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• VCADAD018

  Use choreographic devices to organise movement ideas and create dance sequences

  Elaborations

  • imitating and extending ideas presented by another dancer, teacher, film or a peer
  • extending single movement ideas into phrases and sequences by joining movements together, learning movement patterns varying known movement patterns, for example, changing body part, direction, level
  • using questions to explore forms and elements, for example, as students create movement, they respond to questions from peers and/or teachers such as ‘which levels are you using in this dance?’
  • developing awareness of and taking responsibility for safe dance practice, for example, being aware of self and others in the dance space, the boundaries of the dance space, and needs such as hydration
  • learning and practicing skills and techniques such as coordinating breathing and movement, developing movement memory, copying and mirroring movement, combining stillness and movement, and different locomotor movements, for example, walking, skipping, running, sliding, galloping

  VCADAD018 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Dance Practices

• VCADAE017

  Use fundamental locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body parts, bases and zones to explore safe movement possibilities and dance ideas

  Elaborations

  • exploring the movement possibilities of different body parts, in stillness and moving through space, using different body regions and from different body bases
  • exploring movement possibilities in response to stimulus such as words, stories, objects or images
  • using body parts in isolation and in combination to represent everyday movements, for example, brushing teeth or reading a book
  • using questions to explore forms and elements, for example, how they would move to express a word such as ‘swish’
  • using fabrics such chiffon or lycra, and equipment such as hoola hoops or lengths of rope, to create and extend dance ideas

  VCADAE017 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADAP019

  Use simple technical and expressive skills when presenting dance that communicates ideas to an audience

  Elaborations

  • presenting a learned sequence of movements to the class, teachers or parents, for example, a sequence the class has developed in response to a stimulus such as an image or a story
  • communicating ideas and feelings to an audience, for example, by stamping heavily or tip-toeing lightly, or using movement qualities such as slow, controlled sinking
  • using questions to explore how ideas are interpreted and presented in performance, for example, how were ideas communicated in their dance, or how would they describe the theme or ideas other students are communicating in their dance?
  • using expressive skills to engage the audience, for example, looking out to the audience and using facial expressions

  VCADAP019 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCADAR020

  Respond to dance, expressing what they enjoy and why

  Elaborations

  • thinking about constructive feedback when revising their dance ideas
  • describing in words, symbols and/or images, the movements and phrases they create or how they have expressed a feeling by moving in particular ways
  • identifying movements such as jumps, turns, walking, sliding, twisting when viewing dance, for example, their peers, dancers in a live performance, dancers on film
  • using questions to evaluate dance they experience, as a dancer, and as an audience, what sort of movements did the dancers perform in the dances at a local festival, what were they wearing, what kind of music were they dancing to?

  VCADAR020 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRD018

  Use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and improvise characters and situations

  Elaborations

  • communicating verbally using voice and movement to explore ways in which their characters speak and move, for example, when taking on roles in teacher-led drama
  • communicating non-verbally using facial expression and movement to explore and show a character’s feelings
  • participating in directed role-play
  • practising staying in role in short improvisations, for example, using responses to questions such as ‘how do you know the character’s feelings?’

  VCADRD018 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Drama Practices

• VCADRE017

  Explore ideas for characters and situations through dramatic play

  Elaborations

  • taking part in purposeful dramatic play
  • using stimuli such as stories, poems, music and images to explore ideas and feelings, for example, working with a local Koorie person to explore the way characters in a story might move or feel
  • experimenting with dramatic forms such as mime and puppetry
  • using own experiences and observations as a basis for creating imaginary worlds and characters using available objects as props, responding to questions such as what voice and movement have you noticed in others’ performances that could be used in their drama

  VCADRE017 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRP019

  Present drama that communicates ideas and stories

  Elaborations

  • using questions to guide rehearsal and performance of sequences of ideas to communicate stories, for example, what do they want the audience to think about their drama?
  • presenting scenes the class has developed in response to a stimulus such as an image or a poem
  • using facial expression, objects and props to enhance their performance and engage the audience
  • using questions to evaluate performances, for example, ‘what did they enjoy most about the drama and why?’

  VCADRP019 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCADRR020

  Respond to drama, expressing what they enjoy and why

  Elaborations

  • accepting and responding to constructive feedback from teachers or peers
  • talking about how voices, movement and space are used in drama they make and see, for example, using questions such as ‘what sort of facial expressions did the characters use?, how did the drama make them feel?’
  • describing the ideas in a story the class has presented through drama
  • sharing observations of characters they have seen in drama performances in their local community, such as characters in an enactment of a Koorie story at a local festival

  VCADRR020 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAE017

  Explore ideas characters and settings in images, sounds and multi-modal texts

  Elaborations

  • exploring sound to communicate ideas, for example, creating sound effects to enhance the mood or main idea of a story
  • experimenting with images, for example, retelling a story of a school day in a series of captioned images
  • experimenting with technologies to capture sound
  • selecting and editing images and/or sounds to create characters from well-known stories or songs

  VCAMAE017 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Explore and Represent Ideas

