Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2009)
About the course
Students undertaking the Creative Arts Life Skills course study selected outcomes and content from 2 or more courses: Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts.
Content for this course should be carefully selected so as not to duplicate content for a student also studying any of the courses as a single course.
The Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course allows teachers to develop a program of study that draws from two or more courses across the artforms.
The Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course focuses on the development of an awareness and understanding of dance, drama, music and visual arts. Students are provided with the opportunity to engage in a selection of study and experiences from a range of artforms to suit their individual needs and interests. Students are offered opportunities for self-expression and personal choice, communication and the sharing of cultural views.
Study of the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of the arts and their quality and enjoyment of life, as well as assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.
The structure of the Creative Arts Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study outcomes and content selected from two or more of the following courses:
- Dance Life Skills
- Drama Life Skills
- Music Life Skills
- Visual Arts Life Skills
Content for the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course should be carefully selected so as not to duplicate content for a student also studying any of the above as a single course.
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.
Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility
Study via self-tuition: No
Exclusions: The following are excluded where the equivalent content is being undertaken within the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course:
- 11070 Dance (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15070 Dance (2 units – HSC)
- 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11090 Drama (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15090 Drama (2 units – HSC)
- 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11280 Music 1 (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15290 Music 1 (2 units – HSC)
- 11290 Music 2 (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15300 Music 2 (2 units – HSC)
- 15310 Music Extension (1 unit – HSC)
- 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11380 Visual Arts (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15400 Visual Arts (2 units – HSC)
- 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
On entering students for the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.
Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways. Industries related to this course will be dependent on the content selected for study. For information about potential career paths, please see Your Career.
What are Life Skills courses
All students are entitled to participate in and progress through the curriculum. Life Skills courses provide course options for students with intellectual disability or imputed intellectual disability in Years 11–12 who cannot access related general education courses.
Students with disability can access syllabus outcomes and content in a range of ways, including through a range of adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment activities. Decisions regarding curriculum options should be made in the context of collaborative curriculum planning.
Assessment support and advice
Teaching and learning support
Use these materials to guide and plan your teaching and assessment. Sample materials illustrate different approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in a range of school settings. Teachers can use them without modification, change them or construct their own.
Read more about supporting students with special education needs.
The Life Skills outcomes worksheet can be used to collect information on the outcomes that a student has achieved before recording them in Schools Online.
Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes worksheet (DOCX 24.03KB)