Year: 10 – Elective
Length: Semester
Contact Person: Tenille Mannion
Content: This course builds on and utilises media and process skills developed in Years 8 and 9. The course is thematically arranged to introduce topics that students will be exposed to in the senior Arts curriculum. Students develop and create artworks in response to factors that influence their lives including physical, environmental and spiritual. They begin to use the art and design process in a more sophisticated manner and to focus on creating and communicating personal meaning through their artwork. Students begin to explore the process of critical analysis in a more structured manner, investigating meaning in artworks and discussing the context of their development. Study of Visual Arts at Year 10 focuses on preparing students for Visual Arts – Art or Design in Years 11 and 12.
Assessment tasks incorporate analytical, reflective and practical elements. Students develop a folio that presents their skills, understandings and achievement.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.