Year 5 Visual Arts – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Exploring Artists' Perspectives and Techniques

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 5 Visual Arts in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring Artists' Perspectives and Techniques”.

Students explore artwork from various artists to understand how perspective is reflected in their work and analyze the selection of visual art elements, materials, and media used to create meaning.

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 Different Artists and Their Unique Styles
2. Analyzing How Artists Show Perspective in Their Artwork
3. Investigating Visual Elements Used by Famous Artists
4. Exploring Materials and Media Choices Across Art Movements
5. Comparing Perspectives: Landscape Artists Through Time
6. Examining How Cultural Background Influences Artistic Perspective
7. Analyzing Portrait Artists and Their Technical Choices
8. Evaluating Contemporary Artists' Use of Mixed Media and Perspective

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.