The Arts: Visual Arts Scope and Sequence: Years 5&6

Visual Art Responding

Visual Art Responding Visual Art Responding
Phase 4 Conceptual Understandings

Content Descriptors Learning Outcomes
Responding

Through exploring arts across cultures,
places and times we can appreciate
that people innovate.

People communicate across cultures,
places and times through arts.

The arts provide us with multiple
perspectives.

We reflect and act on the responses
to our creative work.


6.4 Explain how visual arts conventions
communicate meaning by comparing
artworks from different social, cultural and
historical contexts, including Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander artworks.
Learners:

explain the cultural and historical
perspectives of an artwork

understand the role and relevance of
visual arts in society

reflect on the factors that influence
personal reactions to artwork

reflect throughout the creative
process to challenge their thinking
and enact new and unusual
possibilities

critique and make informed
judgements about artworks.


Visual Art Creating

Visual Art Making Visual Art Creating
Phase 4 Conceptual Understandings

Content Descriptors Learning Outcomes
Creating

Learners:


We act on the responses to our
artwork to inform and challenge our
artistic development.

We explore a range of possibilities
and perspectives to communicate in
broader ways through our creative
work.

Arts provide opportunities to explore
our creative potential and engage in
a personal artistic journey.

6.1 Explore ideas and practices used by
artists, including practices of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait islander artists, to represent
different views, beliefs and opinions.

6.2 Develop and apply techniques and
processes when making their artworks.

6.3 Plan the display of artworks to enhance
their meaning for an audience.

become increasingly independent in
the realisation of the creative process

adjust and refine their creative
process in response to constructive
criticism

identify factors to be considered
when displaying an artwork

utilise a broad range of ways to make
meaning

select, research and develop and
idea or theme for an artwork

develop an awareness of their
personal preferences.



By the end of Year 6, students explain how ideas are represented in artworks they make and view. They describe the influences of artworks
and practices from different culture, times and places on their art making.

Students use visual conventions and visual arts practices to express a personal view in their artworks. They demonstrate different techniques
and processes in planning and making artworks. They describe how the display of artworks enhances meaning for an audience.