ART (VISUAL ARTS)

Art sessions are provided by our qualified Art teacher in a fully equipped and purpose-built Art Room. The Visual Arts program at Bellbridge Primary School provides students with a wide range of opportunities to explore an array of materials, tools and skills. We endeavour to include the areas of mark making, drawing, painting, printing, collage, threads and textiles, modelling and construction in the program.

Students are explicitly taught how to use tools and a variety of techniques, and are supported to develop their skills, ideas and creativity. Beginning in Prep at Foundation level and building up to Grade 6, students explore forms of art at their developmental level, and consolidate and extend their skills.

The elements of art such as line, shape and colour, as well as various art vocabulary, is woven through the program. Students are inspired by a wide variety of artists, literature, community programs/events and special school events (e.g. Grade 6 graduation). Students view and discuss artworks, create and display their own artworks, and respond to the work of peers, artists and themselves.
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Student work is formally assessed using the Victorian Curriculum in the areas of exploration and expression of ideas, visual arts practice, presentation and performance, and response and interpretation. Student work is proudly showcased around the school.