frame

"My route goes…" | "Pin 1 is ___ because ___" | "My practice line is ___"

Scaffolding – Standard

Map → Page Structure

Map: route + 5 reasoned pins + spine word. Page: grown from one pin, dated, materials logged. Momentum: the next-pin note.

Scaffolding – Stretch

Series frames

"My series pin is ___ because it repeats and changes" | "Routine: every ___ at ___ using ___" | "By Week 8 the series should show ___"

Independent Work – Supported

Radius Map Record

Route drawn □

Pin 1 + why:

Pin 2 + why:

Pin 3 + why:

Capture pair for pin 1 □

Independent Work – Standard

Map + First Page

Map complete (route/5 pins/spine) □

My practice line:

Practice page from pin ___ — dated □ materials logged □

Next-pin note:

Independent Work – Stretch

Map + Pages + Series Plan

Standard items □ Second page □

Series pin + justification:

Capture routine (day/angle/media):

What the series should show by Week 8:

Exit Ticket – Supported

1) What two things does every pin need?

2) What's your practice line word?

3) Why date every page?

Exit Ticket – Standard

1) Digital remembers; physical…?

2) Why does a series show growth better than one-offs?

3) Your next-pin note — read it out.

Exit Ticket – Stretch

1) Defend your series pin choice.

2) What did your hand learn that the photo missed?

3) Where does consent limit the radius, and how do you work with that?

Lundy Loop — this lesson

Space → Voice → Audience → Influence. The adult’s first job is Space: regulate before you educate.

Space	The radius IS the space this term — with permissions set, practice legally leaves the room; the map is your passport.
Voice	Pitch your practice line (one word) to the room; the room may ask one question each — territory defended aloud.
Audience	Maps go on the studio wall as a combined atlas — the class's radii overlap into one Teesside practice map.
Influence	Where radii overlap, the class votes a SHARED pin — Week 3's Independent Challenge offers it as a common option.

Closing the loop: this one ends on paper — your own hand, or your words scribed by an adult. Saying it aloud starts the loop; writing it is what closes it. Pass is always allowed.

What I said, and what it changed:

The Local Canvas — Feedback Sheet

Keep with your sketchbook / portfolio.

Pupil name:	Date:
WWW (What Went Well):
EBI (Even Better If):
Level worked at: Supported / Standard / Stretch	Arts Award evidence filed: Yes / Not yet
Authorship — what I chose or decided myself:
Support given — prepared / scribed / modelled / hand-over-hand:
Pupil response — my next step:

The Local Canvas

Success looks like

Teacher Print Tools — Week 1

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Elements (Recall)

2. Map (Recall)

3. Local (Recall)

4. Choose (Think)

1. Retrieval (Explore)

2. Mapping (Think)

3. Part A (Recall)

4. Series (Think)

1. Retrieval (Explore)

2. Psychogeography (Think)

3. Selection (Think)

4. Intent (Recall)

Starter: The Ten-Minute Radius

The Route

The Pins

Digital Capture

Physical Capture

I Do: Mapping as Practice

The route drawn

Pins with reasons

Capture pairs

The practice line

We Do: Tap the Capture Choice

I Do: From Map to First Practice Pages

Pin to page

The dated habit

Next-pin note

We Do: Match the Practice Term → Its Meaning

Independent Work — Studio Time

Supported

Standard

Stretch

Lundy Loop — Your Voice in the Studio

🚪 SPACE

📣 VOICE

👥 AUDIENCE

⭐ INFLUENCE

Exit Ticket

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3.

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3.

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3.

The Local Canvas — complete!

Pens down — quick partner check!

Knowledge Organiser (GROW W1): The Local Canvas

Key Facts

The Local Canvas

This week's enquiry

Arts Award evidence

Arrival Task

Starter: The Ten-Minute Radius

We Do 1: We Do: Tap the Capture Choice

We Do 2: We Do: Match the Practice Term → Its Meaning

Scaffolding – Supported

Word Bank

Map Frame

Scaffolding – Standard

Map → Page Structure

Scaffolding – Stretch

Series frames

Independent Work – Supported

Independent Work – Standard

Independent Work – Stretch

Exit Ticket – Supported

Exit Ticket – Standard

Exit Ticket – Stretch

Lundy Loop — this lesson

The Local Canvas — Feedback Sheet