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Planning Visual Arts Activities and constructing assessment Victorian Curriculum F - 6 Kathryn Hendy-Ekers Curriculum Manager, Visual & Media Arts

‘Making and Responding’ Students learn as artist and viewer. Students learn through making and responding.

Structure Strand Content Explore & express Exploration & experimentation. Ideas, experiences, observations, subject matter Artworks from other periods of times and culture as inspiration. Visual Arts Practices Experimentation & exploration Materials, techniques, processes, technologies, Art forms Visual conventions Skills Present & Perform Create and display artworks Respond & interpret Respond, identify, describe, discuss Artworks from time, places, cultures Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander works

Terminology https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/the-arts/visual-arts/introduction/learning-in-visual-arts

Structure Content descriptions

Structure Achievement standards

Structure Level 4 Content Description Achievement Standard Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times to express ideas in visual artworks. Students plan and make artworks that are inspired by artworks they experience. Students discuss how artists use materials, techniques and visual conventions in artworks. Use materials, techniques, technologies and processes, and explore visual conventions to make artworks. They use materials, visual conventions, techniques and processes to communicate their ideas. Create and display artworks, describing how ideas are expressed to an audience. They discuss and evaluate the art making processes, materials and techniques they use to express their ideas. Identify and discuss how ideas are expressed in a range of places and cultures.

Progression of content Knowledge and skills are represented as a continuum.

Progression of achievement

Progression of learning Part of Achievement Standard F Experiment with materials and techniques to make artworks. 1 - 2 Experiment with materials, techniques and processes to make artworks. 3 – 4 Explore and use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to make artworks. 5 – 6 Plan artworks using materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to make artworks.

Sample assessment progression

Sample assessment progression

Level 4 – Calder inspired mobiles

Level 4 Calder Mobiles Drawn from the achievement standards Overview Students explore the art practice and themes of Alexander Calder’s artworks. Through the creative process students plan, design and construct their own hanging sculpture inspired by the artwork of Alexander Calder. Learning intentions Students observe and analyse Alexander Calder’s artworks to understand art practice. Students plan an artwork proposing the ideas and materials that could be used to express their ideas. Students construct a mobile artwork by combining various materials and considering visual conventions to create balance. Students evaluate their artwork and compare their art practice and artworks to Alexander Calder’s work. Drawn from the achievement standards

Level 4 Calder Mobiles Achievement standards Assessment tasks 4.1 Explore and use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to create artworks. 4.2 Express ideas in artworks demonstrating the exploration of artworks and cultures. 4.3 Discuss and describe art making processes, materials and techniques. 4.4 Discuss how artists express ideas and use materials, techniques and visual conventions in artworks from different times, places and cultures. Assessment tasks Alexander Calder mind map (4.3, 4.4) Mind map for students own artwork (4.1, 4.3) Three preliminary drawings with annotation (4.1) Final artwork (4.1, 4.2) Self-reflection and evaluation of own artwork (4.3) Evaluation of artwork by other students in the class (4.3, 4.4) Anecdotal notes from whole class discussions and teacher conferencing throughout the unit of work (4.3) Written self-reflection (4.3)

Lesson progression 8 – 9 x 60 minute lessons Learning intention Learning Activity 1 To observe, analyse and understand Calder’s artworks and art practice. Students use visual arts language and referring to the visual conventions. Class discussion of the works of Alexander Calder. Students use thinking tools and mind mapping to discuss the artist’s practice, ideas and use of visual conventions. 2 Students plan an artwork proposing the ideas and materials that could be used to express their ideas. Students plan their artwork in their art journal. 3 Students design a hanging sculpture and evaluate the design by writing reflective notes. Students design their sculpture. They experiment with different materials and techniques. They document their thinking in their art journals. 4 - 8 Students construct a mobile artwork by combining various materials and considering visual conventions to create balance. Students create their sculpture. 9 Students evaluate their artwork. They compare their art practice and artworks to Calder’s work. Students evaluate their sculptures, comparing them with Calder’s. They also discuss the presentation of their artworks.

Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Content Description Achievement standard To observe, analyse and understand Calder’s artworks and art practice. Students use visual arts language and referring to the visual conventions. Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times as inspiration to create visual artworks (VCAVAE025) 4.3 Discuss and describe art making processes, materials and techniques. 4.4 Discuss how artists express ideas and use materials, techniques and visual conventions in artworks from different times, places and cultures.

Lesson Two Lesson 2 Intention Content Description Achievement standard Students plan an artwork proposing the ideas and materials that could be used to express their ideas. Explore visual conventions and use materials, techniques, technologies and processes specific to particular art forms, and to make artworks (VCAVAV026) 4.2 Explore and use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to create artworks.

Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Intention Content Description Achievement standard Students design a hanging sculpture and evaluate the design by writing reflective notes. Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times as inspiration to create visual artworks (VCAVAE025) Explore visual conventions and use materials, techniques, technologies and processes specific to particular art forms, and to make artworks (VCAVAV026) 4.1 Explore and use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to create artworks. 4.2 Express ideas in artworks demonstrating the exploration of artworks and cultures.

Lesson 4 – 8 Lesson 4 – 8 Intention Content Descriptions Achievement Standards Students construct a mobile artwork by combining various materials and considering visual conventions to create balance. Explore visual conventions and use materials, techniques, technologies and processes specific to particular art forms, and to make artworks (VCAVAV026) 4.2 Explore and use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to create artworks. 4.3 Express ideas in artworks demonstrating the exploration of artworks and cultures.

Lesson 9 Lesson 9 intention Content Description Achievement standard Students evaluate their artwork. They compare their art practice and artworks to Calder’s work. Explore different ways of displaying artworks to enhance their meaning for an audience (VCAVAP027) Identify and discuss how ideas are expressed in artworks from a range of places, times and cultures, including artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (VCAVAR027) 4.3 Discuss and describe art making processes, materials and techniques. 4.4 Discuss how artists express ideas and use materials, techniques and visual conventions in artworks from different times, places and cultures.

Summative Assessment Sheet

Unpacking explore & represent practices respond & interpret How is the activity aligned to prior learning? varied to cater for different levels of knowledge and skill? How does the activity connect to the rest of the unit/sequence? explore & represent practices present & perform respond & interpret

Reflection and Evaluation explore & represent practices present & perform respond & interpret How will the students know what they have learned? What evaluation will they carry out on their learning?

Contact Kathryn Hendy- Ekers Curriculum Manager, Visual Arts & Media PH: 9032-1697 Email: Hendy-Ekers.Kathryn.L@edumail.vic.gov.au

Curriculum support For advice regarding the F-10 curriculum, contact VCAA F-10 Unit: E. vcaa.f10.curriculum@edumail.vic.gov.au T. 9032 1788