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Contemporary Crafts syllabus, dot point by dot point

Every dot point in the Northern Ireland Contemporary Craftssyllabus, with a focused answer for each one. Click any dot point for a worked explainer, past exam questions, and links to related dot points. Written by Claude Opus 4.8, Anthropic's latest AI.

Assessment and the making process: how CCEA GCSE Contemporary Crafts is marked

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What is Component 1 Making, and what goes into the portfolio and learning file?
Component 1 Making, Exploring materials, techniques and processes (overview): the controlled-assessment portfolio of practical work plus a learning file, covering health and safety, the creative industries and business and employability.
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What is Working to a Brief, and how does the externally set assignment work?
Component 2 Working to a Brief (overview): the externally set stimulus paper with a choice of briefs, the preparatory making and a final original craft or design outcome, the externally set component of the qualification.
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How do you turn a starting point into a finished, well-made craft outcome?
The design and making process: researching, designing and developing ideas, experimenting and refining with materials, making and evaluating, evidenced through a portfolio and learning file.
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What are the four assessment objectives, and what does each one reward in a craft project?
The four assessment objectives (AO1 develop, AO2 refine and experiment with materials, AO3 record, AO4 realise a craft outcome), each carrying equal weight across both components.
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Materials, techniques and context: craft media, processes and the wider craft world

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