The Arts Level 3 (Years 3 and 4)
All students should experience learning in the disciplines and forms of the Performing Arts (Dance, Drama and Music) and Visual Arts (Art: two-dimensional and three-dimensional, and Media). Learning and teaching programs at this level involve these arts disciplines individually (for example Visual Arts – Art: two-dimensional and three-dimensional), or in combination (for example, Dance and Drama, or Media and Music).
Learning focus
As students work towards the achievement of Level 3 standards in the Arts, they apply and develop their arts knowledge by exploring arts processes and ways to communicate concepts arising from their personal experiences and from the world around them. Through the arts disciplines of Dance, Drama, Media, Music and Visual Arts – Art (two-dimensional and three-dimensional), both individually and in combination, they communicate ideas, observations and feelings using a range of media, materials, equipment and technologies to make arts works; for example, a class presentation could feature the performance of a song from another culture in combination with a traditional dance and/or accompanied by a slide-show presentation featuring paintings and carvings which explore the theme of the song.
Students select, combine and experiment with ways of using a range of arts elements, principles and/or conventions, skills, techniques and processes, to explore arts ideas sourced from their imagination and from their own and other cultures. With guidance they record the development of ideas; for example, in a visual diary or a digital (audio or screen) journal with records of rehearsals and conversations about the ideas/work they are developing. Students consider the purpose and audience of their arts works as they experiment with various ways of presenting works in a range of arts forms, and begin to evaluate and refine their work in response to feedback. For example:
- in Art, students look at and talk about examples of weaving from various cultures, then explore the potential of weaving techniques and processes to create pattern, repetition and contrast using a range of media
- in Dance, students create a movement sequence based on ideas and feelings suggested by one or more images viewed in class, then modify their work in response to feedback from other students in the class
- in Drama, students discuss the possibilities of communicating without words then create tableaux based on image/s, to suggest what may have happened before and after what is depicted in the image/s
- in Media, students plan, record and edit an interview with someone of interest (or curiosity) to them, then present their work and discuss ideas about it in class
- in Music, with a journey to an imaginary world in mind, students create sound pictures that show variation in rhythmic patterns and contrasts in pitch and duration.
As they explore and respond to their own and others’ arts works, students develop skills, techniques and processes for expressing emotions and ideas, and signifying purpose. Using appropriate arts language they begin to identify and describe ways they and others use specific elements, principles and/or conventions, skills, techniques and processes and discuss how ideas, feelings and purpose are conveyed. They reflect on their own and other people’s arts works and ideas, identifying key features of works and performances from their own and other cultures, and discuss the function of the Arts in their community.
Further examples of arts discipline-specific learning approaches for Level 3 will be published soon.
Standards
Creating and making
At Level 3, students create and present works in a range of arts forms that communicate experiences, ideas, concepts, observations and feelings. They select and combine a range of arts elements, principles and/or conventions, and use a range of skills, techniques and processes, media, materials, equipment and technologies. They show evidence of arts knowledge when planning arts works for different purposes and audiences and identify techniques and features of other people’s works that inform their own arts making. They refine their work in response to feedback and self-evaluation.
Exploring and responding
At Level 3, students comment on the exploration, development and presentation of their arts works, including the use of specific arts elements, principles and/or conventions, skills, techniques and processes. They identify and describe key features of arts works from their own and other cultures, and use arts language to describe and discuss the communication of ideas, feelings and purpose in their own and other people’s arts works.
Downloads
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The Arts booklet (
PDF - 249KB) - The Arts standards table (Doc - 41KB)
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Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 3 ( PDF - 649KB)
