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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

Years 9 and 10 Visual Arts

In Visual Arts, students: build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual representations, practices, processes and viewpoints refine their personal aesthetic through working …

Years 9 and 10 | Visual 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

Structure Visual Arts

Learning in Visual Arts Learning in Visual Arts involves students making and responding to artworks, drawing on the world as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of visual arts, develop skills, techniques and processes, and use materials …

Structure | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Visual Arts Years 9 and 10

By the end of Year 10, students evaluate how representations communicate artistic intentions in artworks they make and view. They evaluate artworks and displays from different cultures, times and places. They analyse connections between visual conventions, …

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM106

practising drawing images and making objects related to self, others and personal environments in different forms, for example, painting, sculpture, photography

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM107

following technical processes and safe practices to make artworks, for example, drawing onto Styrofoam to print on paper

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM108

making a decision about how to display their artwork to share their ideas

Elaboration (3) ACAVAR109

describing and interpreting representations in a selection of artworks, for example, considering the subject matter, styles and techniques of a selection of artworks, and how the artworks make them think and feel in response to the artists’ intention …

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM110

experimenting with visual conventions to create particular visual effects in representations

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM111

Considering viewpoints – materials and technologies: For example – What is the artwork made of? How does the choice of material enhance the audience’s understanding of the artist’s intention? Can you develop your ideas using different materials?

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM112

comparing the visual conventions in artworks made for specific purposes, for example, how the artist represents an idea to show the audience a particular viewpoint

Elaboration (3) ACAVAR113

examining public art in their community and comparing it to other artwork commemorating different people, times and cultures

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM114

trialling different ways to represent views, beliefs or opinions in their artworks in response to exploration of how artists communicate their views, beliefs and opinions through art

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM115

explaining influences of other artists on their own art making

Elaboration (3) ACAVAM116

Considering viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example – What clues in the artwork tell us where it was made, who made it, and why? What artworks are you familiar with? Which style of artwork represents your community? How would you represent your …

Elaboration (3) ACAVAR117

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What is this artwork about? What visual conventions have been used to convey meaning? How did the artist represent their subject matter? How does the artwork reflect the artist’s perspective …

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