Visual Art Term One Overview
Exploration
In Exploration this term, students will be settling into their new Visual Art classroom. Students will be exploring how to be safe and respectful in the Visual Art room and how to use materials appropriately. Exploration students will investigate what a ‘growth mindset’ is and how having a growth mindset can support them in their artistic journey. Students will then become familiar with the Easter Story of Jesus and create a cross inspired artwork using sponge and tape resist techniques using acrylic paint.
Discovery
In Discovery this term, students will be settling into their Visual Art classroom. Students will be exploring how to continue to be safe and respectful in the Visual Art room and how to use materials appropriately. Discovery students will investigate what a ‘growth mindset’ is and how having a growth mindset can support them in their artistic journey. Students will then become familiar with the Easter Story of Jesus and create a cross inspired artwork using cutting techniques, watercolour or oil pastel.
Curiosity
In Curiosity this term, students will be settling into their Visual Art classroom. Students will be exploring how to continue to be safe and respectful in the Visual Art room and how to use materials appropriately. Curiosity students will investigate what a ‘growth mindset’ is and how having a growth mindset can support them in their artistic journey. Students will then become familiar with the story of Palm Sunday and create an artwork inspired by this story. Students will develop their own personal style through creating a palm and experiment with a range of oil pastel techniques. Students will be thinking critically about how they would like to display their artwork to an audience which will support the intended message.
Challenge
Throughout this term, students will be exploring how they can demonstrate the school values through our Visual Art class. We will be exploring how a growth mindset and taking risks in Visual Art can support us in developing our practice as artists. Challenge students will be exploring the Easter Story, in particular the Stations of the Cross. Students will be investigating the story associated with each station and analysing historical and modern artworks created by artists to inform their artistic representation of each station. Students will reflect and evaluate how their artwork has delivered a message and how they can display the artwork to the audience to maintain the intended meaning.
Shannon Nolan & Jenn Webb
Visual Arts Specialist Teachers