Foundation to Year 2 Visual Arts

In Foundation to Year 2, learning in The Arts builds on the Early Years Learning Framework. Students are engaged through purposeful and creative play in structured activities, fostering a strong sense of wellbeing and developing their connection with …

Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 3 and 4 Visual Arts

In Years 3 and 4, learning in The Arts builds on the experience of the previous band. It involves students making and responding to artworks independently and collaboratively with their classmates and teachers. As they experience The Arts, students draw …

Years 3 and 4 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Media Arts

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through Media Arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through media arts practices focusing on: Representation and story principles Structure representing …

Example of knowledge and skills | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Visual Arts

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through visual arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through visual arts practices focusing on: Representation Subject matter personal …

Example of knowledge and skills | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACAVAR109

identifying how design elements, such as line, shape, colour or texture, are used in their artworks and in the artwork of others

Elaboration (2) | ACAVAR109 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAMAM059

experimenting with applying text to accompany still or moving images, such as credits in a title sequence, and selecting appropriate fonts, colour and length of time for display suitable to the purpose of the artwork

Elaboration (1) | ACAMAM059 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACAMAM066

combining established genre conventions such as framing in still and moving image, sound in radio play or audiovisual artworks, and font size, shape and colour in print

Elaboration (2) | ACAMAM066 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACAMAM069

applying image manipulation software to manipulate contrast, correct colour and add filters or text to an image to enhance the mood or strengthen a point of view

Elaboration (3) | ACAMAM069 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACAVAM106

Considering viewpoints – forms and elements: For example – What colours were used? What is it made of? How is the colour used, and why is it used in this way?

Elaboration (2) | ACAVAM106 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACAVAM111

selecting and experimenting with forms, styles, materials and technologies to explore symbolic use of visual conventions used by various cultures and times, for example, how colour and pattern are perceived as symbolic in different cultures

Elaboration | ACAVAM111 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum