PSLCE Arts and Life Skills study plan

Draw a labelled diagram of the design cycle (research, plan, make, evaluate) and apply it in writing to one original artwork idea of your own.

Produce three quick observational sketches of everyday objects, each in under 15 minutes, and annotate where proportion, line and shading were weakest.

Mix a 12-step value scale in pencil and a 6-step colour wheel in paint, labelling primary, secondary and complementary pairs.

List ten safe studio habits (tool handling, ventilation, waste disposal, hand washing) and state the reason for each.

Build a papier-mâché, clay or recycled-material form from your week-1 plan, photographing each stage.

Write a 150-word artist's statement explaining your choices of material, form and colour, using correct art vocabulary.

Analyse two artworks by different artists using a four-step frame: describe, analyse, interpret, judge.

Compare how each of the two artists used line, tone and composition, citing specific areas of each work.

Create a two-colour print or collage that repeats a motif, and correct registration or alignment errors on a second pull.

Identify and define ten elements and principles of art (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value, balance, contrast, rhythm) with a drawn example of each.

Evaluate a classmate's or family member's artwork in 100 words, giving two strengths and one specific improvement.

Classify five artworks by media, style and probable purpose (ceremonial, decorative, functional, expressive).

Clap and write out simple four-bar rhythms in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4, checking each against a metronome at 60 and 80 beats per minute.

Sing or play a major scale and a simple folk song, recording yourself and noting two pitch or breathing faults.

Demonstrate three dance steps from one local or national tradition, naming each step and its region of origin.

Explain how pulse, tempo, dynamics and phrasing shape a performance, using your own recording as the example.

Choreograph an eight-count movement sequence to a chosen piece of music and rehearse it to performance speed three times.

Write a 200-word scripted scene for two characters with a clear conflict, turning point and resolution.

Perform the scene aloud twice, once as written and once with one deliberate change in pace or volume, and note the effect.

Label a simple stage diagram with upstage, downstage, stage left, stage right, centre and wings, and place your scene's entrances on it.

Map your own weekly routine against sleep, physical activity, nutrition and screen time, flagging three habits to change.

Write a personal health goal in measurable terms (what, how often, for how long) and a two-week tracking method for it.

Practise and describe the correct response to three safety scenarios: a kitchen burn, a road accident and an attempted online scam.

Draft a household emergency plan naming meeting points, key contacts and the location of a first-aid kit and clean water.

Cost one week of family meals from actual shop prices, separating staples, protein, vegetables and extras, and total the spend.

Apply a five-point consumer checklist (need versus want, unit price, quality, warranty or return policy, total cost) to two real purchase decisions.

Demonstrate three food-safety practices in your kitchen and record the correct refrigerator and freezer temperatures.

Sort one week's household waste into recyclable, compostable and residual streams, and propose one reduction action.

Assemble a project that combines one visual work and one performance element around a single theme, with a written rationale.

Run a full timed mock paper covering all eight domains, then mark it and list every error by domain.

Re-teach your three weakest topics aloud in five minutes each, without notes, to test real recall.

Build a one-page revision sheet of the facts, terms and methods you got wrong, dated for review on exam eve.