CURRICULUM AREA The Arts: – Context: Classroom music Students use their voices, movement and instruments in activities that allow them to explore different ways they can create and vary sounds. Through these activities they learn to recognise and use and voices and create a variety of sounds using body percussion and instruments or found objects. They work in ‘speaking’ ‘singing’ small groups to improvise instrumental pieces using the vocal and percussion sounds they have explored. They talk about the music they create, describing what they’re hearing, what they’re enjoying and why. Foundation Level The Arts: Music Content Descriptions addressed in this example Explore and express ideas: Explore sound and silence and ways of using their voices, movement and instruments to express ideas Music Practices: Sing and play instruments to create and practise chants, songs and rhymes including those used by cultural groups in the local community Present and Perform: Rehearse and perform songs and short instrumental pieces which they have learnt and composed Respond and interpret: Respond to music, expressing what they enjoy and why Note: each aspect of the Achievement Standards draws on learning from at least two of the strands. In the chart below, only aspects of the achievement standards directly relevant to the examples of indicative progress are highlighted. VCAA example of indicative progress towards the Music Foundation Level Achievement Standard Foundation Level Achievement Standard Indicative progress towards the Foundation By the end of Foundation level students achievement standard may be when students: sing and play instruments to communicate experiences and ideas Follow instructions to use a speaking or a singing explore contrasting sounds and improvise with voice them Demonstrate different types of sound that can be match pitch when singing produced using body percussion, a percussion understand and respond to the beat and instrument or a found object simple rhythm patterns. Identify their preferences when describing sounds describe the trial to which they listen, they have created using percussion instruments identifying what they enjoy and why. and body percussion CURRICULUM AREA The Arts: Music –
CURRICULUM AREA – The Arts: Context: Classroom music Students use their voices, movement and instruments in activities that allow them to explore different ways they can create and vary sounds. Through these activities they learn to recognise and use ‘speaking’ and ‘singing’ voices and create a variety of sounds using body percussion and instruments or found objects. They work in small groups to improvise instrumental pieces using the vocal and percussion sounds they have explored. They talk about the music they create, describing what they’re hearing, what they’re enjoying and why. Foundation Level The Arts: Music Content Descriptions addressed in this example Explore and express ideas: Explore sound and silence and ways of using their voices, movement and instruments to express ideas Music Practices: Sing and play instruments to create and practise chants, songs and rhymes including those used by cultural groups in the local community Present and Perform: Rehearse and perform songs and short instrumental pieces which they have learnt and composed Respond and interpret: Respond to music, expressing what they enjoy and why Note: each aspect of the Achievement Standards draws on learning from at least two of the strands. In the chart below, only aspects of the achievement standards directly relevant to the examples of indicative progress are highlighted. VCAA example of indicative progress towards the Foundation Level Achievement Standard Music Foundation Level Achievement Standard Indicative progress towards the Foundation achievement standard may be when students: Follow instructions to use a speaking or a singing voice Demonstrate different types of sound that can be produced using body percussion, a percussion instrument or a found object Identify their preferences when describing sounds they have created using percussion instruments and body percussion By the end of Foundation level students sing and play instruments to communicate experiences and ideas explore contrasting sounds and improvise with them match pitch when singing understand and respond to the beat and simple rhythm patterns. describe the to which they listen, identifying what they enjoy and why. CURRICULUM AREA – The Arts: Music trial
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