Year 1 Visual Arts – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Exploring Art Around Us

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 1 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring Art Around Us”.

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 on Walls and Displays
3. Exploring Art in Picture Books
4. Finding Art in Our School
5. Visiting an Art Gallery or Museum
6. Art in Our Homes and Community
7. How Artists Show Their Work
8. Creating Our Own Art Display

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.