Years 5 and 6 Dance

In Years 5 and 6, students draw on artworks from a range of cultures, times and locations. They explore the arts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and of the Asia region and learn that they are used for different purposes. While the arts …

Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Learning Area Achievement Standard Dance Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students explain how ideas are communicated in artworks they make and to which they respond. They describe characteristics of artworks from different social, historical and cultural contexts that influence their art making. Students …

Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Dance Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of dance, choreographic devices and production elements communicate meaning in dances they make, perform and view. They describe characteristics of dances from different social, historical and cultural …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACADAM010

practising and refining technical skills in movements in response to teacher’s and peers’ feedback

Elaboration (1) | ACADAM010 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

ACADAM010

Develop technical and expressive skills in fundamental movements including body control, accuracy, alignment, strength, balance and coordination

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACADAM010 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

ACADAM011

Perform dance using expressive skills to communicate a choreographer’s ideas, including performing dances of cultural groups in the community

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACADAM011 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACADAM011

developing expressive skills of focus, clarity of the movement, confidence and facial expression/character to present dance ideas in performance for an intended audience

Elaboration | ACADAM011 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACADAM011

presenting their performances using internet-based technologies, including social media

Elaboration (5) | ACADAM011 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACADAM010

rehearsing a combination of fundamental movements with or without accompaniment to refine technical and expressive skills, for example, galloping, jumping, sliding, rolling, slithering, spinning, shrinking, exploding, collapsing

Elaboration | ACADAM010 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

ACADAR012

Explain how the elements of dance and production elements communicate meaning by comparing dances from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACADAR012 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACADAR012

discussing social and cultural influences to recognise the role of dance and dancers in societies, cultures, environments and times, for example, conventions of a Kecak dance from Bali, or the protocols for performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

Elaboration (4) | ACADAR012 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum