Demonstration: Creating dance - BELOW
Students spent the first half of the year following dance videos as part of their warm-up in physical education lessons. Students were asked to construct and perform a dance routine using a minimum of four dance moves that went for at least 30 seconds. …
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Demonstration: Bush dance - BELOW
Students participated in a unit of work that introduced them to the history of Australian bush dance. The class was taught Heel and Toe Polka, Strip the Willow and Waves of Bondi at the start of the unit. Students were asked to form groups and use the …
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Demonstration and written response: Dance creation - BELOW
Students were involved in a 10-week HASS and HPE unit of work about celebrations around the world. The unit of work had a strong focus on working cooperatively in a group. Students were asked to collaborate as a group to prepare a short performance consisting …
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The Arts: Dance - Below satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of work shows that the student can choreograph short sequences of movement. The student responds to their dance, describing some parts of their performance or the dance’s intent.
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The Arts: Dance - Below satisfactory - Years 9 and 10
This portfolio of work shows that the student can combine a short sequence of movement. The student performs dance (WS1, WS2). The student responds to their dance (WS1).
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The Arts: Dance - Below satisfactory - Foundation to Year 2
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can demonstrate occasional control in using movement skills for performance (WS1). The student can combine some movements with occasional meaning and show safe dance practices when reminded (WS2). They …
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The Arts: Dance - Below satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can perform technical skills with occasional control and expressive skills with varied control. They can show occasional understanding of choreographic devices and some parts of the structure of their …
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The Arts: Dance - Below satisfactory - Years 5 and 6
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can perform movements and dance sequences with occasional control and awareness of audience. The student can use features of a site to perform a sequence of movements. They are able to explain how …
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The Arts: Media Arts - Below satisfactory - Years 5 and 6
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can demonstrate in basic terms how the story in a novel and their own ideas can be portrayed in a trailer they share with their class. The student can occasionally consider audience when creating an …
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Health and Physical Education - Below satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify physical changes that occur during puberty and recognise that during puberty relationships also change (WS3). They identify a number of emotions that impact on relationships and provide …
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Art response: Leaving home - BELOW
Students engaged in responding to the subject matter and narrative in Aboriginal Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup’s woodcut print, Leaving home. They were also required to analyse elements such as shape, the artist’s choice to exclude colour, and the technique …
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Hip-hop: Technology - BELOW
Students were asked to use dance to explore an issue facing the youth of today in a four-week unit. They were assessed in a summative task that included making (choreography and performance) and responding. Students selected and organised the elements …
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Style: Hip-hop - BELOW
Students were asked to choreograph a dance that explored the stylistic features and culture of hip-hop in a five-week unit. They worked collaboratively in pairs to manipulate and combine the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production …
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Contemporary - BELOW
Students were given the opportunity to develop their own choreography in response to Keep Everything by Chunky Move, choreographed by Anthony Hamilton. They also experienced and analysed a range of other Australian dance from contemporary and past times …
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Pairs: Seasons - BELOW
Students made and responded to dance by exploring seasons as a stimulus in a short unit of work. They also individually choreographed a dance to represent their chosen season. They were guided through the process of developing movements to represent a …
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Ensemble: Site specific – BELOW
Students studied choreography using a site specified by their teacher as a stimulus. The unit explored different spaces where dance can occur and provided students with the opportunity to choreograph their own work in a specific space. This was an informal …
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Class performance: Under the sea – Below
During the course of a term, students participated in an annual musical theatre production as an integrated unit that developed their skills across Dance, Drama and Music. The theme was ‘under the sea’ and the Year 2 students collaborated with Year 6 …
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Design project: Gardening tool - BELOW
Students critiqued garden tools, designed for adults, and identified the issues they have with using them. They researched ergonomics and developments by designers of garden tools in shape, size and materials used. Students explained the issues they have …
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Arranging and performing - BELOW
Students had to determine a community activity at which they could perform. They had to select repertoire and identify what style and form would suit the community performance. Students used their understanding of music making in different cultures, times …
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Cubism: Portraits - BELOW
Students researched and explored synthetic and analytical cubism and the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. They explored the visual conventions of and social and historical influences on cubism through structured inquiry that was prepared for them by their …
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