7–10Photography, Film and Digital Media 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new Photography, Film and Digital Media 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Photographic and Digital Media 7–10 Syllabus (2004).
2026 and 2027 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028 – 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
Life Skills
- PFMLS-PMP-01
demonstrates safe photomedia practices
- PFMLS-PMP-02
experiments and makes choices when making photomedia artworks
- PFMLS-PMP-03
expresses self or communicates ideas in photomedia artworks
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Content in Photomedia practice includes reference to photomedia forms. Teachers select relevant still image, moving image or emerging forms.
LoadingEngage with photomedia artworks, forms or practices for inspiration
Experiment with a range of photomedia materials, techniques or processes
Recognise how making photomedia artworks can be a tool for self-expression
Use a range of multisensory tools to generate ideas
Select still image, moving image and emerging forms to represent ideas
Explore how to construct representations of people, places or ideas in photomedia artworks
Identify and demonstrate strategies to work respectfully with others
Use safe photomedia practices and manual handling techniques
Engage individually or collaboratively with materials, techniques and processes to create photomedia artworks
Communicate personal preferences for photomedia materials, techniques or processes
Communicate ideas or choices about their photomedia artworks in the Photomedia diary
Follow a sequence to develop photomedia artworks
Select from subject-specific terminology to communicate about their photomedia practice
Create oral, written or multimodal texts to demonstrate understanding of their photomedia practice
Identify when to seek, give or deny consent to use or credit images in photomedia artworks
Recognise Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) relating to photomedia artworks
Identify ways to make photomedia artworks that are accessible
Make choices to develop ethical or sustainable photomedia practice
Independently or collaboratively plan, select or arrange still image, moving image or emerging forms for an audience
Demonstrate an awareness of safety when attending exhibitions or screenings in the community or virtually