Year 3 Visual Arts – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Creating Artwork Through Making

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 3 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Creating Artwork Through Making”.

Students will explore and develop skills in creating artwork through hands-on making experiences using various materials and techniques.

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 Lines and Shapes in Artwork Creation
2. Making Textured Artworks with Found Materials
3. Creating Colour Wheel Paintings
4. Building 3D Sculptures from Recycled Materials
5. Making Pattern Artworks Using Stamps and Stencils
6. Creating Nature-Inspired Collage Artworks
7. Making Self-Portrait Paintings
8. Creating a Class Gallery of Original Artworks

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 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.