Years 7 and 8 · The Arts · Creating and making

AC9AVA8C02

select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning

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The rest of Creating and making in Years 7 and 8.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9AVA8C02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 7 and 8.

1. Years 5 and 6AC9AVA6C01use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
2. Years 9 and 10AC9AVA10C01evaluate critical feedback when planning, developing and refining their visual arts practice
3. Years 9 and 10AC9AVA10C02select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that reflect personal expression, and represent and/or challenge, ideas, perspectives and/or meaning