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
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
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
Elaboration ACADAM001
exploring fundamental movements safely to improvise dance ideas, for example, running in a race, jumping like a frog, stomping like a giant, rolling like a log, falling like an autumn leaf, floating like a cloud, gliding like a bird
Elaboration | ACADAM001 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACADAM007
exploring the elements of dance to communicate ideas clearly, such as telling cultural stories in a dance with or without music; for example, travelling lightly using hands and feet to represent a bilby, or skipping vigorously and at a high level to express …
Elaboration (1) | ACADAM007 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACADRM033
exploring dramatic traditions and practices from one or more Asian societies in their drama
Elaboration (8) | ACADRM033 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACAVAR117
Considering viewpoints – critical theories: For example – Compare these paintings (one from India, one Australian). What do you recognise? What do you understand? What is new?
Elaboration (1) | ACAVAR117 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACAMAR072
comparing a media artwork (such as an animation) from a sole producer with one from an international organisation and commenting on differences in style
Elaboration (1) | ACAMAR072 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACAMUM103
Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How are these two performances different? Which one was more successful with audiences and why?
Elaboration (1) | ACAMUM103 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACAVAM121
Considering viewpoints – histories: For example – How did one artist influence the work of another? What is your favourite art style? When and where did it originate?
Elaboration (1) | ACAVAM121 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum