Art Teesside — Print Pack House Standard & Studio Safety

Made by Matt · madebymatt.uk · 2026–27 · applies to every art lesson built from here on

1. What every lesson print pack contains

This is the standard. Anything built for BUILD, GROW or LAUNCH art from now on carries all five components, in this order.

1.1 Arrival task — the 2×2 recall ladder

Four boxes, and the four are not interchangeable. The ladder is the point: each box reaches further back than the last, so retrieval is spaced rather than clustered on last lesson.

Box	Reaches back to	What it asks for
1	Last lesson	A direct concept from the previous session.
2	Last week	Core vocabulary or a technical skill.
3	Last term, or foundational	Prior unit, or core knowledge the whole course rests on.
4	Greater depth — synoptic	Connect the art concept outward: real-world context, the local landscape, industry, geography.

1.2 Visual knowledge organiser

Key terms with inline definitions — e.g. “Frottage (rubbing a texture through paper)”. Real curated vocabulary with real definitions.
Artist focus box — three visual methods that artist actually uses, not biography.
Equipment safety and maintenance checklist — drawn from section 3 below, for whatever the lesson uses.
Step-by-step visual workflow — the process in order, as diagrams not paragraphs.

Never build a knowledge organiser from quiz answers. A KO generated from matching-task options will print wrong answers as definitions — that defect reached pupil-facing revision sheets elsewhere in the estate and had to be rebuilt across 49 files. Vocabulary comes from a curated list, never from a question key, never from “Step 1”.

1.3 Differentiated practice worksheets

Three tiers, always named Supported / Standard / Stretch. Supported carries pre-drawn scaffolding, sentence starters, fill-in vocabulary and visual step prompts. Stretch carries independent analytical questions, compositional extensions and multi-layered technical tasks. Standard sits between them and is the default, not the fallback.

1.4 The diagnostic strip

Every making week carries one: wrong one way · wrong the other way · right, plus a fix line. Too wet bleeds under the stencil edge; too dry goes patchy; right gives a crisp edge. This is the technical backbone, and it is what pupils teach when they reach a skill share — teaching someone to spot and fix a fault is worth far more than teaching them to hold a tool.

1.5 Assessment and feedback

Authorship vs support split on every sheet — what I selected, made, directed or decided / what support was given (prepared, modelled, prompted, scribed) / verified by and date.
Recovery route on every week, evidencing the same award part. Not a lower route.
Printable “I Do / We Do / You Do” desk anchor card.

No GCSE assessment objectives, and no GCSE grade bands. This provision runs Trinity Arts Award only. Never map an art sheet to AO1–AO4, and never label a tier “Grades 4–5” or “Grade 1”. Everything maps to award parts: Explore A–D, Bronze A–D, Silver Unit 1 A–D and Unit 2 A–E.

And never add an hours threshold. Trinity's guided-learning figures are guidance only. The adviser audits parts, not attendance. Attendance volume must never be used to withhold a claim.

2. The three standing rules

Artist AND organisation. The pairing is required at Explore Part B, Bronze Part C and Silver Unit 1. It is the single most commonly missing piece across this whole suite. Check it first, every time.
A plan is not a teach. Sharing skills needs a real learner and something the learner made.
A public showing belongs to Gold, not Silver. Run one if you want — never write it as required.

3. Studio safety bench cards

Print, cut and keep on the table. Supervised use only — a card is not a substitute for a staff member at the bench.

Scalpel / craft knife

Cutting mat every time, no exceptions.
Blade away from you; non-cutting hand BEHIND the blade line, never in front.
Steel rule, never plastic.
Change a blunt blade — blunt blades slip, and slips cause the deep cuts.
Blade returns to the safe the moment you stop cutting.
One cutter per bench, counted out and counted in.

Glue gun

Hot glue burns on contact — treat it like an iron, not a pen.
Stand it on its rest. Never lay it down.
Card or a silicone mat underneath, never a bare desk.
Never touch the nozzle or a fresh bead.
If glue lands on skin: cold running water for at least ten minutes, then report it. Do NOT peel it off.
Unplug at the wall when the task ends; cool it where nobody reaches across it.

Wire and cutters

Goggles on when cutting — cut ends fly.
Cut with the offcut pointing DOWN into a bin or your cupped hand. Never up, never outward.
Every cut end folded, taped or capped before the armature goes on the desk.
Cutters counted out and in.
Long lengths carried coiled, never trailed.

Mod Roc / plaster bandage

Dust is the hazard — cut strips BEFORE wetting, and never dry-sand set plaster.
Water bowl at the bench, not the sink. Plaster sets in the trap and blocks it.
Plaster sets warm — never wrap it around a finger, a limb, or anyone's face.
Aprons on, sleeves up, hands washed before touching anything else.

All four tools

Bench check before pupils sit down.
Tools counted out and counted back in before anyone leaves the room.
If a tool is missing, nobody leaves until it is found.
Any injury, however small, is reported the same session.