Year 5 Visual Arts – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Responding to Artists and Their Perspectives

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 5 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Responding to Artists and Their Perspectives”.

Students explore artwork from various artists to understand how perspective is reflected through visual art elements, materials, and media choices.

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. Discovering Different Artists and Their Unique Styles
2. Analyzing How Artists Use Color to Show Their Perspective
3. Exploring Line and Shape in Artists' Work
4. Investigating How Artists Choose Materials to Express Ideas
5. Comparing Different Media Techniques Across Artists
6. Identifying Cultural Perspectives in Artwork
7. Evaluating How Artists Combine Elements for Impact
8. Reflecting on Artist Perspectives Through Gallery Walk

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 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 10 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.