The Arts: Visual Arts - Satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can respond to artworks they have made or viewed (WS1, WS2) and experiment with different materials to create artworks that communicate meaning (WS2).
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and describe visual conventions of an artwork (item 1) and draw and plan their own artworks (items 2 and 3). They use visual conventions, processes and techniques to create several sculptures …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Satisfactory - Years 5 and 6
This portfolio of student work shows that the student understands and uses the influences and practices of cubism to plan and make artworks (items 1, 2 and 3). The student explains their understanding of how ideas are represented and displayed in their …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and analyse artworks from a range of artists and cultures. In so doing, the student identifies their own viewpoints and those of others artists (WS1, WS2). They analyse how they are influenced …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Satisfactory - Years 9 and 10
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can evaluate how artists can influence each other across cultures, time and place. The student can analyse some visual conventions and practices that connect cultures and create hybrid artworks and …
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Animation - AT
Students studied endangered animals, read The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and created short stop motion animation artworks as part of a 10-week unit called ‘Our Animal Planet’. They developed their understanding of the natural world and sustainability, …
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Ensemble: Blueback fire - AT
Students studied the novel Blueback by Tim Winton and completed this dance task as part of an integrated unit that involved English and The Arts. The task required students to work in small ensemble groups to choreograph a dance sequence as an epilogue, …
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Class performance: Jimmie Jean and the Turtles - AT
Students studied the Great Barrier Reef in an integrated unit that involved English, Science and The Arts. They developed their understanding of sustainability and conservation in relation to the reef by artistically exploring the narrative of the stimulus …
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Scripted performance: Goldilocks and the Three Bears - AT
Students studied and reinterpreted the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in an integrated unit that involved English and The Arts. They participated in a process of play-building, in which they learned about Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, and …
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Video: Superheroes - AT
Students studied the 'action superhero' film genre as an extension to prior work in Drama based on superheroes as characters in short plays. The aim was to ensure that the students understood the key differences between artwork in drama and modern media. Through …
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Machinima: Rowan of Rin – AT
As a summative task in an English and Media Arts unit, students were required to recreate aspects of one of the novels in the Rowan of Rin series by Emily Rodda, using the digital game Minecraft and the production technique of machinima, which involves …
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Blueback trailer - AT
Students studied the novel Blueback by Tim Winton as part of an integrated unit that included English, Drama, Dance and the creation of a film trailer as a Media Arts summative task. They developed and planned their own sequences based on the novel's …
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Analysis: Contact - AT
Students studied the communicative power of technical elements used in Media Arts as part of a unit of work on the documentary Contact (2009) by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler. They explored and analysed the technical elements of voice-over, music, sound …
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Magazine cover - AT
Students studied the conventions and technical and symbolic elements of magazine covers and how they engage an audience. They explored how the media creates meaning and engages particular audiences with precision on magazine covers. In particular, students …
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Art response: Leaving home - AT
Students engaged in responding to the subject matter and narrative in Aboriginal Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup’s woodcut print, Leaving home. They were also required to analyse elements such as shape, the artist’s choice to exclude colour, and the technique …
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Sharing stories: Picture book - AT
Students were engaged in a unit about illustrating personal stories. They explored a range of painting and drawing techniques, as well as processes and materials, to develop their understanding of illustrating storybooks. The processes included printmaking …
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Clay objects: Connection to our coast - AT
Students considered how artists communicate their viewpoints and their connection to the natural environment though their artwork. They created clay forms inspired by the artworks of Alison Brown and Aboriginal Thaynakwith artist, Thancoupie. They also …
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Cubism: Portraits - AT
Students researched and explored synthetic and analytical cubism and the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. They explored the visual conventions of and social and historical influences on cubism through structured inquiry that was prepared for them by their …
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Landscapes - AT
Students were engaged in a process of creating an artwork of a landscape with merged perspectives to communicate a viewpoint on sustainability. They explored Aboriginal Waanyi artist Judy Watson’s own viewpoints on sustainability, as well as her use of …
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Exploring Islamic art - AT
Students explored the fundamental principles of Islamic art (geometry, calligraphy and arabesque). They researched and analysed traditional Islamic artwork and architecture, and explored the use of geometric shapes to create patterns using traditional …
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