Art Alive

Years 3-4

Three-week Program

Be bright, be bold, be brave with your word choices! Students explore the artworks of contemporary culturally diverse Australian artists including Kaylene Whiskey and Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, penning poetry inspired by their quirky and colourful pieces. They will learn to unpack visual art and expand their vocabulary, bringing art to life by reimagining the stories and characters behind the works.

• Australian Curriculum Outcomes

  Create literary texts that explore students’ own experiences and imagining (ACELT1607)

  Create literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settings (ACELT1794)

  Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts, for example characterisation, rhyme, rhythm, mood, music, sound effects and dialogue (ACELT1791)

• NSW Syllabus Outcomes

  Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience (EN2-CWT-01)

• Sample Student Writing

  A being greets me

  Crimson, teal and honey

  Body parts jagged and curved

  Stomping around

  Decorated in spheres and diamonds

  I wonder, does it dance when we’re not around?

Available in Semester 1, 2027.