S3 Unit 6: Assembly & Submission
A Level Art & Design · Semester 3 Plan · Unit 6 · 4th of 4 this semester · ← Unit 5
What this unit does
This is the assembly and submission stage, under AO4 Present. You sequence the complete Personal Investigation so the argument reads in order to a stranger; you verify your documentation page by page (photographed, labeled, legible); you integrate the bibliography into the body of the work; and you present and defend the investigation in a viva-style critique, then fix what breaks. You assemble the digital submission to the Cambridge screen limits and pass QC. The unit closes with A4 — the complete investigation, marked across AO1–AO4, with no edits after. The C3 internal submission lands here; C2 begins in Semester 4.
Dates & span
Weeks W15–W18 (2027-12-05 → ~2028-01-01), 16 sessions, running into the Christmas break and the ≈Fri 2027-12-31 cutoff. These dates may shift when the school publishes the calendar for this period.
Sequence of work
| Code | Session | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| U6·L1 | Sequence plan | The argument in order |
| U6·L2 | Documentation check | Photographed, labeled, legible |
| U6·L3 | Integrate the bibliography | Into the body, not the back |
| U6·L4 | Studio: gap repair | What the sequence exposed |
| U6·L5 | Sequencing check | Where a stranger stalls, fix |
| U6·L6 | Presentation preparation | Speak the process, research, outcomes |
| U6·L7–L8 | Final critique presentations (2-day session) | The viva rehearsal; decisions defended |
| U6·L9 | Act on the critique | Change what broke, log what held |
| U6·L10 | Studio: final refinement | Nothing new starts now |
| U6·L11 | Studio: final refinements | Last touches only |
| U6·L12 | Pre-submission check | The AO check, page by page |
| U6·L13 | A4: Complete Personal Investigation due | Both outcomes, portfolio, paper. No edits after |
| U6·L14 | Submission photography begins | While the work is at hand |
| U6·L15 | PDF assembly and submission QC | Cambridge screen limits; every page renders |
| U6·L16 | Submission QC continues | The last mark that can be earned |
Assessment
A4 is due Wed 2027-12-22 — the complete Personal Investigation (both outcomes, the supporting portfolio, the research paper), marked against AO1–AO4; no edits after. CS tasks: CS9 Fri 2027-12-10 (sequencing and documentation check), CS10 Thu 2027-12-16 (presentation critique response — the viva rehearsal, answered in writing). See the full register.
Key content
- The investigation must read in order without you in the room.
- Integrate your bibliography into the body of the work, not the back — a detached bibliography cost AO1 marks in the 90/100 C3 exemplar.
- Every decision you name in the viva must be visible on a page.
- The two W18 sessions finalize the digital submission before the break. Carnival and New Year holidays may each take one W18 session; this will be confirmed in class.