Year 3 SyllabusTest
The Arts Scope and SequenceYear 3 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 3, students extend their understanding of role and situation as they create improvised and devised drama.
Students begin to experiment with selected forms and styles when improvising or devising drama. They continue to develop improvisation, voice and movement skills. Students are introduced to the elements of space, character and time.
Students experience drama as performers and audience members. They begin to use rehearsal processes to support audience engagement and continue to learn appropriate responses to the drama of others.
As they make and respond to drama, students identify and reflect on the elements of drama used in a performance. Students have the opportunity to experience drama from a range of cultures, times and locations.
Making
Ideas
Improvised and devised drama based on narrative structures in familiar drama styles (ACADRM031)
Skills
Exploration and experimentation of seven (7) elements of drama:
- voice (loud, soft, varying loud and soft; pitch variation; pace; volume)
- movement (facial expressions and gestures to create belief in character and situation)
- role (taking on the point of view of a fictional character; listening and responding in role; adopting a role and maintaining focus)
- situation (establishing and sustaining a fictional setting)
- space (establishing a clear setting)
- character (communicating character traits; developing relationships between characters)
- time (sense of time to create belief in drama)
when creating improvised or devised drama (ACADRM032)
Improvisation skills (breaking patterns) to develop drama (ACADRM032)
Responding
Appropriate responses to, and respect for, drama of others as performers and audience members (ACADRR034)
Features of drama in different cultures and places (ACADRR034)
Responses that involve identifying and reflecting on the use of the elements of drama, using drama terminology (ACADRR034)
Achievement standard
At Standard, students explore dramatic action to present drama to an audience. They use voice and movement in devised or improvised drama to create simple roles and drama narratives. Students use rehearsal processes to prepare drama. They demonstrate focus to engage an audience in drama.
Students outline the elements of drama in performance and the connection with some drama ideas. They outline some features of drama in different cultures and places.
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 3, students extend their understanding of role and situation as they create improvised and devised drama.
Students begin to experiment with selected forms and styles when improvising or devising drama. They continue to develop improvisation, voice and movement skills. Students are introduced to the elements of space, character and time.
Students experience drama as performers and audience members. They begin to use rehearsal processes to support audience engagement and continue to learn appropriate responses to the drama of others.
As they make and respond to drama, students identify and reflect on the elements of drama used in a performance. Students have the opportunity to experience drama from a range of cultures, times and locations.