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Performing Arts -Music, Dance and Drama<br />

Core Subjects<br />

Course Description<br />

The Arts are unique, expressive, creative and communicative forms that engage students in critical and<br />

creative thinking and help them understand themselves and the world. In every society the Arts play a<br />

pivotal role socially, economically, and culturally.<br />

The Arts encourage the development of skills and the exploration of technologies, forms and processes<br />

through single and multimodal forms. They fuel the exploration of ideas that cross the gamut of<br />

human emotions and moods through holistic learning using cognitive, emotional, sensory, aesthetic,<br />

kinesthetic and physical fields.<br />

At Year 7 students study a semester each of Drama and Music.Aims for essential learning in school<br />

performing arts for students are:<br />

DRAMA<br />

• The exploration of elements of Drama, eg. character,<br />

melodrama, comedy.<br />

• Play-creation and Script-writing.<br />

• Development of human performance skills – eg.<br />

Improvisation spontaneity and risk-taking<br />

• Attendance at and review of theatre productions<br />

Assessment - Drama<br />

• Journal<br />

• Script Writing<br />

• Performance - Solo and Ensemble<br />

• Performance Review<br />

MUSIC<br />

• The exploration of elements of music, eg:<br />

rhythm, pitch, ostinato,<br />

• Music appreciation and element of music<br />

theory<br />

• Creative movement to music<br />

• Composition and arranging<br />

• Development of performance skills<br />

• Recorder skills<br />

Assessment - Music<br />

• Journal<br />

• Composition task and Ensemble<br />

Performance- RAP Song<br />

• Instrumental - Recorder<br />

• Theory<br />

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