Year 1

Term 1 Visual Art Program

Curriculum Strands
 Exploration of, and experimentation with, the visual art elements of shape,
colour, line, space and texture (ACAVAM106)
 Exploration of different materials, media and/or technologies, when creating
artwork (ACAVAM107)
 Development of artistic skills through experimentation with:
o shape (geometric shapes)
o colour (mixing primary colours to create secondary colours)
o line (broken, jagged, dashed)
o space (background, foreground)
o texture (changes in texture; transfer of texture)
to create artwork (ACAVAM107)
 Exploration of techniques and art processes, such as mixed media, colour mixing
or drawing (ACAVAM107)
 Use of visual art elements and techniques, to create 2D and 3D artwork, that
communicate an idea to an audience (ACAVAM108)
 Personal opinions, feelings and ideas about artwork they view and make
(ACAVAR109)

Week Concepts Activity Responding Assessment

Textures Textured Hands
Students touch different textures. As a class
describe them.

Students create texture hands.

2 Textures Texture Burgers Have students Anecdotal

Using a variety of textures, students create a burger record each Notes
Potential on half an A3 page. other holding Do they use
Show Show students how you can create texture by their burgers a variety of
Piece scrunching, folding, tearing etc. and textures to
describing the represent
textures, the different
3 using the layers in a
iPads. burger?

Self
Assessment
 Using a
 variety of
textures
 Looks like a
burger
 Shows
layers

4 Textures Beach Scene Textured Art Anecdotal

Discuss textures at the beach e.g. sand, shells, Notes
Potential seaweed etc.
Show
Piece Turning that information into an art piece using A3
card.

Shapes Geometric Shape Robots Checklist

Students use a variety of 2D shapes to create a  Uses
Potential robot. primary
Show Shapes are pre-cut. Look at different robots and &
Piece their features. Students use A3 card to back their secondar
robot onto. y colours
 Different
geometri
6 c shapes
 Resemble
s a robot
 Aboriginal Dot Painting (NAIDOC in school
holidays)
Explore pieces of aboriginal art. Students respond to
the pieces.
What they think it’s about?
Do they like it or not? Why?

Aboriginal Dot Painting

Students paint a cardboard tube (simulates a
didgeridoo) in the traditional dot painting style.

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