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7–10Visual and Motion Design 7–10 Syllabus (2025)

Implementation from 2028
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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

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.

Critical and historical studies: Viewpoints
Structural
  • Identify the structural form and functionality of a design artwork

  • Identify how design elements are used in a design artwork

  • Recognise how visual and/or multisensory signs and symbols are used in a design artwork

  • Recognise the signs and symbols used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers to communicate ideas

Subjective
  • Use personal experiences to respond to a design artwork

  • Recognise emotion, personal experiences, imagination or memories in design artworks

  • Recognise the lived experiences and Storytelling in design artworks by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers

Cultural
  • Respond to a design artwork using own cultural experiences

  • Explore ethical considerations when responding to design artworks

  • Recognise personal, social or cultural experiences communicated in design artworks

  • Recognise ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers represent Cultural and social perspectives of local Community(ies)

Contemporary
  • Recognise that design artworks raise awareness about ideas, social interests or concerns to challenge audiences

  • Explore how a design artwork can influence the views, beliefs or values of an audience

  • Recognise ways an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designer challenges, critiques or reimagines accepted narratives or relationships

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