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Structure Drama

Learning in Drama Learning in Drama involves students making, performing, analysing and responding to drama, drawing on human experience as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of drama, develop skills, techniques and processes, and use …

Structure | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 5 and 6 Drama

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 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Drama

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through drama. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through drama practices focusing on: Elements of drama Role, character and relationships Role …

Example of knowledge and skills | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 9 and 10 Drama

In Drama, students: refine and extend their understanding and use of role, character, relationships and situation extend the use of voice and movement to sustain belief in character maintain focus and manipulate space and time, language, ideas and …

Years 9 and 10 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Foundation to Year 2 Drama

In Foundation to Year 2, learning in The Arts builds on the Early Years Learning Framework. Students are engaged through purposeful and creative play in structured activities, fostering a strong sense of wellbeing and developing their connection with …

Foundation to Year 2 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Drama

In Drama, students: build on their understanding of role, character and relationships use voice and movement to sustain character and situation use focus, tension, space and time to enhance drama incorporate language and ideas and use devices such …

Years 7 and 8 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 3 and 4 Drama

In Years 3 and 4, learning in The Arts builds on the experience of the previous band. It involves students making and responding to artworks independently and collaboratively with their classmates and teachers. As they experience The Arts, students draw …

Years 3 and 4 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Rationale Drama

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Drama is the expression and exploration of personal, cultural and social worlds through role and situation that engages, entertains and challenges. Students create meaning …

Rationale | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACADRM043

developing and refining vocal qualities of audibility, clarity and contrast through control of pace, pitch, dynamics and use of pause and silence

Elaboration (1) ACADRM043

developing use of performance techniques and conventions relevant to selected performance styles, for example, refining use of the body to communicate through movement and stillness, and through realistic and non-realistic movement; and exploring ways …

Elaboration (2) ACADRM036

Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How did the performers use the elements of drama and design elements effectively? For what purposes did they make drama? What evidence supports your judgement about the drama?

Learning Area Achievement Standard Drama Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students describe artworks they make and those to which they respond. They consider where and why people make artworks. Students use the elements and processes of arts subjects to make and share artworks that represent ideas. …

Achievement Standard Drama Years 9 and 10

By the end of Year 10, students analyse the elements of drama, forms and performance styles and evaluate meaning and aesthetic effect in drama they devise, interpret, perform and view. They use their experiences of drama practices from different cultures, …

Elaboration (3) ACADRM032

developing sensory and spatial awareness when creating dramatic action

Elaboration (1) ACADRM041

developing techniques of dramatic forms according to their established conventions and traditions

Achievement Standard Drama Years 3 and 4

By the end of Year 4, students describe and discuss similarities and differences between drama they make, perform and view. They discuss how they and others organise the elements of drama in their drama. Students use relationships, tension, time and …

Achievement Standard Drama Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students explain how dramatic action and meaning is communicated in drama they make, perform and view. They explain how drama from different cultures, times and places influences their own drama making. Students work collaboratively …

Achievement Standard Drama Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how the elements of drama are used, combined and manipulated in different styles. They apply this knowledge in drama they make and perform. They evaluate how they and others from different cultures, …

Elaboration (4) ACADRM043

developing techniques to engage an audience, for example, by expressing and experiencing character relationships through vocal dynamics and tone, eye contact, proximity and space

ACADRM028

Use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and establish role and situation

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