Year 6 Visual Arts – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Creating Meaningful Artwork

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 6 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Creating Meaningful Artwork”.

Students will create artwork that expresses personal ideas and beliefs while considering their audience and incorporating feedback throughout the making process.

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. Exploring Personal Beliefs Through Visual Symbols
2. Sketching Ideas: From Concept to Visual Form
3. Creating Self-Portrait Artworks That Express Identity
4. Understanding Your Audience: Who Will View Your Art?
5. Peer Feedback Sessions: Improving Our Artwork
6. Refining Artwork Based on Audience Considerations
7. Final Artwork Creation: Expressing Your Viewpoint
8. Gallery Presentation: Sharing Ideas Through Art

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 1

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 1 runs from Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April — 9 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.