Visual Arts 7-10 support materials
The current visual arts syllabuses: Visual Arts 7-I0(June 2003), Photographic and Digital Media 7-10(September 2004) and Visual Design 7-10(september 2004) have been implemented in schools.
Visual Arts: Years 7 and 9 in 2005
Visual Arts: Years 8 and 10 in 2006
Photographic and Digital Media: Year 9 in 2005, Year 10 in 2006.
Visual Design: Year 9 in 2005, Year 10 in 2006.
The Visual Arts 7-10 Syllabus consists of the Mandatory course for Years 7 and year 8 students in Stage 4 and the Elective course for Years 9 and 10 students in Stage 5.
Schools may offer any or all of the Stage 5 courses - visual arts elective; photographic and digital media; visual design - as they build on the Stage 4 visual arts mandatory course offering students the opportunity to study visual arts or photographic and design areas in greater depth.
The following materials have been developed for visual arts teachers to assist with the implementation of the new 7-10 Visual Arts syllabuses. Materials include syllabus overviews and content information and program proformas.
Programming
Analysis of visual arts content (doc - 76 KB)
This document is a content summary from the Visual Arts 7-10 Syllabus June 2003 pp19-24. It provides an overview of key concepts: How practice, the conceptual framework and the frames can be understood as visual arts content.
Table of forms (doc - 52 KB)
This document lists the possible forms that may be selected from each of the syllabuses: Making artworks in Visual Arts, Making Photographic and Digital Media works and Making Visual Design Artworks.
Scope and sequence
Scope and sequence plans map the learning of students over a period of time, and may focus on a year, stage or stages. When developing a scope and sequence plan you need to consider how content and key concepts can be introduced and built on within and across stages.
There are many different ways of developing a scope and sequence strategy. Your plan should reflect the needs and prior learning of your students and available resources by providing opportunities for students to engage with:
- diverse and challenging units of work
- content and strategies that provide opportunities to achieve course outcomes over time
- a logical sequence of planned units of work that connect knowledge and enhance learning
The set of programming proformas below - including scope and sequence plan, unit synopsis, specific content, and teaching, learning and assessment activities - form a complete visual arts programming kit.
Visual Arts scope and sequence plan (doc - 43 KB)
Visual Design scope and sequence plan (doc - 44 KB)
Photographic and Digital Media scope and sequence plan (doc - 44 KB)
The following proformas can be used to plan a unit overview:
Visual Arts Stage 4 program synopsis proforma (doc - 52 KB)
Visual Arts Stage 5 program synopsis proforma (doc - 53 KB)
Visual Design Stage 5 program synopsis proforma (doc - 53 KB)
Photographic and Digital Media Stage 5 program synopsis proforma (doc - 53 KB)
The following proformas can be used to program a unit of work:
Visual Arts Stage 4 guide for specific content (doc - 84 KB)
Visual Arts Stage 5 guide for specific content (doc - 83 KB)
Visual Arts Stage 4 specific content for this unit (doc - 43 KB)
Visual Arts Stage 5 specific content for this unit (doc - 43 KB)
Visual Arts Stage 4/Stage 5 teaching, learning and assessment activities (doc - 42 KB)
Units of work
The following units of work have been developed by visual arts teachers from metropolitan and regional high schools. They reflect different programming approaches and a range of learning environments.
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