Year 3 Visual Arts – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Creating Artwork Through Exploration and Expression

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 3 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Creating Artwork Through Exploration and Expression”.

Students will develop their artistic skills by creating artwork using various materials, techniques, and subjects throughout the term.

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. Creating Self-Portrait Artwork with Paint
2. Making Collage Artwork from Natural Materials
3. Creating Animal Artwork Using Different Brushstrokes
4. Making Pattern Artwork with Stamps and Stencils
5. Creating Landscape Artwork with Watercolours
6. Making Texture Artwork Through Printing Techniques
7. Creating Story Artwork to Illustrate Favourite Tales
8. Making Community Artwork as a Collaborative Mural

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

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.