Pre-Primary Visual Arts – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Exploring Making Through Play and Creation

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Pre-Primary Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring Making Through Play and Creation”.

Students will explore fundamental making processes through hands-on creative experiences that build foundational art skills and creative confidence.

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 Texture Pictures with Found Objects
3. Building with Clay - Rolling and Squashing
4. Making Collages with Torn Paper
5. Creating Patterns with Stamps and Prints
6. Making 3D Sculptures with Recycled Materials
7. Painting with Brushes, Fingers and Sponges
8. Making a Class 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 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.