Welcome to Arts Online

Skip to main content

Key links

Visual Arts: Achievement Objectives

	Understanding Visual Arts in Context (UC)	Developing Practical Knowledge in Visual Arts (PK)	Developing Ideas in Visual Arts (DI)	Communicating and Interpreting in Visual Arts (CI)
Level 1	Share ideas about how and why their own and others' works are made and their purpose, value, and context.	Explore a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected principles.	Investigate visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination.	Share the ideas, feelings, and stories communicated by their own and others' objects and images.
Level 2	Share ideas about how and why their own and others' works are made and their purpose, value, and context.	Explore a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected principles.	Investigate and develop visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination.	Share the ideas, feelings, and stories communicated by their own and others' objects and images.
Level 3	Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.	Explore some art-making conventions, applying knowledge of elements and selected principles through the use of materials and processes.	Develop and revisit visual ideas, in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination, supported by the study of artists' works.	Describe the ideas their own and others' objects and images communicate.
Level 4	Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.	Explore and use art-making conventions, applying knowledge of elements and selected principles through the use of materials and processes.	Develop and revisit visual ideas, in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination, supported by the study of artists' works.	Explore and describe ways in which meanings can be communicated and interpreted in their own and others' work.
Level 5	Investigate and consider the relationship between the production of art works and their contexts and influences.	Apply knowledge of selected conventions from established practice, using appropriate processes and procedures.	Generate, develop, and refine ideas in response to a variety of motivations, including the study of established practice.	Compare and contrast the ways in which ideas and art-making processes are used to communicate meaning in selected objects and images.
Level 6	Investigate, and analyse the relationship between the production of artworks and the contexts in which they were made, viewed and valued. Consider and reflect on contexts underlying their own and others' work.	Apply knowledge of a range of conventions from established practice, using appropriate processes and procedures.	Generate, develop, and clarify ideas, showing some understanding of established practice. Sequence and link ideas systematically as they solve problems in a body of work, using observation and invention with an appropriate selection of materials.	Identify and analyse processes and procedures from established practice that influence ways of communicating meaning. Investigate, analyse, and evaluate ideas and interpret artists' intentions in art works.
Level 7	Research and analyse the influences of contexts on the characteristics and production of art works. Research and analyse the influence of relevant contexts on their own work.	Apply understanding from research into a range of established practice to extend skills for particular art-making purposes, using appropriate processes and procedures in selected fields. Extend skills, in a range of materials, techniques, and technologies.	Generate, analyse, clarify, and extend ideas in a selected field related to established practice. Use a systematic approach to the development of ideas in a body of work.	Research and analyse how art works are constructed and presented to communicate meanings. Use critical analysis to interpret and respond to art works.
Level 8	Use research and analysis to investigate contexts, meanings, intentions, and technological influences related to the making and valuing of art works. Research and analyse contexts relevant to their intentions and to the expression of meanings in their own work.	Apply understanding from broad and deep research into the characteristics and constraints of materials, techniques, technologies, and established conventions in a selected field. Extend and refine skills in a selected field, using appropriate processes and procedures.	Generate, analyse, clarify, and regenerate options in response to selected questions or a proposal in a chosen field. Use a systematic approach, selectively informed by recent and established practice, to develop ideas in a body of work.	Research and analyse selected approaches and theories related to visual arts practice. Critically reflect on, respond to, and evaluate art works.