Foundation to Year 2 Dance

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 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Learning Area Achievement Standard Dance 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. …

Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Dance Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students describe the effect of the elements in dance they make, perform and view and where and why people dance. Students use the elements of dance to make and perform dance sequences that demonstrate fundamental movement skills …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACADAM001

exploring movement possibilities in response to a stimulus, such as imagery, music and shared stories

Elaboration (2) | ACADAM001 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACADAM002

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – How are you communicating the ideas or intention in this dance? forms and elements: Which levels are you using in your dance?

Elaboration (2) | ACADAM002 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACADAM003

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What did this dance make you think about? Did the dance movements remind you of anything? How are you communicating the ideas or intention in this dance?

Elaboration (2) | ACADAM003 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACADAR004

recognising that dance can show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences of the environment and other people

Elaboration (2) | ACADAR004 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | 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) | ACADAM001 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

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) | ACADAM002 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

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 …

Elaboration (1) | ACADAM003 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACADAR004

Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – Why are these people dancing? Where are they dancing? Where is this dance from?

Elaboration (1) | ACADAR004 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum