Year 1 Visual Arts – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Exploring and Responding to Art Displays

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 1 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring and Responding to Art Displays”.

Students explore how artworks are displayed in different settings and develop skills in viewing and responding to visual art.

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. Looking at Art in Our Classroom
2. Discovering Art in Picture Books
3. Exploring the School Art Gallery
4. How Art is Hung on Walls
5. Art on Pedestals and Stands
6. Outdoor Art and Sculptures
7. Visiting a Real Art Gallery
8. Creating Our Own Class Exhibition

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 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 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.