11–12Visual Arts Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2026)
The new Visual Arts Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2026) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 (2009).
2027
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Continue to teach Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 (2009) for Year 12
2028, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
Content
Life Skills
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 from Loading has been integrated as appropriate in Art making: Artwork series.
This content aligns with course content from the following focus area in the Visual Arts 11–12 Syllabus:
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Communicate personal strengths and interests as an artist
Use the world as a source of ideas for an artwork or artwork series
Explore personal, imagined, cultural or contemporary ideas for an artwork or artwork series
Select ideas for an artwork or artwork series
Identify the subject matter for an artwork or artwork series
Reflect on and refine ideas to develop their concept
Select a preferred art form and materials
Participate in selecting preferred techniques or processes to use
Plan how to communicate the chosen concept to an audience
Follow work health and safety (WHS) procedures when using particular art forms or materials
Safely use technology when making an artwork or artwork series
Follow ethical art making processes, including respect for copyright, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and intellectual property
Consider sustainable art making practices
Follow a timeline or schedule to develop or complete an artwork or artwork series
Apply goal-setting strategies to support the artwork or artwork series
Draw inspiration from a preferred artist or artwork
Make choices about colour and tone to communicate ideas
Make choices about perspective, scale or space to represent ideas
Apply peer or teacher feedback to guide the development of ideas or techniques
Use techniques or processes with intentionality when representing ideas in an artwork or artwork series
Consider audience responses when making an artwork or artwork series
Document and reflect on planning, choices and actions taken
Refine ideas, materials or techniques when developing the artwork or artwork series
Use visual or multisensory language to develop layers of meaning in an artwork or artwork series
Make an artwork or artwork series that represents personal, social, cultural or contemporary ideas
Use innovative techniques or emerging technologies to express ideas
Identify challenges experienced in art making and find solutions
Reflect on skills gained in art making that can be used in post-school contexts
Reflect on own art making practice
Collaboratively or independently plan an exhibition for an audience
Organise and display artworks for an audience
Use layout techniques to engage an audience when displaying artworks
Consider ways to make the display of artworks accessible