ABLEWA Stage BTest
The Arts Scope and SequenceABLEWA Stage B
Year Stage Description
In Stage B, students explore dance. They explore how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.
Students become aware of their bodies and explore the body bases, parts and zones used safely in dance. They experience space, time, dynamics and relationships as they make and observe dances. They explore locomotor and non-locomotor movements, learn some fundamental movement skills and perform their own dance. They experiment with simple technical and expressive skills in their own dances and begin to learn about choreographic devices through practicing dance sequences movements, observing dances and their own performances.
Students experience dances from a range of cultures, times and locations, including dances form their local community.
Stage B Content Descriptions
Explore and Represent Ideas
Move body parts and experience safe movement possibilities when learning fundamental dance movements (VCADAE005)
Dance Practices
Explore ways of moving in response to stimulus (VCADAD006)
Present and Perform
Share dance to communicate a given idea (VCADAP007)
Respond and Interpret
Respond to own and others’ dance (VCADAR008)
Achievement standard
By the end of Stage B, students follow safe practice when moving body parts and performing dance sequences.
Students communicate responses to dances they make, perform and view.
Year Stage Description
In Stage B, students explore dance. They explore how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.
Students become aware of their bodies and explore the body bases, parts and zones used safely in dance. They experience space, time, dynamics and relationships as they make and observe dances. They explore locomotor and non-locomotor movements, learn some fundamental movement skills and perform their own dance. They experiment with simple technical and expressive skills in their own dances and begin to learn about choreographic devices through practicing dance sequences movements, observing dances and their own performances.
Students experience dances from a range of cultures, times and locations, including dances form their local community.