• VCAMAM018

  Use media technologies to capture and edit images, sounds and text

  Elaborations

  • using a digital camera to capture still or moving images to tell a fantasy story
  • exploring with sound recording technology to create and record sound effects to support a story
  • selecting an image to represent a self-portrait
  • using computer software to add images in a photo story

  VCAMAM018 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMAP019

  Present media artworks that communicate ideas

  Elaborations

  • capturing and sequencing images to create comic books that retell familiar and traditional stories to share with the class
  • selecting images to tell a traditional story
  • collecting and sharing class stories and presenting them in the form of a class news bulletin
  • producing and presenting a media artwork for a particular purpose such as a school event

  VCAMAP019 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCAMAR020

  Respond to media artworks by describing ideas, characters, settings and stories

  Elaborations

  • identifying characters and settings in media artworks
  • identifying differences and similarities of media artworks from different cultures and societies, such as viewing media artworks that tell stories from local Koorie cultures, and compare them with stories from contemporary Australian society
  • describing ideas in media artworks they make and view
  • identifying media artists and features of their practice, for example, describe what artists such as photographers, animators and filmmakers do

  VCAMAR020 | The Arts | Media Arts | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMUE017

  Explore sound and silence and ways of using their voices, movement and instruments to express ideas

  Elaborations

  • exploring ways of producing sound using their voices, body percussion, acoustic and electronic/digital instruments and objects individually and in groups, for example, responding to questions such as how can voices and instruments create long/short/loud/soft sounds?
  • practising matching pitch to sing in tune and experimenting with speaking and singing voice to recognise the differences
  • improvising movement to represent rhythmic patterns in songs they are learning
  • creating long/short/loud/soft sounds with their voices or instruments
  • experimenting with ways of using graphic notation to represent different qualities of sounds in music they are improvising, for example, high/low, long/short

  VCAMUE017 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMUM018

  Sing and play instruments to create and practise chants, songs and rhymes including those used by cultural groups in the local community

  Elaborations

  • practising techniques for singing songs and playing classroom instruments, for example through music games
  • singing and playing music to explore the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments
  • learning songs that feature patterns or familiar language, for example, working with a Koorie Elder to learn counting songs, colour songs or alphabet songs in the local Aboriginal language
  • improvising and documenting (notate) patterns and soundscapes, for example using graphic notation
  • using questions such as ‘what did this music make you think about and why’ as a starting point for making decisions about how music will be performed

  VCAMUM018 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Music Practices

• VCAMUP019

  Rehearse and perform songs and short instrumental pieces which they have learnt and composed

  Elaborations

  • practising achieving accuracy of vocal pitch by learning how to place the voice
  • developing an understanding of the difference between beat and rhythm when singing, playing and responding to music
  • experimenting with different dynamics and tempi to make decisions about which best communicates an intended mood or feeling
  • using movement and body percussion accompaniment to enhance performance of a song
  • use questions when rehearsing to make expressive choices that will communicate intended aims, for example ‘what do you want your audience to think about as you perform?’

  VCAMUP019 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCAMUR020

  Respond to music, expressing what they enjoy and why

  Elaborations

  • drawing on teacher guidance provided in response to their music-making
  • talking about how voices, instruments and movement are used in music they make and hear
  • describing how they have used different qualities of sound to represent ideas in a soundscape, for example, instrumentation, high/low, long/short, loud/soft, feel
  • sharing observations of music performances they have participated in or heard in the community, for example, identifying which instruments were used or where is this music from?, why was it made?

  VCAMUR020 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCAVAE017

  Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks

  Elaborations

  • viewing a range of artworks with a common theme or subject matter, and make their own interpretations based on their experiences, observations and/or imagination
  • observing and recording their daily experiences in a range of visual forms
  • drawing, photographing and making images and objects related to self, others and personal environments in different art forms
  • identifying and using visual conventions in their artworks after investigating different art, craft and design styles from other cultures and times, for example, and styles from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and Asia

  VCAVAE017 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAVAP019

  Create and display artworks

  Elaborations

  • displaying a series of artworks created by their class
  • viewing an exhibition at a gallery and museum and discussing the expression of ideas in the artworks exhibited.
  • describing the theme or ideas expressed in an exhibition of their class art works

  VCAVAP019 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCAVAR020

  Respond to visual artworks and consider where and why people make visual artworks

  Elaborations

  • identifying the subject matter of a series of artworks based on the same theme
  • identifying how design elements, such as line, shape, colour or texture, are used in their artworks and in the artworks of others
  • identifying and describing the expression of ideas in a selection of artworks, for example, considering the subject matter, styles and techniques of a selection of artworks from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
  • discussing the role of artist and audience when expressing ideas in artworks

  VCAVAR020 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCAVAV018

  Experiment with different materials and techniques to make artworks

  Elaborations

  • exploring a range of materials and technologies to visually express their experiences, for example, paint, pencils, ink and photography
  • experimenting with materials such as paint, crayons, clay and found objects and select the most suitable to express something or to represent someone they like
  • using techniques to demonstrate various compositional effects, for example, overlapping or crosshatching

  VCAVAV018 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level | Visual Arts Practices