Pre-Primary Visual Arts – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Creative Making Adventures

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Pre-Primary Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Creative Making Adventures”.

Students explore fundamental making processes through hands-on creative experiences that develop fine motor skills and artistic expression.

Lesson sequence (8 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Making Marks with Different Tools
2. Creating Textures with Found Objects
3. Building with Clay and Playdough
4. Making Collages with Paper and Fabric
5. Creating Patterns with Stamps and Prints
6. Making Simple Sculptures with Recycled Materials
7. Creating Pictures with Natural Materials
8. Making Our Own Art Gallery Display

Curriculum codes in this unit

SCSA codes for this unit are folded into the lesson sequence above rather than listed separately.

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 2

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 2 runs from Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July — 11 weeks for WA public schools. With 8 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.