Year 3 Visual Arts – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Exploring and Responding to Displayed Artwork

What this unit covers

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

Students develop skills in responding to and analyzing how artwork is displayed in various contexts and settings.

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. Discovering Art in Our School: Where Can We Find Displayed Artwork?
2. Art Gallery Walk: How Artists Choose to Display Their Work
3. Comparing Display Methods: Wall Art vs Sculpture Presentation
4. The Power of Lighting: How Display Affects Our Response to Art
5. Creating Our Own Gallery Space: Planning an Art Display
6. Responding to Professional Gallery Displays Through Virtual Tours
7. Evaluating Different Ways Aboriginal Art is Displayed and Shared
8. Reflecting on Our Learning: How Display Changes Our Art 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 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.