K–6Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (2024)
The new Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027 and will replace the Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (2006).
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Stage 1
- CA1-VIS-01
makes artworks using materials and techniques to represent subject matter and ideas, and describes ways artists convey ideas in artworks
Make artworks to represent subject matter and ideas about their world in realistic, imaginative or expressive ways
Use drawing materials and techniques to explore how types of lines, shapes and patterns can represent subject matter or ideas
Explore ways to develop ideas and effects with colour, including natural pigments, ochre, primary and secondary colours, tints and shades
Experiment with painting and printmaking materials and techniques, including ways to layer colours and create textural effects
Mould clay or modelling materials to create 3D sculptural forms, such as pots or standing forms
Create 3D sculptural forms using natural, sustainable or manufactured materials, exploring construction techniques
Explore ways digital tools can be used to make still or moving images
Explore the spatial arrangement of shapes or objects in compositions to represent subject matter and ideas
Explore meanings of signs and symbols used in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artworks
Identify ways other artists and artworks influence own artmaking practice
Demonstrate safe artmaking practices with awareness of physical and social safety
Discuss ideas, feelings or opinions about own and others' artworks
Describe ways artists represent subject matter and ideas in realistic, imaginative or expressive ways
Describe how artists use materials, techniques, lines, shapes, colours, tones, textures and patterns to represent subject matter and ideas in artworks, using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary
Identify how signs and symbols are used to represent ideas in artworks
Observe artworks from cultural contexts around the world to explore how artmaking connects to place
Describe ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples express connection to Country and Place in artworks
Explore ancient and historical artworks to understand how artmaking practices are influenced by time and place
Select, organise and display samples of own work or artworks to communicate ideas to an audience
Reflect on own artworks and personal experiences of making artworks