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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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