Visual Arts Program

Our Visual Arts program encourages students to explore, create, respond and present artworks. Students develop their creativity, technical skills and visual language through drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, printmaking and digital artmaking. Students explore artworks and visual practices from a range of cultural, historical and contemporary contexts, including the diverse practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Students develop their understanding through responding to artworks and visual practices and creating their own work informed by their learning. Years 3–6 students also participate in our biannual Art Show, where they select, curate and present their artworks for an audience and collaborate to create an engaging exhibition for the FNPS community.

Prep students:

• explore drawing, painting, collage, printmaking and construction
• experiment with colour, line, shape, texture and pattern
• develop skills using a range of materials, tools and techniques
• explore ideas through observation, imagination and play
• learn to talk about and share their artworks.

Year 1 students:

• explore ideas through drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and printmaking
• experiment with colour, line, shape, texture, space and pattern
• develop skills with a range of materials, tools and techniques
• respond to and discuss a variety of artworks
• create and present artworks for an audience.

Year 2 Students:

• develop greater independence in planning and creating artworks
• explore painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, printmaking and mixed media
• investigate how visual elements and techniques communicate ideas
• respond to artworks from different cultural, historical and contemporary contexts
• reflect on, present and share their artworks.

Year 3 students:

• develop and communicate ideas through a range of art forms
• extend their skills in drawing, painting, collage, weaving and construction
• explore abstract, representational and pattern-based artmaking
• experiment with materials, techniques and visual conventions
• collaborate to curate and present artworks in an exhibition.

Year 4 students:

• develop and refine drawing, painting, collage and construction skills
• explore how artists use visual elements and conventions to communicate ideas
• investigate two- and three-dimensional artmaking
• explore artworks and visual practices from different contexts
• plan, create and present artworks for an audience.

Year 5 students:

• develop increasingly independent approaches to planning and creating artworks
• explore drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and digital art
• investigate pattern, tessellation, tone, movement and scale
• explore how cultural, historical and contemporary contexts influence art
• curate, display and present artworks, including digital and stop-frame animation.

Year 6 students:

• independently develop, plan and refine ideas for artworks
• extend skills across drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and digital art
• explore symbolism, visual conventions and artistic choices
• interpret artworks from a range of cultural, historical and contemporary contexts
• curate and present artworks, explaining their ideas, influences and artistic choices.