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• 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

• 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

• VCAMAE009

  Explore different ways of representing characters and settings through images, sounds and multi-modal texts

  Elaborations

  • indicating the music and image they want in a photostory during a structured session
  • using photographic device to take a picture to represent a setting, character or story and use photo shop with assistance
  • exploring sound to communicate ideas, for example, selecting a sound sample to accompany an image, making sound/ music while watching a video and attaching sound to video
  • exploring composition by selecting images and/or sounds to create the characters in well-known stories or songs or represent a well-known story or idea
  • following rules to make multimodal text and use technologies safely

  VCAMAE009 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level C | Explore and Represent Ideas

• 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

• VCAMUE021

  Use imagination and experimentation to explore musical ideas using voice, movement, instruments and body percussion

  Elaborations

  • improvising short pitch and rhythm patterns using voice and instruments
  • using voice and body percussion to experiment with the elements of music and create contrasting musical ideas, for example, noise and silence, faster and slower, longer and shorter, higher and lower, louder and softer, happy and sad
  • recording music ideas using technologies and graphic notation
  • exploring contrasting tone colours on the same instrument, for example, scraping and hitting a drum, using hands and different beaters
  • using listening as a starting point for exploration, for example, discussing how other performers use loud and soft or identifying ideas that could be used in compositions

  VCAMUE021 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMUM026

  Use voice and instruments to sing, play and arrange music from different cultures, times and locations, and improvise and compose music in different forms

  Elaborations

  • practising singing and playing a range of music from different cultures, including cultures within their local community
  • experimenting with ways of singing and playing expressively, such as learning and practising a song with different dynamics and tempo or adding introductions, accompaniment patterns or movement
  • exploring given rhythm and pitch patterns, structures or timbres to improvise and create music and record the resulting compositions, for example, manually or with technology, using a combination of graphic and conventional notation
  • practising reading traditional and invented notation in music as they rehearse and perform
  • researching information to guide decisions about how the music should be performed, for example, why was this music written, who were the original performers, how can performers communicate the composer’s ideas?

  VCAMUM026 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Music Practices

• VCAMUM002

  Experience the use of voice and/or instruments through chants, songs and rhymes

  Elaborations

  • exploring instruments by using an instrument coactively safely and appropriately, reacting to the touch of an instrument, or holding and using an instrument with assistance
  • exposed to various chants, song, rhymes and may coactively accompany with voice or instrument, reacting to or indicating a preference
  • provided with rich sensory experiences that give them opportunities to explore sights, sounds, textures, enjoy and appreciate music
  • experiencing and practicing techniques with support for playing classroom instruments
  • exposed to playing music to experience the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments
  • exposed to music for various purposes and intentions, for example using music for relaxation, movement, to reflect different settings and feelings and creating environment to reflect the purpose

  VCAMUM002 | The Arts | Music | Level A | Music Practices

• VCAMUP031

  Rehearse and perform songs and music they have learnt, including their own compositions, combining aspects of the elements of music and using performance skills, to communicate ideas and intentions to an audience

  Elaborations

  • considering the layout and sound quality of performance spaces when planning live performances
  • exploring and applying different performance styles, and drawing on music from other locations, cultures and times as sources of ideas, for example, using relevant protocols for representing community or cultural stories such as songs or stories from the local Koorie community in performance
  • using appropriate breath control, phrasing and interpretation in a range of contexts
  • applying the tone colours of instruments and sounds from different times, places and cultures, for example, the djembe or angklung
  • describing intentions for a performance, for example, what do the performers intend audiences to experience and understand from the music? How will performers manipulate elements of music to create these effects?

  VCAMUP031 | The Arts | Music | Levels 5 and 6 | Present and Perform

• VCAVAR016

  Respond to visual artworks expressing what they like and dislike

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating acceptable audience behaviour viewing artworks
  • experiencing guided discussions to explore, identify and express the basic features of their own and others’ art works, identifying the main materials used, what features they like best and characteristics of their art works
  • experience art in their lives and communities, for example, assisting to create a class diary of ‘art experiences’ and recording visual artworks and their purpose, link to sustain and communicate cultural knowledge, matching artworks to their location and/ or who like what
  • exploring and learning how design elements, such as line, shape, colour or texture, are used in their artworks and in the artwork of others
  • experiencing and identifying the role of artist and audience

  VCAVAR016 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level D | Respond and Interpret

• VCAVAV035

  Experiment with materials, techniques, technologies and processes in a range of art forms to express ideas, concepts and themes in artworks

  Elaborations

  • imagining and refining their visual and spatial expressions of the world, combining a variety of materials, techniques and technologies
  • problem-solving with increasing confidence to expand their repertoire of visual arts practices and skills, for example, designing a mural for a local space
  • exploring artists use of materials and techniques to create artworks for public spaces, for example, researching the context of time and place, culture and ideology as an influence on the look and meaning of art in public spaces
  • developing and refining technical skills when designing and making visual arts images and objects, employing safe and sustainable practices
  • annotating their own and others’ art making by keeping a written or digital journal, or portfolio

  VCAVAV035 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Visual Arts Practices

• VCAVCDP003

  Develop and present visual communications for different purposes, audiences and in response to specific needs

  Elaborations

  • using the visual communication design process and identifying the steps applied to develop visual communications that communicate ideas to a target audience.
  • justifying how decisions were made in the visual communication design process through an oral presentation explaining the development and refinement of a visual communication design
  • applying ethical, environmental and sustainable choices when creating visual communications, for example, the use of materials that suit audience needs, interests and values and those which are sustainable and ethical
  • considering the placement and use of images and type to communicate ideas in a visual communication
  • investigating the use of images to convey meaning in visual communication designs, for example, What is the intended message of the visual communication, and which methods best convey ideas to the audience?

