The Studio for Art, English & Literacy
School news: Now accepting students for 2018!
CXC, GCE and CAPE English Preparation
The student is fully assessed as to their level of competence in basic grammatical structures. This assessment determines the level of preparation that is needed for them be successful in their exams. Material covered includes grammatical structures, the usage of grammatical principles, vocabulary, punctuation and spelling.
Following exam syllabus, the student is prepared in areas of comprehension (listening and reading), debates, critical thinking and summaries. Various essay formats are examined, such as narratives, creative and story writing, report and expository writing, descriptive and persuasive writing and the exciting exploration of poetry and prose.
Courses
Cost: $800 per hr
Duration: Min 3 hrs
The student’s portfolio is given a full, helpful critique and their strengths and weaknesses discussed. This helps to determine exactly what will be emphasised in their preparation for their exams. Focus is placed on composition, colour and light, life drawing and life painting, object drawing, object painting and perspective.
Depending on the students chosen course, full training (according to the syllabus) will be given in the areas of Textiles, Sculpture, Illustration, Printmaking, Graphic Design, Painting and Mixed Media, Composition (pure and imaginative) and Decorative arts.
The student is taught to appreciate the difference between an SBA (Project Oriented Work) and the requirements of a ‘sit down’ exam.
For those students enrolled in the school system, assistance is given for their SBAs (School Based Assessments), with all work produced in the studio being viable portfolio pieces. For those students enrolled privately with the studio, an additional exam is required, and full support is given for this additional paper through the Overseas Examination Centre.
CXC, GCE and Cape Art Preparation
Cost: $800 per hr
Duration: Min 2 hrs
Life Long Learners
Do you know anyone who is unable to read or write? Recommend this course to them! All classes are tailormade to the person’s needs, such as those who are unable to recognise letters or words, those who have some understanding of letters, and those who are lapsed readers (forgotten how to read). These can be adults, teenagers or young children who are not reading. No age group is excluded.
Focus is placed on creative methods of teaching using colour, sounds, pictures and shapes to facilitate the recognition of letters and words. The studio has its own successful training approach which we have named ‘the Right, Left and Centre method’.
The studio provides a cosy, private space that allows students to develop at their own pace and in a confidential setting. Most classes are one-to-one up to levels 3 and 4.