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

Learning Area Achievement Standard Visual Arts Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students describe artworks they make and those to which they respond. They consider where and why people make artworks. Students use the elements and processes of arts subjects to make and share artworks that represent ideas. …

Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Visual Arts Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students describe artworks they make and view and where and why artworks are made and presented. Students make artworks in different forms to express their ideas, observations and imagination, using different techniques and pro …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual 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 (2) ACAVAM107

using techniques to demonstrate various compositional effects, for example, overlapping or crosshatching

Elaboration (2) | ACAVAM107 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACAVAM108

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What did this artwork or design make you think about and why? What figures/shapes can you see in the artwork? How has the artist treated the figures/shapes to convey their idea or m …

Elaboration (2) | ACAVAM108 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | 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) ACAVAM106

observing and recording the shapes, colours and textures of people, objects and concepts they experience in their daily lives, for example, drawing faces, insects, plants, food

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAM106 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAVAM107

comparing the qualities and properties of materials such as paint, crayons, clay and found objects and select appropriate applications to represent something or someone they like

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAM107 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAVAM108

talking about ideas such as themes when displaying artworks, for example, at the local gallery or in their classroom

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAM108 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAVAR109

Considering viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example – Where is this artwork from and why was it made? Who made the artworks? Where and how are they displayed?

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAR109 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum