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 explore how sequencing of image, sound and text tell a story or convey a message to an intended audience. They explore how fictional characters are represented in stories.
Students explore and experiment with technical, audio and written codes and conventions, and are introduced to symbolic codes, when producing media work.
As students make and respond to media work, they are provided with opportunities to explore work from different social, cultural and historical contexts.
Making
Ideas
Exploration of how sequenced images, audio and text can be used to tell a story or convey a message (ACAMAM058)
Exploration of how fictional characters are represented in stories (ACAMAM058)
Skills
Exploration and experimentation with the codes and conventions of media:
- technical (sequencing and editing images to organise events in a story; camera shots (close-up); camera angles (low angle))
- symbolic (objects, colour, setting, using costumes and props to represent familiar people as fictional characters)
- audio (loudness and softness; music to convey a mood; sound effects)
- written (selecting, arranging and editing text to organise important features of an idea or story)
when producing media work (ACAMAM059)
Production
Production of media work, using codes and conventions to enhance the story or message for an intended audience (ACAMAM060)
Responding
Appropriate responses to, and respect for, media work from different social, cultural and/or historical contexts (ACAMAR061)
Responses that involve identifying and reflecting on, the use of codes and conventions of media in their own and others' media work, using media terminology (ACAMAR061)
Achievement standard
At Standard, students produce media work for a specific purpose, using codes and conventions of media for some audience engagement. They explore how sequenced images, audio and text are used to tell stories and convey messages. Students explore the representation of fictional characters in stories. They sequence and edit images, using audio and text appropriate to the message. Students use props and costumes to represent familiar people as fictional characters.
Students respond respectfully to media work from different social, cultural and/or historical contexts. They identify codes and conventions used in their own and others’ media work, using some media terminology.
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 explore how sequencing of image, sound and text tell a story or convey a message to an intended audience. They explore how fictional characters are represented in stories.
Students explore and experiment with technical, audio and written codes and conventions, and are introduced to symbolic codes, when producing media work.
As students make and respond to media work, they are provided with opportunities to explore work from different social, cultural and historical contexts.