Structure
The Australian Curriculum: The Arts covers each of the five arts subjects – Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music, and Visual Arts – across bands of year levels: Foundation to Year 2 Years 3 and 4 Years 5 and 6 Years 7 and 8 Years 9 and 10. The curriculum …
Structure | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas
Strands Content descriptions in each arts subject reflect the interrelated strands of making and responding. making includes learning about and using knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, materials and technologies to explore arts practices and make …
Key ideas | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Dance
In Dance, students: build on their awareness of the body and how it is used in particular dance styles extend their understanding and use space, time, dynamics and relationships to expand their choreographic intentions extend the combinations of …
Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Dance
In Dance, students: make and respond to dance independently and with their classmates, teachers and communities explore dance as an art form through choreography, performance and appreciation build on their awareness of the body through body part …
Years 7 and 8 | Dance | 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
Years 9 and 10 Music
In Music, students: continue to develop their aural skills as they build on their understanding and use of the elements of music extend their understanding and use of more complex rhythms and diversity of pitch and incorporate dynamics and expression …
Years 9 and 10 | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Visual Arts
In Visual Arts, students: build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual representations, practices, processes and viewpoints refine their personal aesthetic through working …
Years 9 and 10 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Example of knowledge and skills Music
In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through Music. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through music practices focusing on: Elements of music Rhythm sound/silence, long/short, …
Example of knowledge and skills | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Structure Dance
Learning in Dance Learning in Dance involves students exploring elements, skills and processes through the integrated practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. The body is the instrument of expression and uses combinations of the elements …
Structure | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Example of knowledge and skills Media Arts
In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through Media Arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through media arts practices focusing on: Representation and story principles Structure representing …
Example of knowledge and skills | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Example of knowledge and skills Dance
In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through dance. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through dance practices focusing on: Body body awareness – awareness of body in space in …
Example of knowledge and skills | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Structure Music
Learning in Music Students learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of music comprising rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre and texture. Aural skills, or ear training, are the particular …
Structure | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Structure Visual Arts
Learning in Visual Arts Learning in Visual Arts involves students making and responding to artworks, drawing on the world as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of visual arts, develop skills, techniques and processes, and use materials …
Structure | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Dance Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse the elements of dance, choreographic devices and production elements in dances in different styles and apply this knowledge in dances they make and perform. They evaluate how they and others from different …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Dance Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse the choreographer’s use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production elements to communicate choreographic intent in dances they make, perform and view. They evaluate the impact of …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAM015
Practise and refine technical skills in style-specific techniques
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM015 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Media Arts Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse how social and cultural values and alternative points of view are portrayed in media artworks they make, interact with and distribute. They evaluate how genre and media conventions and technical and symbolic elements …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Music Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse different scores and performances aurally and visually. They evaluate the use of elements of music and defining characteristics from different musical styles. They use their understanding of music making in different …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAM017
Rehearse and perform focusing on expressive skills appropriate to style and/or choreographic intent
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM017 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAM022
Practise and refine technical skills to develop proficiency in genre- and style-specific techniques
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM022 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum