The Arts
Some coverageMaking and responding across five art forms.
The Arts covers five distinct art forms, Dance, Drama, Music, Media Arts and Visual Arts. Students learn by making (creating their own works) and responding (exploring and interpreting the works of others).
Strands
How The Arts is organised in the curriculum.
The Arts worksheets on ChalkBee
Music theory printables: treble clef note names (E G B D F and F A C E), note and rest values, the musical alphabet, dynamics, tempo terms, instrument families and time signatures. Visual Arts printables: colour mixing (primary and secondary), warm and cool colours, the colour wheel, the elements of art, types of lines, 2D shapes and 3D forms, art mediums and tools. Plus colouring and colour-by-number activities. Answer keys are fixed and hand-checked. Dance, Drama and Media Arts are practical (making and performing), so they stay classroom-based.
Curriculum content (Foundation – Year 6)
What The Arts covers, by year band and strand.
Foundation – Year 6
- •Explore movement and choreograph simple sequences
- •Perform and respond to dance (practical, taught in the studio)
- •Role, situation and story
- •Devise, perform and reflect on drama (practical)
- •Beat, rhythm, pitch and dynamics
- •Treble clef note names, note and rest values and time signatures
- •Dynamics, tempo terms and instrument families
- •Sing, play and create music (practical)
- •Images, sound and story
- •Make and share simple media works (practical)
- •Line, shape, colour and texture
- •The colour wheel, primary and secondary colours, warm and cool colours
- •Elements of art, types of lines, 2D shapes and 3D forms, art mediums and tools
- •Make artworks and respond to others' (practical)
Content is paraphrased from the Australian Curriculum v9. See v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au for the authoritative content descriptions.
Other learning areas
Learning-area descriptions are paraphrased from the Australian Curriculum (ACARA v9). See v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au.