At Knox Gardens Primary School we create and present Visual and Media Arts by exploring painting, drawing, threads and textiles, construction, modelling, clay and technology.
Art is a valuable part of a learning process that contributes to the development of an individual’s creativity, recreational skills and the ability to express and communicate their ideas. All students from Foundation to Year Six attend a Visual Arts session for one hour, once a week.

Art activities are also integrated with class units of work. Visual Arts learning standards have been developed by the Department of Education and Training (DET) and form the basis of curriculum planning and assessment.
The Visual Arts Program is planned in the following Strands:
• Explore and Express
• Visual Arts Practices
• Present and Perform
• Respond and Interpret

Visual Conventions
Students explore traditional, contemporary and evolving visual conventions used in artworks of diverse styles and composition. These may include combinations of the:
• conventions such as composition and style, the art elements of line, shape, colour, tone, texture, form, sound, light and time
• art principles of emphasis, movement, rhythm, unity, variety, space, repetition, balance, contrast and scale.

Responding
Responding includes exploring, analysing and interpreting artworks. Students discuss, analyse, appreciate, interpret and evaluate artworks and the practices used to create them. They view the exhibition of artworks in different locations and cultures and develop an understanding of the values and belief systems of the artists, communities and cultures that have created artworks. Students develop an understanding of aesthetic knowledge when they view artworks and view, discuss and evaluate the characteristics of artworks from different cultures, locations and periods of time.

Information Communication Technologies and The Arts
Information Communication Technologies (ICT) are powerful tools that can support student learning. Students can develop and demonstrate their understanding of concepts and content in The Arts using a range of ICT tools. It is also important that students know how to use ICT efficiently and responsibly, as well as learning how to protect themselves and secure their data.