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 3
- CA3-VIS-01
makes artworks in intentional ways to represent ideas about their world, and explains ways artists are influenced by contexts and how artworks are interpreted by audiences
- CA3-CWT-01
creates written texts to communicate ideas and understanding in Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts
Represent ideas or perspectives of their world and intentions in own artmaking practice
Use drawing materials and techniques to create artistic effects to represent subject matter or ideas in intentional ways
Create intentional effects with awareness of the relationships between colours and tones, to represent subject matter or ideas in realistic, imaginative or symbolic ways
Use painting materials, techniques and processes to explore ways to apply paint in combination with mixed media materials
Use printmaking materials, techniques and processes to explore ways to make single or multiple prints
Apply understandings of materials, techniques and 3D sculptural processes to make artworks to represent own intentions
Apply understandings of materials, digital technologies and processes to represent intended ideas in artworks
Explore artistic conventions and ways to represent subject matter and ideas in compositions
Explore how Cultural Knowledges, practices and protocols continue to be used in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artworks
Explain how artists, artworks, the world and audiences influence own artmaking practice
Make artworks in collaboration with others to represent an intended meaning
Demonstrate safe artmaking practices with respect for physical, social, digital and cultural safety
Make associations between artworks and own personal, social or cultural contexts
Explain structural features of an artwork and how artists use the elements of art and design to communicate meaning to audiences through art forms, using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary
Describe how meaning is conveyed through signs and symbols in artworks
Observe artworks from cultural contexts around the world to investigate how artworks reflect ideas and beliefs
Describe ways current Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists maintain Cultural identity and belonging in their artmaking practices
Compare artworks from historical and contemporary contexts to understand significant influences on artists and artmaking practices over time
Infer ideas about an artist's intentions and recognise that artworks may be critiqued and interpreted in various ways by audiences
Investigate an artist's practice and explain the roles and connections between artist, artwork, the world and audiences
Enhance an artwork by refining, editing, resolving or mounting an artwork
Make choices about ways to display or curate own artworks to engage audiences and convey ideas and meaning
Explore how displays and exhibitions support audiences to construct interpretations
Reflect on personal experiences and contributions as an artist, explaining how choices and decisions influenced the artwork and the ways it is understood by audiences
Use notes, annotated work samples and illustrations to create a multimodal text documenting ideas and plans for an artwork
Use Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary and compound and complex sentences to explain how artists communicate ideas and perspectives about their world in artworks
Acknowledge artists, titles, origins of artworks and sources of information to add authority to written texts