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• Drama: Level A description

  In Level A students are exposed to drama to assist them to attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They experience how drama can represent the world and represent ideas about the world. They experience dance and are encouraged to use gestures and body...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• Drama: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students continue their exploration and learning about how ideas and stories can be imagined and communicated through drama. They improvise and create roles, characters and situations and learn about focus and identifying the main idea of the drama. They share their drama with...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• Music: Level A description

  In Level A, students are exposed to music to assist them to listen to and explore sound and attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They listen to and explore sound and experience how they can make music. They experience music as part of an audience.

  Student...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• Music: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students listen to and experiment with a range of sounds. They develop skills in imagining and creating and performing music which explores their ideas about the world. Students share their music with peers. They present music for school events and experience diverse music as...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• Visual Arts: Level C description

  In Level C, students explore visual arts. They explore and learn about how to make visual representations of their ideas, experiences, observations and imagination.

  Students become aware of how artists, craftspeople and designers present their ideas. They learn how their ideas can be developed....

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• Visual Arts: Level D description

  In Level D, students explore visual arts. They learn about how to make visual representations of their ideas, experiences, observations and imagination.

  Students become aware of how and begin to explore why artists, craftspeople and designers present their ideas through different visual representations...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• Media Arts: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students build on their understanding of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their media artworks.

  Students extend use of media technologies and their understanding of story principles and media elements, such as the use of time, space,...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• VCAMUE025

  Use imagination and creativity to explore pitch, rhythm/time and form, dynamics and tempo using voice, movement and instruments

  Elaborations

  • varying the use of the elements of music to create different effects, for example, singing with gradual dynamic and tempo changes or altering the expressive shape of repeating phrases
  • exploring and varying instrumental timbres in isolation and combination, for example, playing softer or louder, or changing the playing technique on an instrument
  • identifying and explaining features in music using terminology and a range of notation
  • using imagination to explore concepts, for example, lightness and weight, considering the effective use of the elements
  • using movement to demonstrate an understanding of musical form, for example, changing actions as the music changes or devising a movement sequence to show different sections in a song or instrumental piece.

  VCAMUE025 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Express Ideas

• Drama: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students develop more sophisticated approaches to making and responding to drama independently, in small groups, and with their teachers and communities. They continue to explore drama as an art form through improvisation, scripted drama, rehearsal and performance.

  Students...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• VCADAR038

  Analyse how choreographers use elements of dance and production elements to communicate intent

  Elaborations

  • deconstructing sections of a dance, for example identifying and describing recurring movement/s within sequences or the use of the elements of dance and production elements in a contemporary dance choreographed by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
  • identifying and interpreting how interrelating elements, choreographic devices such as variation, contrast and transition and forms are used to communicate intent.
  • presenting an informed opinion about a dance performance using descriptive, style-specific terminology, for example, identifying philosophical, ideological or political perspectives presented in the dance and considering how these perspectives affect the audience’s interpretation
  • accessing and researching choreographers’ works through real or virtual performances to research choreographers’ intentions

  VCADAR038 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 7 and 8 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADAP003

  Be involved in making and sharing dance that communicates ideas

  Elaborations

  • viewing own performance and reacting to elements
  • performing as part of a dance group, to classmates, teachers and parents
  • reacting to the audience, for example, change in expression when they hear or see known adults
  • experiencing the presenting of their dance in a digital format

  VCADAP003 | The Arts | Dance | Level A | Present and Perform

• VCAMUR045

  Evaluate a range of performances and compositions to inform and refine their own music making

  Elaborations

  • analysing how the use and combination of the elements of music defines their developing personal style and how their style is influenced by cultural and historical styles, for example, features of a piece that are typical of the social context in which it was created
  • listening to, analysing and comparing the performance practices of others to shape and refine their interpretation of a piece of music, for example ‘what historical influences are evident in this performance?
  • comparing music from different styles to identify and describe stylistic, cultural and historical practices and inform their own composition and performance practice, for example, evaluating the use of the elements of music when listening to and interpreting music
  • investigating why and how different traditions, styles and contexts affect the experience and interpretation of a piece of music and taking this into account when interpreting and composing music, for example, How are the elements of music used in this piece to convey a cultural identity?

  VCAMUR045 | The Arts | Music | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• VCAVCDR005

  Identify and describe the use of methods, media, materials, design elements and design principles in visual communications from different historical, social and cultural contexts

  Elaborations

  • identifying the effectiveness of methods, media and materials in a range of visual communications
  • identify the use of design elements and principles in a range of visual communications and how these are used to effectively communicate ideas and engage the target audience.
  • identifying how design elements and principles are used in combination with drawing conventions, materials, methods and media to communicate ideas to a target audience
  • discussing how the use of materials, methods, media, design elements, design principles are applied to visual communication styles from different times and places, for example, investigating presentations from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the styles that reflect particular ‘countries’ and groupings
  • discussing the influence of the target audience on visual communications, for example, how the target audience and purpose of a visual communication affects the use of design elements and principles and processes in visual communications

  VCAVCDR005 | The Arts | Visual Communication Design | Levels 7 and 8 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADAD014

  Improvise and sequence dance movements to communicate moods and feelings

  Elaborations

  • dancers changing tempo and rhythm as the music changes
  • exploring and practising a range of movement types, for example light and heavy movements
  • practising to a range of fundamental movements to music, for example, walking, running, marching, galloping, skipping, crawling (locomotor), bending, stretching, twisting, turning (non-locomotor)
  • practising to begin to develop technical skills of body control, balance and coordination and responding to teacher’s feedback

  VCADAD014 | The Arts | Dance | Level D | Dance Practices

• Music: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students make and respond to music independently and collaboratively, with their peers, teachers and communities.

  Students using listening skills to identify and make decisions about how they can manipulate rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, and timbre...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• The Arts | Media Arts: Learning in Media Arts

  In Media Arts students 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. Students explore, view, analyse and participate in media culture from a range of viewpoints...

  Overview material | Media Arts

• The Arts | Music: Learning in Music

  In Music, students listen to, compose and perform music in a wide range of styles from diverse cultures, times and locations. Listening underpins all music learning. Students compose and perform music using the voice, body, instruments, found sound sources, and digital technologies. As composers...

  Overview material | Music

• VCAMUE013

  Explore and imitate sounds, pitch and rhythm patterns using, voice, movement, body percussion and/or instruments

  Elaborations

  • copying rhythms and basic music patterns and adapting to changes to rhythm and tempo in music
  • responding to and attempting to change rhythm or tempo when prompted for example taking turn to make and copy
  • using their body and/or voice to communicate an imaginative and sensitive response to stimulus material for example moving and performing with an understanding of beat and tempo
  • listening to and imitating simply musical patterns, for example by clapping, singing and playing a musical instrument
  • holding and playing classroom instruments safely and correctly
  • beginning to recognising familiar instrument timbres, for example when they hear a drum or triangle
  • imitating pitch and rhythm patterns to develop aural recognition skills, for example, echo clapping and call and response singing

  VCAMUE013 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Explore and Express Ideas

• The Arts | Dance: Learning in Dance

  In Dance, students explore the elements of dance, skills, techniques and processes through the practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. The body is the instrument of expression and students use combinations of the elements of dance: space, time, dynamics and relationships, to communicate...

  Overview material | Dance

• The Arts | Visual Communication Design: Learning in Visual Communication Design

  In Visual Communication Design, students develop the skills and practice to communicate ideas and messages in visual communications. Visual communication design practice includes the use of design thinking skills and design as a process. Drawing conventions and the use of design elements and principles...

  Overview material | Visual Communication Design