Visual Art

Our Arts program enables students to develop their creative and expressive capacities by learning about the different practices, disciplines and traditions that have shaped the expression of culture locally, nationally and globally. Students are both artist and audience in the Arts. They make, respond and learn to appreciate the specific ways this occurs in different disciplines.

Students express, represent and communicate ideas in contemporary, traditional and emerging art forms. In Performing Arts students explore Drama and Music whilst in Visual Arts they explore the world of visual representation and expression.

The significant contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Australia’s arts heritage and contemporary arts practices are explored across the Arts, and students are encouraged to respect and value these unique and evolving traditions.

At Iramoo Primary School students from Prep to Year 6 are involved in a variety of learning activities to develop and apply their knowledge and skills in Performing Arts and Visual Arts. Our students are immersed in rich learning experiences that help them to express, represent and communicate ideas in these different art forms.

Some of the engaging learning activities our students are involved in include:

Prep – Year 2

• learning art techniques such as collage, drawing, painting, printing, sculpting, oil pastel and dyeing using a variety of tools to produce colourful and creative art pieces
• viewing, exploring and responding to the artwork of various iconic artists.

Year 3 – Year 4

• consolidating and learning art techniques such as painting, drawing, construction, collage, patterns, dioramas, printmaking, and oil pastel using a variety of tools
• focusing on famous artists and artwork from Australia and Asia to create their own portraits and artwork.

Year 5 – Year 6

• refining art techniques such as painting, drawing, watercolour, construction, collage, patterns, printmaking and oil pastel using a variety of tools and different mediums
• their textile skills in designing, stitching, sewing and weaving
• focusing on the art techniques of several artists from Australia and around the world.

We also offer:

An Art Enrichment program for students in Year 6