Visual Arts
In the Banyule Visual Arts Room, creativity is active, hands-on, and full of discovery.
Our Visual Arts program runs across a two-year cycle for Years 3–6, where students explore a diverse range of topics including Colour & Emotion, Sculpture & 3D Forms, Cultural Patterns & Symbols, Nature & Environment, Identity, Community & Collaboration, Art & Storytelling, and Digital & Mixed Media Art. Each unit is designed to build skills over time while giving students space to express their own ideas.
Every term, students create both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) artworks. One day they might be drawing, painting, or designing… the next, they’re building, constructing, and bringing ideas to life in sculptural form. This balance helps students understand that art isn’t just something you see, it’s something you can make, shape, and experience.
Students learn about the Elements of Art (colour, line, shape, form, texture, space, and value) and explore how artists use these to communicate meaning. Through studying both historical and contemporary artists, students are inspired to take creative risks and develop their own artistic voice.
We place a strong focus on the creative process. Students plan, experiment, create, build, and reflect...developing not just artistic skills, but confidence, resilience, and problem-solving along the way.
The Banyule Visual Arts Room is a space where ideas grow, materials transform, and every student is supported to see themselves as an artist.
