In Foundation to Year 2, learning in The Arts builds on the Early Years Learning Framework. Students are engaged through purposeful and creative play in structured activities, fostering a strong sense of wellbeing and developing their connection with and contribution to the world. In the Foundation Year, students undertake The Arts appropriate for their level of development. They explore the arts and learn how artworks can represent the world and that they can make artworks to represent their ideas about the world. They share their artworks with peers and experience being an audience to respond to othersâ art making. As they experience the arts, students draw on artworks from a range of cultures, times and locations. They explore the arts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and of the Asia region and learn that they are used for different purposes. While the arts in the local community should be the initial focus for learning, students are also aware of and interested in the arts from more distant locations and the curriculum provides opportunities to build on this curiosity. As they make and respond to artworks, students explore meaning and interpretation, forms and processes, and social and cultural contexts of the arts. They make early evaluations of artworks expressing what they like and why. Students learn about safe practices in the arts through making and responding safely in the different arts subjects. They experience the role of artist and they respond to feedback in their art making. As an audience, they learn to focus their attention on artworks presented and to respond to artworks appropriately. In Foundation to Year 2, students learn to be an audience for different arts experiences within the classroom. In Visual Arts, students: (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au) By the end of Year 2, students describe artworks they make and those to which they respond. They consider where and why people make artworks. Students use the elements and processes of arts subjects to make and share artworks that represent ideas. (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au) By the end of Year 2, students describe artworks they make and view and where and why artworks are made and presented. Students make artworks in different forms to express their ideas, observations and imagination, using different techniques and processes. (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)Achievement Standard
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An Aboriginal egg basket-making activity featuring authentic First Nations designs by Dunghutti artist, Cynthia O’Brien-Younie.
An Easter egg basket-making activity featuring authentic First Nations designs by Dunghutti artist, Cynthia O’Brien-Younie.
Instructions for crafting Christmas Candy Cane Holders featuring Wingaru characters.
Instructions for crafting Christmas tree ornaments based on First Nations items.
A template for creating a First Nations-themed Christmas gift box featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations‐themed Christmas gift boxes featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations-themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations‐themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations‐themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations‐themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations-themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations‐themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A template for creating First Nations‐themed Christmas tree ornaments featuring authentic Aboriginal designs.
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
A painting craft activity to help students learn about primary and secondary colours.
An art activity procedure for how to make a caterpillar.
A 19-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating shape in Visual Art.
A fun art activity to explore shape through the creation of origami animal faces.
An 18-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating colour in Visual Art.
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of warm or cool colours.
A 22 slide teaching presentation to use when investigating line in Visual Art.
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
A template to use when learning about line in visual art.
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of line in visual art.
A set of 28 art activity task cards that explore each of the art elements.
A comprehensive pack of resources to use with the lower years when studying the elements of Visual Art.
In this art activity, Emma explains the art element of line and creates a funky animal.