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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

Introduction

In the Australian Curriculum, The Arts is a learning area that draws together related but distinct art forms. While these art forms have close relationships and are often used in interrelated ways, each involves different approaches to arts practices …

Introduction | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Aims Visual Arts

In addition to the overarching aims of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, visual arts knowledge, understanding and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students develop: conceptual and perceptual ideas and representations through design …

Aims | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Structure Media Arts

Learning in Media Arts Learning in Media Arts involves students learning to engage with communications technologies and cross-disciplinary art forms to design, produce, distribute and interact with a range of print, audio, screen-based or hybrid artworks. …

Structure | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Rationale Visual Arts

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Visual arts includes the fields of art, craft and design. Learning in and through these fields, students create visual representations that communicate, challenge and express …

Rationale | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 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 extend their thinking, understanding and use of …

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

Example of knowledge and skills Visual Arts

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through visual arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through visual arts practices focusing on: Representation Subject matter personal …

Example of knowledge and skills | Visual 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 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

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

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

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

Elaboration (2) ACAMUM094

rehearsing a range of music in solo and ensemble activities for performance to a variety of audiences

Elaboration ACAMUM101

rehearsing solo and ensemble repertoire to develop technical skill and musical sensitivity

Elaboration (1) ACAMUM101

rehearsing and refining solo and ensemble repertoire with an increasing stylistic understanding

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 …

Elaboration (1) ACAMUM089

practising their singing and playing to explore and develop technical skills in solo and ensemble music, for example, practising to accurately interpret rhythm and pitch

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, …

Achievement Standard Media Arts Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how representations of social values and points of view are portrayed in the media artworks they make, distribute and view. They evaluate how they and other makers and users of media artworks from different …

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