Year 2 Visual Arts – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Displaying and Sharing Our Artwork

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 2 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Displaying and Sharing Our Artwork”.

Students learn how to properly display artwork and understand the importance of presentation in visual arts.

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. Exploring How Artists Display Their Work
2. Choosing Our Best Artwork for Display
3. Preparing Artwork for Exhibition
4. Creating Labels and Descriptions for Our Art
5. Setting Up Our Classroom Gallery
6. Presenting Our Artwork to Others
7. Visiting and Responding to Art Displays
8. Reflecting on Our Art Exhibition Experience

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.