At Quakers Hill High School, we encourage our visual arts students to develop their understanding of visual communication, learn to think creatively, analytically and become self-motivated learners.
Our students are often given opportunities to participate in gifted and talented enrichment programs, competitions, workshops and excursions. We also provide our Indigenous students with the opportunity to participate in workshops and gallery programs. Students also engage with the art world with excursions to the art gallery of NSW, The Museum of Contemporary Art and other Sydney galleries.
An annual creative and performing Arts Expo held in mid Term 4 showcases the work of our talented visual arts and photography students.
Learning visual art
During the visual arts course students are expected to produce practical pieces of work and detail the development of this work in their visual arts process diary (VAPD). Students will also undertake both critical and historical studies of relevant artists and art movements associated with each unit of work. Students will be given a computer research assignment, and they will learnn how to critically analyse artists' practice in essay form. Students must also sit an examination at the end of each semester.
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Students continue to develop their understandings and skills using the concepts of practice, the conceptual framework and the frames in 2D, 3D and 4D forms. Students are required to keep a visual arts process diary (VAPD) which provides evidence of the decisions and actions made by students in the production of their artworks.
An excursion to the beach is organised to supplement the work being taught in class. Students will photograph, document and sketch various aspects of the beach and develop this into a body of work at school using a variety of different media.
Visual art representation at our school
