Year 3 Visual Arts – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Exploring How Artwork is Displayed

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 3 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring How Artwork is Displayed”.

Students explore different ways artwork is displayed in various settings and learn to respond to and appreciate displayed artworks.

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 Do We Find Displayed Artwork?
2. Art Gallery Walk - How Artists Display Their Work
3. Museum Walls and Frames - Different Ways to Present Art
4. Outdoor Art Displays - Sculptures and Public Artworks
5. Digital Art Displays - Art on Screens and Technology
6. Creating Our Own Gallery Space - Planning an Art Exhibition
7. Responding to Different Display Methods - What Works Best?
8. Curating Our Class Art Show - Choosing How to Display Our Work

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.