7–10Visual and Motion Design 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new Visual and Motion Design 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Visual Design 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
- VMDLS-DMV-01
engages with Viewpoints when designing or making design 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.
Explore how design elements can be used to represent ideas in design artworks
Explore how visual and/or multisensory signs and symbols can represent ideas in design artworks
Explore the relationship between structural form and function in design artworks
Make a design artwork using signs or symbols to communicate ideas
Identify a personal emotion, experience or memory for a design artwork
Explore ways to create sensory or emotional responses when designing
Make a design artwork that represents a personal, sensory or imagined experience
Identify a cultural, community or social interest or experience in a design artwork
Explore design artworks that share social and cultural experiences and use this as inspiration in own design practice
Make a design artwork that respectfully represents social or cultural interests or experiences
Identify a social interest or concern that is personally significant in a design artwork
Explore innovative forms, technology or materials that allow audiences to interact with design artworks in new ways
Use innovative forms, technology or materials in own design artworks
Make a design artwork that questions or raises awareness about contemporary ideas