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Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: The Arts are available as PDF documents. The Arts: Sequence of content The Arts: Sequence of achievement

PDF documents | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

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

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

Aims Dance

In addition to the overarching aims of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, dance knowledge, understanding and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students develop: body awareness and technical and expressive skills to communicate through …

Aims | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Aims Media Arts

In addition to the overarching aims for the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, media arts knowledge, understanding and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students develop: enjoyment and confidence to participate in, experiment with and …

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

Rationale Dance

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Dance is expressive movement with purpose and form. Through dance, students represent, question and celebrate human experience, using the body as the instrument and movement …

Rationale | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Rationale Media Arts

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Media arts involves creating representations of the world and telling stories through communications technologies such as television, film, video, newspapers, radio, video …

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

Rationale Music

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Music is uniquely an aural art form. The essential nature of music is abstract. Music encompasses existing sounds that are selected and shaped, new sounds created by composers …

Rationale | Music | 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

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

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 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

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

Elaboration (1) ACADAM001

Considering viewpoints – forms and elements: For example – Which levels are you using in your dance? What sort of movements did the dancers perform? What are they wearing? What kind of music are they dancing to?

Elaboration (1) ACADAM002

practising fundamental movements to begin to develop technical skills of body control, posture, strength, balance and coordination, and responding to teacher’s feedback

Elaboration (1) ACADAM003

expressing ideas to an audience through movement, for example, showing contrasting dynamics by stamping heavily and tip-toeing lightly, or using movement qualities such as slow controlled sinking to the floor to express melting ice and sharp jerky movement …

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