Achievement Objectives

The Visual Arts

• Explore elements and principles of the visual arts, using a variety of techniques, tools, materials, processes and procedures
  
• Express ideas about their own work and respond to objects and images made by others
  

Dance

• Share movement through informal presentation and respond personally to their own and other’s dance

Music

• Share music with others through informal presentation and respond to live or recorded music
  

Drama

• Share drama through informal presentation and respond to ways in which drama tells stories and conveys ideas
  

Specific Learning Outcomes

The Visual Arts

• Explore the elements of shape and form and the process of constructing a Chinese lantern using a variety of materials
  
• Explore ways of using the elements of point, line, colour and texture to decorate the lantern
  
• Talk about features of their own lantern and those of others using some art language

 
Note: The Developing Ideas strand is relevant to all level activities. It involves the process of expressing ideas through making art works in response to motivations using imagination and invention with materials. Teachers might want to write Specific Learning Outcomes for this strand so they can reward students for their invention and imagination.

Dance

• Share movements and dance ideas in response to images of the Lion Dance and simple drum beats

Music

• Use a variety of sound and movement including drums, gongs and symbols to enhance the Lion Dance
  

Drama

• Talk about characters from the story and then develop images to represent specific moments in the story before developing part of the story in a group