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Year 1 The Arts — AC v9

All 25 content descriptions for Year 1 The Arts in the Australian Curriculum Version 9, grouped by strand — each one links to its own page, and TeachKoala can turn any of them into a complete lesson (your first is free).

Achievement standard (what coverage means)

  • They perform their drama in informal settings.
  • They share their work with audiences safely and in informal ways.
  • By the end of Year 2, students identify where they experience visual arts.
  • By the end of Year 2, students identify where they experience dance.
  • Students pretend and imagine as they create roles and situations in improvised drama and/or dramatic play.
  • Students demonstrate listening skills.
  • Students use the elements of dance to structure dance sequences.
  • They describe where, why and/or how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience media arts.
  • By the end of Year 2, students identify where they experience drama.
  • They use the elements of music to improvise and/or compose music.
  • Students experiment with visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials.
  • They demonstrate fundamental movement skills and safe dance practice.
  • They perform their dance in informal settings.
  • By the end of Year 2, students identify where they experience music.
  • They sing and play music in informal settings.
  • They describe where, why and/or how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience visual arts.
  • They describe where, why and/or how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience dance.
  • By the end of Year 2, students identify where they experience media arts.
  • They describe where, why and/or how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience music.
  • Students use media languages and media technologies to construct representations in media arts works.
  • They describe where, why and/or how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience drama.
  • They make and share artworks in informal settings.
Dance · Creating and making
Dance · Developing practices and skills
Dance · Exploring and responding
Dance · Presenting and performing
Drama · Creating and making
Drama · Developing practices and skills
Drama · Exploring and responding
Drama · Presenting and performing
Media Arts · Creating and making
Media Arts · Developing practices and skills
Media Arts · Exploring and responding
Media Arts · Presenting and performing
Music · Creating and making
Music · Developing practices and skills
Music · Exploring and responding
Music · Presenting and performing
Visual Arts · Creating and making
Visual Arts · Developing practices and skills
Visual Arts · Exploring and responding
Visual Arts · Presenting and performing

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The Year 1 The Arts planning scaffold

A one-page planning sheet with the official achievement standard, every content description grouped by strand, and space for your assessment and week-by-week sequence. Print it and plan on paper, or use it as the skeleton for a unit.

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Content descriptions and achievement standard © ACARA, Australian Curriculum Version 9, used under CC BY 4.0. TeachKoala is not affiliated with or endorsed by ACARA.