K–6Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus
The new Creative Arts K−6 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
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.
Content
Stage 2
- CA2-VIS-01
makes artworks using art forms to represent subject matter and ideas, and describes ways artists convey ideas about their world to audiences through artworks
Represent subject matter and ideas in artworks, making choices based on own interpretations of the world
Use drawing materials and techniques to create effects with texture and tone to represent subject matter and ideas
Explore relationships between colours and tones, using primary, secondary, complementary or analogous colours to represent subject matter and ideas
Experiment with the qualities of paint and painting processes using tools to blend colours and create surface effects
Investigate printmaking processes to create rubbings and repeated prints, using sustainable materials, self-made tools or objects
Investigate the properties of materials and experiment with techniques to represent ideas through the construction of 3D sculptural forms
Explore digital tools to make or manipulate still or moving images, text and/or sounds
Explore balance, scale and proportion in compositions to represent subject matter and ideas
Explore artmaking practices and protocols of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists to understand how Cultural ideas are expressed
Describe ways that other artists, artworks and audiences influence own artmaking practice
Use notes and annotations to document ideas and reflections during the process of art making
Make artworks through collaboration with others
Demonstrate safe artmaking practices with respect for physical, social and digital safety
Discuss ways artworks connect to own personal, social or cultural contexts
Describe how artists use materials, techniques, processes and the elements of art and design to represent subject matter and ideas in artworks, using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary
Describe how signs and symbols such as objects, words and colours are used to influence meaning in artworks
Observe artworks from cultural contexts around the world to explore ways artists represent cultural knowledge
Investigate ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples engage in art making for story sharing, celebrations or Cultural expression
Investigate artworks or artmaking practices from historical periods to understand the influences of people, time and place
Describe how artists make choices in their practice that influence how audiences interpret artworks
Use Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary and a combination of written sentences to create a description of an artwork
Refine and enhance artworks or prepare samples of work for display or exhibition
Exhibit artworks or samples of work to communicate ideas about own artworks and art practices to an audience
Identify how physical or virtual displays of artworks engage and inform audiences and influence audience interpretations
Reflect on own artworks and personal experiences of making artworks, recognising successes and challenges