ABLEWA Stage ATest
ABLEWA Stage A
Year Stage Description
In Stage A, students are exposed to music to assist them to listen to and explore sound and attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They listen to and explore sound and experience how they can make music. They experience music as part of an audience.
Students learn to listen to music and become aware of rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre and texture as they explore and make music. They learn to discriminate between sounds and silence, and loud and soft sounds. They learn to move and perform with beat and tempo.
As they experience music, students are exposed to music from a range of cultures, times and locations. Music in the local community should be the initial focus for learning.
Stage A Content Descriptions
Explore and Represent Ideas
Exposure to sound and silence and ways of using voice, movement and/or instruments (VCAMUE001)
Music Practices
Experience the use of voice and/or instruments through chants, songs and rhymes (VCAMUM002)
Present and Perform
Be involved in music performances (VCAMUP003)
Respond and Interpret
React to music (VCAMUR004)
Achievement standard
By the end of Stage A, students improvise and perform music. They explore, as appropriate, the sound and feel of their voices and instruments.
Students react to music they listen to, make and perform.
Year Stage Description
In Stage A, students are exposed to music to assist them to listen to and explore sound and attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They listen to and explore sound and experience how they can make music. They experience music as part of an audience.
Students learn to listen to music and become aware of rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre and texture as they explore and make music. They learn to discriminate between sounds and silence, and loud and soft sounds. They learn to move and perform with beat and tempo.
As they experience music, students are exposed to music from a range of cultures, times and locations. Music in the local community should be the initial focus for learning.