Australian Curriculum: Visual Arts
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has reviewed the P–10 Australian Curriculum to ensure it meets the needs of students and teachers, now and into the future.
- Learning area overview presentation: The Arts (PPTX, 1.9 MB)
- Learning area overview poster: The Arts (PDF, 222.0 KB)
- Snapshot of changes in Australian Curriculum Version 9.0: The Arts (PDF, 161.0 KB)
- Summary of changes in Australian Curriculum Version 9.0: The Arts (PDF, 215.8 KB)
- Comparison of AC v8.4 to v9.0: Prep — Visual Arts (PDF, 151.1 KB)
- Comparison of AC v8.4 to v9.0: Years 1–2 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 147.7 KB)
- Comparison of AC v8.4 to v9.0: Years 3–4 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 149.6 KB)
- Comparison of AC v8.4 to v9.0: Years 5–6 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 149.8 KB)
- Comparison of AC v8.4 to v9.0: Years 7–8 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 149.5 KB)
- Comparison of AC v8.4 to v9.0: Years 9–10 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 150.0 KB)
The Australian Curriculum achievement standards provide a fixed frame of reference and a shared language to use when describing student achievement. For each learning area or subject, the achievement standards are statements of what students should know and be able to do at the end of a year or a band of years.
In Queensland, all schooling sectors collaboratively decided that the achievement standard is the C standard (or equivalent) against which judgments are made on a five-point scale (commonly A–E).
- Sequence of achievement standards: Prep–Year 6 — Visual Arts (PDF, 136.2 KB)
- Sequence of achievement standards: Years 7–10 — Visual Arts (PDF, 134.4 KB)
- Sequence of achievement standards: Prep–Year 6 — The Arts (PDF, 136.8 KB)
- Sequence of content descriptions: Prep–Year 6 — Visual Arts (PDF, 144.4 KB)
- Sequence of content descriptions: Years 7–10 — Visual Arts (PDF, 142.4 KB)
- Achievement standard aligned to content descriptions: Prep — Visual Arts (PDF, 144.2 KB)
- Achievement standard aligned to content descriptions: Years 1–2 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 145.5 KB)
- Achievement standard aligned to content descriptions: Years 3–4 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 148.0 KB)
- Achievement standard aligned to content descriptions: Years 5–6 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 150.3 KB)
- Achievement standard aligned to content descriptions: Years 7–8 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 172.2 KB)
- Achievement standard aligned to content descriptions: Years 9–10 band — Visual Arts (PDF, 170.1 KB)