Music Life Skills Stage 6 (2009)
New syllabus implemented from 2027
The new Music Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2027.
2026
• Plan and prepare to teach Music Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025)
2027, Term 1
• Start teaching Music Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025) for Year 11
• Continue to teach the Music Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2009) for Year 12
2027, Term 4
• Start teaching Music Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025) for Year 12.
About the course
The Music Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to listen and respond to a range of music styles, as well as make and perform music individually and/or in groups. Students develop musical interests in singing, playing and composing as they perform, compose and listen to their own works and those of others.
Study of the Music Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Music, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.
The structure of the Music 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 selected outcomes and content within the course.
Study of the Music Life Skills course involves:
- musical performance techniques and interpretation of musical symbols
- composing as a means of self-expression, musical creation and problem-solving
- extending aural awareness and communicating ideas about music in a variety of contexts
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16656 Music 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:
- 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)
- 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
- 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
On entering students for the Music 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 Music 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 include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:
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
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.
Music Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes worksheet (DOCX 18.13KB)
Read more about supporting students with special education needs.