Year 10 Visual Arts – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Creating and Documenting Artistic Practice

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 10 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Creating and Documenting Artistic Practice”.

Students explore media experimentation, idea representation, and documentation through film and recording while developing skills in artwork presentation and reflection.

Lesson sequence (10 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Exploring Visual Media: Testing Traditional and Digital Materials
2. Documenting Your Creative Process Through Photography
3. Film Techniques for Recording Artistic Practice
4. Developing Ideas Through Experimental Mark-Making
5. Representing Personal Concepts in Visual Form
6. Creating Video Documentation of Art-Making Processes
7. Preparing Artwork for Professional Display
8. Reflecting on Artistic Development Through Self-Assessment
9. Analyzing Other Artists' Work to Inform Your Practice
10. Final Presentation: Showcasing Process and Product

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 10 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.