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for a module which consists of 15-20 one and a half hour lessons, in both Year Seven and Year Eight || Knowledge, Understanding in Context and Communicating and Interpreting) over a range of contexts and with a variety of media. || "Through engaging in the visual arts, students learn how to discern, participate in, and celebrate their own and others' visual worlds." "In visual arts education, students develop visual literacy and aesthetic awareness as they manipulate and transform visual, tactile and spacial ideas to solve problems." "As they develop their visual literacy students are able to engage in a wider range of art experiences in increasingly complex and conscious ways." || This link will take you to an article that describes the stages children progress through in Visual Art ||
 * [[image:note_from_the_teacher.jpg width="120" height="114" align="center"]] || **At Matamata Intermediate School, students are given the opportunity of specialist**
 * teaching in Visual Art.** The group size is a half class. The students attend Visual Art
 * [[image:slate-a2.gif width="127" height="121" align="center"]] || **During the two years the students are at Matamata Intermediate, learning**
 * experiences will be provided in the four strands of Visual Art** (Developing Ideas, Practical
 * experiences will be provided in the four strands of Visual Art** (Developing Ideas, Practical
 * [[image:slate-r2.gif width="131" height="123" align="center"]] || **Home Learning is part of the Visual Art Programme at M.I.S, the expectation is that students will complete their home learning to a high standard; this will require effort and commitment.**
 * The purpose of the home learning is to consolidate information and practice skills that have been learnt in class.
 * The home learning is generally given one week and expected to be completed by the next lesson the following week
 * Students are expected to commit to producing the best work they can. When students are completing a pencil drawing it should be a detailed and fully shaded drawing. ||
 * [[image:slate-t2.gif width="134" height="129" align="center"]] || **The following are excerpts from the Visual Art Statement in the NZ Curriculum**
 * [[image:slate-t2.gif width="134" height="129" align="center"]] || **The following are excerpts from the Visual Art Statement in the NZ Curriculum**
 * [[image:slate-t2.gif width="134" height="129" align="center"]] || **The following are excerpts from the Visual Art Statement in the NZ Curriculum**
 * [[image:p-tube4c.gif width="179" height="107"]] || **[|Developmental Stages in Children's Art]**
 * [[image:p-tube4c.gif width="179" height="107"]] || **[|Developmental Stages in Children's Art]**
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