Visual Art at Rowville Primary School

Through the visual arts program, students at Rowville Primary School have the opportunity to develop their imagination and creativity. They observe, solve problems, and innovate.

Our program is delivered in line with the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Visual Arts framework

Our Visual Arts program is one of many specialist areas in our school curriculum. It sits alongside Performing Arts, STEM, and Italian.

Teaching students to be creative is a deliberate, explicit process at Rowville Primary School. The work of published artists is used to tune students into the elements of art. The teacher models the techniques. The teacher engages students to think about the artist’s choices and why. Students may also consider why the artist made those choices.

Students then work independently. They participate in painting, printing, collage, construction, modelling, drawing, and working with threads and textiles. These may be introduced as individual projects or as part of a mixed media project. They may use technology for graphic presentations.

Gallery walks are utilised to encourage students to critique and evaluate their work and that of their classmates.

Through this process, our students not only develop their artistic skills but also learn to understand the world of art. Our visual arts program helps students to learn to value diverse perspectives and cultures. This is becoming increasingly important in a global society.