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Year 3 The Arts — AC v9

All 25 content descriptions for Year 3 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 dance in informal settings.
  • Students use media languages, and media technologies and production processes to construct representations in media arts works.
  • They collaborate to improvise and/or devise drama that communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
  • They perform their work in informal settings.
  • By the end of Year 4, students describe the use of visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials in artworks they create and/or experience.
  • Students use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
  • They describe where, why and/or how drama is created and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.
  • They describe where, why and/or how dance is choreographed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.
  • They share their work in informal settings using responsible media practice.
  • They describe where, why and/or how music is composed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.
  • They demonstrate fundamental movement skills and safe dance practice.
  • By the end of Year 4, students describe use of the elements of dance in dance they experience, create and/or perform.
  • By the end of Year 4, students describe the use of elements of music in music they compose, perform and/or experience.
  • Students use the elements of dance to structure dance sequences that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.
  • By the end of Year 4, students describe the use of media languages and media technologies to construct representations in media arts works they experience and/or produce.
  • By the end of Year 4, students describe use of selected elements of drama in drama they experience, create and/or perform.
  • They sing and play music they have learnt and/or composed in informal settings.
  • They describe where, why and/or how visual artists create and/or display artworks across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.
  • Students use selected elements of drama when creating drama and/or performing.
  • They combine the elements of music to compose music that communicates ideas.
  • They describe where, why and/or how media arts works are created and/or distributed across cultures, times, places, and/or other contexts.
  • Students demonstrate listening skills when performing and composing.
  • They share or display their artworks and/or visual arts practice 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 3 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.