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• VCAMUP007

  Perform music to express a given idea

  Elaborations

  • making and sharing their music with peers and teachers
  • choosing and combining sounds to create compositions, for example, using different instruments, beats and tempo
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping, and accompany familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express actions, thoughts or feelings
  • creating and improvising music using technologies

  VCAMUP007 | The Arts | Music | Level B | Present and Perform

• VCADRE029

  Explore dramatic action, empathy and space in improvisations, play-building and scripted drama, to develop characters and situations

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with empathy to develop characters and relationships in drama including considering perspectives, exploring responses and challenging stereotypes
  • exploring physical, fictional and emotional spaces to create characters and situations and imagined feelings, for example, considering questions such as ‘How is the voice, movement, gesture and the body used to represent a character, situation or idea?’
  • manipulating dramatic action and use of available technologies to create different meanings
  • comparing different ways improvisation and scripted drama create characters and action, and evaluating drama from other cultures including considering how they can use specific techniques relating to voice, movement, situation, space and time, and tension in their own work

  VCADRE029 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRE021

  Explore roles, characters and dramatic action in dramatic play, improvisation and process drama

  Elaborations

  • taking part in small-group improvisations and story-telling, focusing on experiencing the roles and situations they create
  • taking turns in offering and accepting ideas
  • exploring possibilities for role and situation when participating in whole group teacher-led process drama and role-play
  • taking photos or videoing drama they devise to view and extend their drama ideas
  • using observations from drama they view to explore possibilities for drama they will make, for example, how did the performers use their voices, what sorts of movements did the performers use, and what voice and movement from others’ performances they might consider using when making their own drama, and why?

  VCADRE021 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMAP031

  Plan, produce and present media artworks for specific audiences and purposes using responsible media practice

  Elaborations

  • designing a storyboard that reflects a key scene in a sequence, for example, an opening scene of a film that shows camera angles, transitions, edits, voice and soundtrack
  • designing a navigational plan for a game, using multiple levels and obstacles, for example, creating and designing problems to be solved in order to progress to a new level
  • creating a script for a radio production and documenting the appropriate permissions required for music and voice talents if it were to be aired on community radio
  • considering the ethical implications of using different cultural images, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in publishing media artworks, for example, when making and publishing cultural images in an artwork

  VCAMAP031 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 5 and 6 | Present and Perform

• VCADRE005

  Use structured dramatic play to explore ideas

  Elaborations

  • imitating the teacher to express and dramatise different feelings
  • coping and acting like a particular object or animal
  • exploring dress up and drama costumes
  • making a choice between (a limited field) of different costume or prop
  • participating in whole group teacher led process drama and role play
  • experience through teacher lead experiences how to use their voices in different ways and make different movements for different roles

  VCADRE005 | The Arts | Drama | Level B | Explore and Express Ideas

• 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

• VCADRR024

  Respond to drama, expressing what they enjoy and why, and why people in their local area make and perform drama, including drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • identifying where they might experience drama in their community, for example, sharing experiences of attending a Tanderrum, or taking part in a drama performance in their community and considering how drama sustains and communicates cultural knowledge
  • talking about how voices, movement and space are used in drama they make and see
  • connecting to and sharing drama experiences through available digital access
  • discussing ways drama can show people’s different feelings about the world, based on their experiences of the environment and other people

  VCADRR024 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Respond and Interpret

• 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

• VCADRR012

  Share responses to drama by answering yes/no questions and explore where and why people make drama

  Elaborations

  • responding to a dramatization
  • participating as an audience by modelling the clapping of others
  • communicating about aspects of their own performance, by pointing to them self, pointing to and name some of their costumes or characters
  • participating in class discussion about how voices and movement were used in a drama
  • experiencing drama that show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences of the environment and other people

  VCADRR012 | The Arts | Drama | Level C | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMAM026

  Use media technologies to create time and space through the manipulation of images, sounds and text when telling stories

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with camera placement and settings to frame the subject, using basic shot types, angles and lighting to control picture space
  • applying text to accompany still or moving images, for example credits in a title sequence selecting appropriate fonts, colour and suitable length of time for display
  • practising recording sound on a variety of devices to explore volume, layering and the use of voice to create a sense of place
  • experimenting with ways of formatting and laying out a story using software and appropriate text conventions, for example, for the front page of a newspaper story

  VCAMAM026 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 3 and 4 | Media Arts Practices

• VCAMUM014

  Sing, use body percussion and/or play instruments to improvise patterns and practise chants, songs and rhymes