  VCAVCDP003 | The Arts | Visual Communication Design | Levels 7 and 8 | Present and Perform

• VCADAE021

  Use safe dance practice, fundamental locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body parts, bases and zones to explore, improvise and structure movement ideas for dance

  Elaborations

  • trialling ways of safely using the whole body and different body parts, bases and zones to communicate ideas, experiences and feelings, for example, making a rounded shape to explore ideas about enclosed spaces
  • exploring options for creating and extending movements, alone and then with a partner, for example, forming and changing shapes within space
  • using questions to explore ways of using forms and elements, for example, dancers consider how they can communicate an emotion or idea, how a shape can be varied, how two shapes can be combined
  • using stimulus materials to explore ideas for dance, for example, using percussion instruments or body percussion to explore how movements can be varied by performing them at different speeds, or identifying patterns in images and recreating the ideas through movement

  VCADAE021 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 1 and 2 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMAR046

  Analyse and evaluate a range of media artworks from contemporary and past times, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their media arts making

  Elaborations

  • examining NITV (National Indigenous TV) news and sports programs to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' perspectives create and challenge views in mainstream stories
  • investigating the differences between government regulation and self-regulation, for example, researching Australia’s classification system and its relationship to audience, in the production and reception of media artworks from different periods of time.
  • researching viral marketing campaigns and examining the social and ethical implications that arise in relation to choice of different platforms as drivers of distribution
  • exploring the role of media makers in challenging prevailing views on issues of contemporary relevance, for example, social and cultural issues presented in Australian film and television
  • identifying a variety of ways in which media can be produced, including through sole digital producers, cross-media organisations, public and private sector, and multinational organisations from different periods of time and cultures

  VCAMAR046 | The Arts | Media Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMUM030

  Develop and practise technical skills and use of expressive elements of music in singing, playing instruments, improvising, arranging and composing

  Elaborations

  • practising interpreting and applying more extended or complex rhythm patterns and overlaying patterns
  • making choices about how to interpret graphic and conventional forms of notation
  • exploring rhythm, pitch, texture and expressive elements, for example, dynamics, tone colour or articulation to create contrast, repetition and balance in improvisations, arrangements and compositions
  • using technology to monitor progress in learning and rehearsing music they have composed, for example, using a mobile device to record a work or using a checklist to evaluate how well the music is achieving intended effects
  • using listening responses to guide development of compositions and performances, for example, what evidence supports your decisions about the way dynamics should be used in this performance?, how can dynamics be indicated in this score?

  VCAMUM030 | The Arts | Music | Levels 5 and 6 | Music Practices

• VCAMUR024

  Respond to music, communicating their preferences and discussing where and why people in their local area make and perform music, including the music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • describing shapes and patterns in music they have composed or performed, for example, clapping a repeating rhythmic pattern in a song
  • focussing attention on other musical parts when composing or performing in a group, for example, what instruments play the melody? The accompaniment? Is the texture thick or thin in the opening/middle/end section of your composition?
  • when listening, describe how the different use of elements of music creates moods, effects or contrast
  • identifying where they might see and hear music in their lives and community and discussing their experiences, for example, sharing experiences of taking part in music performances or attending a Harmony Day concert featuring performances by a Koorie rock band and performers representing other cultural groups in the local area and asking questions such as why is music an important part of many celebrations or why did I feel like singing and dancing with the performers?

  VCAMUR024 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | Respond and Interpret

• 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

• VCAVCDR011

  Analyse and evaluate the use of methods, media, materials, design elements and design principles in visual communications from different historical, social and cultural contexts, including presentations by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • investigate the methods used by designers to create visual communications, for example the methods the designer used that best suited the design style and aesthetic.
  • investigating the practices of designers from different cultures, for example, compare the practice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designers with other Australian designers
  • analysing and evaluating the use of visual imagery to persuade audience choice, for example, how designers use visual imagery to persuade their audiences
  • researching how design styles from different periods of time and cultures reflect their respective societies and cultures
  • discussing the use of design elements and design principles to communicate messages to different audiences in a range of contexts, for example, producing an advertisement for the same product in a magazine, on a billboard, and on a website
  • investigating and analysing the ways in which designers use materials, methods and media in sustainable practices to produce visual communications

  VCAVCDR011 | The Arts | Visual Communication Design | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret