Digital @ The Arts Unit Creative Classes

Surf it up!

Teacher notes

Use measurement and scale to create artworks

Student visual arts resource developed by The Arts Unit

Years 3 and 4 visual arts

What will your students learn?

Your students will:

  • investigate people and places involved in big wave surfing

  • create artworks reflecting the sport of big wave surfing

  • design a trophy to reflect the achievement of winning a world championship in surfing

  • move to the sound of classic surf music.

Syllabus outcomes

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus

  • VAS2.1: Represents the qualities of experiences and things that are interesting or beautiful* by choosing among aspects of subject matter.

  • VAS2.2: Uses the forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter.

  • VAS2.4: Identifies connections between subject matter in artworks and what they refer to, and appreciates the use of particular techniques.

Mathematics K-10 Syllabus

  • MA2-9MG: measures, records, compares and estimates lengths, distances and perimeters in metres, centimetres and millimetres, and measures, compares and records temperatures

Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students

Collection of student work

  • Google Form: create a Google Form with activities and/or questions, as well as, the ability for your students to upload of any files they create. Email this form to your students with the link to the Creative Class and all your student responses will be collated in a google sheet.

  • Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your classes Google Classroom with activities and/or questions, as well as, the ability for your students to upload any files they create.

  • MS Teams: create a quiz or an assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.

  • Email: instruct your students to email you any responses and files they create.

  • Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

  • Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard that can be used as a feedback board for you and your students to use.

For further support on how to create these resources

Offline access

Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.

Surf it up! - Digital @ The Arts Unit Creative Classes.docx


Would you like to promote your school and showcase your students' work as a result of engaging in this Creative Class?

Help us celebrate the fantastic work of NSW public school students by emailing photos or videos that you have permission to share and comments on how your students enjoyed the class to digital.artsunit@det.nsw.edu.au.

Please include the Creative Class title and your school name in the email so we can share on The Arts Unit social media and our website.

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