Creative Amplify (CA) sits at the Creative row and Amplify column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Art lessons for KS3 that classify as CA, plus anti-examples that look CA but are not.

Mixed-media digital collage with embedded media

Year 8 · 80 min · 1 device per student

Each student creates a digital collage on a chosen theme (e.g. memory, identity, place) combining at least three found images, two student-drawn elements and one piece of embedded text or audio. Submitted individually.

Tools: Procreate, Canva

Layered digital painting with effects and audio

Year 9 · 90 min · 1 device per student plus stylus

Each student produces a painting using at least four layers, three brush types and one effect (e.g. blur, distortion, lighting). They also record a 60-second voice-over explaining their compositional and colour choices, attached to the final piece.

Tools: Procreate

Photographic essay with annotations and music

Year 9 · 100 min · 1 device per student

Each student takes 8-10 photographs on a single chosen theme around their school or home environment. They sequence the photographs into a digital photo essay with embedded captions and a chosen music bed. Submitted as a digital artefact.

Tools: Adobe Express, Canva

Lessons that look CA but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.