Year 1 SyllabusTest
The Arts Scope and SequenceYear 1 Syllabus
The syllabus is based on the requirement that all students will study at least two of the five Arts subjects from Pre-primary to Year 8. It is a requirement that students study a performance subject and a visual subject.
Year Level Description
In Year 1, learning in Dance builds on the dispositions developed in the early years.
Students use their natural curiosity to explore improvised movement responding to a variety of stimuli. Students continue to develop control and coordination of locomotor and non-locomotor movements and begin to experiment with three of the elements of dance ( body, space and time ) to create simple dance sequences in a supportive, safe environment.
They have the opportunity to perform dance expressing ideas through movement to an audience. As an audience, students make simple observations of dances they view and make, exploring what they like and why.
Students discover different types of dance and when these are performed.
Making
Ideas
Exploration and improvisation of movement ideas to create simple dance sequences (ACADAM001)
Skills
Locomotor (walking, skipping, running) and non-locomotor (twisting, bending, turning, swaying) movements to develop body control, coordination and strength (ACADAM002)
Safe dance practices, including respecting others in the dance space (ACADAM002)
Achievement standard
At Standard, students respond to different stimuli to explore some familiar and imaginative movement ideas to create short dance sequences by connecting body shapes, body actions, levels and directions in space. They demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements showing body awareness and some control of the whole body and varied body parts in space. Students perform improvised and rehearsed dance sequences, sometimes acknowledging the audience.
Students respond briefly to how key moments in their own and others’ dance sequences made them feel. They identify different types of dance in their own lives and communities, and when they are performed.
The syllabus is based on the requirement that all students will study at least two of the five Arts subjects from Pre-primary to Year 8. It is a requirement that students study a performance subject and a visual subject.
Year Level Description
In Year 1, learning in Dance builds on the dispositions developed in the early years.
Students use their natural curiosity to explore improvised movement responding to a variety of stimuli. Students continue to develop control and coordination of locomotor and non-locomotor movements and begin to experiment with three of the elements of dance ( body, space and time ) to create simple dance sequences in a supportive, safe environment.
They have the opportunity to perform dance expressing ideas through movement to an audience. As an audience, students make simple observations of dances they view and make, exploring what they like and why.
Students discover different types of dance and when these are performed.