By the end of Foundation, students make and perform drama that communicates ideas and stories.
Students discuss characters and situations in drama they make, perform and view.
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level
By the end of Level A, students participate in dramatic play. They react to aspects of drama they make, perform and view.
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Level A
By the end Level B, students make and share drama through dramatic play and improvisation.
Students communicate likes and dislikes in response to elements of drama they make, perform and view.
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Level B
By the end of Level C, students make and share simple drama that communicates an idea, feeling and/or experience.
Students communicate ideas about drama and reasons why people share drama by answering yes/no questions.
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Level C
By the end of Level D, students make and share drama that communicates major elements of stories or experiences.
Students provide a simple explanation about the characteristics of drama they make, perform and view.
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Level D
By the end of Level 2, students make and present drama using the elements of role, situation and focus in dramatic play and improvisation.
Students describe what happens in drama they make, perform and view. They identify some elements in drama and describe where and why there is drama.
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2
By the end of Level 6, students use the elements of drama to shape character, voice and movement in improvisation, play-building and performances of devised and scripted drama for audiences.
Students explain how dramatic action and meaning is communicated in drama they make, perform and view. They...
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6
By the end of Level 8, students devise, interpret and perform drama. They manipulate the elements of drama, narrative and structure to control and communicate meaning. They apply different performance styles and conventions to convey status, relationships and intentions. They use performance skills...
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Levels 7 and 8
By the end of Level 4, students use relationships, tension, time and place and narrative structure when improvising and performing devised and scripted drama. They use performance skills to communicate ideas and create a sense of time and place in their drama.
Students describe and discuss similarities...
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Levels 3 and 4
By the end of Level 10, students develop and sustain different roles and characters to realise dramatic intentions and engage audiences. They perform devised and scripted drama in different forms, styles and performance spaces. They plan, direct, produce, rehearse and refine performances. They...
Level description | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10