  Elaborations

  • responding to changes in rhythm and tempo when moving to music
  • recognising and singing songs associated with an occasion, e.g. happy birthday
  • practicing techniques for singing songs and playing classroom instruments
  • singing and playing music to explore the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments
  • practicing and performing music including using accessible technologies
  • learning a song used by groups in the local community, such as Aboriginal songs or Torres Strait Islander songs from their community, following respecting cultural protocols

  VCAMUM014 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Music Practices

• VCAMUM022

  Sing and play instruments to improvise, compose and practise a repertoire of chants, songs and rhymes, including those used by cultural groups in the local community

  Elaborations

  • practising and performing music, learnt aurally and through reading from invented and learnt symbols
  • singing and playing music to explore the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments, for example in music games
  • using responses to music to inform interpretations, for example, how is the mood of this music communicated? What instruments were used and how was their sound different?
  • using movement and body percussion to create accompaniments for songs, chants and rhymes
  • learning songs that were created in or are about the local area, for example, learning a song taught by a member of the local Koorie community

  VCAMUM022 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | Music Practices

• VCAMUP027

  Rehearse and perform songs and instrumental music they have learnt and composed, shaping elements of music to communicate ideas to an audience

  Elaborations

  • rehearsing and performing music using a range of techniques including technologies to enhance mood
  • planning and rehearsing their music for a live or virtual performance, for example, deciding where the performers will stand, how they will begin and end, practising following cues from the music and other members of the group
  • refining their compositions and performances based on peer and teacher evaluations and with a focus on specific music technique and elements
  • developing and refining techniques on a range of conventional and unconventional melodic and non-melodic percussion instruments, voice, and digital instruments to create and vary tone colour and expression

  VCAMUP027 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Present and Perform

• VCAMUP011

  Perform a short piece of music they have learnt

  Elaborations

  • communicating observations or experience through music making
  • beginning to identify some instruments in a piece of music
  • performing a simple learnt rhythm sequence, song, chant or music
  • making music in structured learning experiences to communicate ideas, concepts, observations, feelings and/or experiences.
  • communicating about aspects of their own performance, or their music to others by answering questions
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping and accompanying familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express ideas, thoughts and feelings

  VCAMUP011 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Present and Perform

• VCAMUP015

  Perform a piece of music they have learnt or perform a piece of music to communicate an idea

  Elaborations

  • creating or making music for a social purpose
  • making and sharing music which shows emerging music knowledge and skills
  • creating music to communicate ideas, concepts, observations, feelings and/or experiences
  • contributing to classroom conversations about aspects of music they have made and experienced
  • choosing and combining sounds to create compositions, for example, instrument, beat, tempo
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping, and creating accompaniments to familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express thoughts and feelings
  • creating and improvising music using technologies

  VCAMUP015 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Present and Perform

• 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

• VCAMAP037

  Present media artworks within different community and institutional contexts for different audiences, with consideration of ethical and regulatory issues

  Elaborations

  • promoting a school event through different media and online formats, making decisions about time, technological processes, ethical and economic constraints
  • uploading a media artwork designed to engage a specific audience, using appropriate rights and permissions, for example, distributing a music video they have made online
  • justifying their choices for distribution of media artworks for a particular audience
  • understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols for using images of people appropriately
  • understanding the different institutional contexts when presenting media artworks to specific audiences, for example, the differences between the private sector and the public sector television programming

  VCAMAP037 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Present and Perform

• VCADRE025

  Explore ideas and narrative structures through roles and situations and use empathy in their own improvisations and devised drama

  Elaborations

  • exploring and experiencing a range of roles and situations that they initiate and develop
  • making improvisations that explore issues and ideas using empathy
  • using elements of drama such as voice, movement, situation, time and place, and tension and the principles of stories to shape improvisations to communicate their intentions as drama makers
  • experimenting with tension, and creating dramatic meaning to sustain improvisations and process dramas
  • discussing how ideas and situations are developed in drama they see, for example, how did the drama begin, develop and conclude?, ‘How are elements of drama such as role, situation, time and place part of the action?, ‘How is the dramatic tension developed?’

  VCADRE025 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRP023

  Present drama that communicates ideas, including stories from their community, to an audience

  Elaborations

  • presenting scenes in which they apply story structures to set the scene, link action and create an ending, such as re-telling a cultural or community story with the assistance of representatives from the community
  • following cues and using voice and movement to link action, ideas and stories in their drama
  • considering meanings and interpretations when rehearsing and performing sequences of ideas to communicate stories through drama, for example, ‘what do they want the audience to think about their drama?
  • enhancing ideas and stories in their drama by using available software and technologies, for example, using a mobile device to add sound effects to a performance

  VCADRP023 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Present and Perform