Syllabus development for Creative Arts

The Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus aims to foster student curiosity, creativity and imagination and provides opportunities for self-expression and collaboration.

The syllabus focuses on developing students’ artistic and aesthetic knowledge, understanding and skills in Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts.

Creative Arts are central to the human experience. Learning in Creative Arts provides opportunities for students to engage in the arts across cultures and contexts and establishes the foundations for lifelong engagement as cultural citizens.

The syllabus has been developed using evidence-based research.

Clear, concise language identifies the essential content for all learners.

Across learning areas, the primary curriculum is designed to be coherent, and is carefully sequenced, to build vocabulary and rich background knowledge that students can draw on as they encounter increasingly complex concepts and language.

Students have opportunities to engage in creative and critical practices including making, composing, performing, appreciating and listening.

In Dance students develop understandings of human movement and ways to use body shapes and movements to express and communicate ideas.

In Drama students communicate meaning through embodied storytelling and the enactment of real and imagined people, worlds and experiences.

In Music students develop an understanding of music as a form of personal and cultural expression and a way of connecting through sounds and silence.

In Visual Arts students explore the ways subject matter and ideas about the world are represented in artworks and how artworks communicate ideas to audiences.

Students develop and use subject-specific vocabulary to express their ideas and communicate their understanding about dance, drama, music and artworks.

New South Wales classrooms are diverse.

Each student brings abilities, talents, backgrounds and experiences that should be valued and nurtured.

NESA’s Statement of Equity Principles makes sure that syllabuses are designed to be inclusive of every student in NSW, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students with disability, students learning English as an additional language or dialect, and gifted and talented students.

Early Stage 1 access content points provide a pathway for students with intellectual disability.

The syllabus is provided on a purpose-built website with quick, easy navigation and access to outcomes and content.

Syllabus elements are easily viewed, downloaded and printed.

The curriculum provides teachers with more time to focus on teaching, so that students develop a deeper understanding of core concepts.

It supports students to develop strong foundations for learning, life and work in a complex and fast-changing world.

You can view the syllabus and information regarding implementation at curriculum.nsw.edu.au

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The Dance 7–10 Syllabus supports the physical, creative and intellectual development of students and provides the means for them to express and communicate ideas through dance.

Founded on artistic and aesthetic principles, the syllabus places value on the art form as well as dance in cultural, social and personal contexts.

The syllabus has been developed using evidence-based research.

Clear, concise language identifies the key concepts, knowledge and skills for all learners.

Dance 7–10 is an elective syllabus. Students engage through the study of performance, composition and appreciation of dance.

Students develop knowledge and skills through technique, safe dance practice and performance quality.

They understand how an idea and intent is communicated through abstract movement and learn to compose their own dance works.

Students investigate and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dances, and through critical appreciation, students develop a deep understanding of culture, society and different perspectives.

New South Wales classrooms are diverse.

Each student brings abilities, talents, backgrounds and experiences that should be valued and nurtured.

NESA’s Statement of Equity Principles makes sure that syllabuses are designed to be inclusive of every student in NSW, including Aboriginal students, students with disability, students learning English as an additional language or dialect, and gifted and talented students.

Life Skills 7–10 outcomes and content provides a pathway for students with intellectual disability.

Aimed to enhance students’ wellbeing, health and social engagement, Life Skills 7–10 content explicitly addresses real-world skills such as self-expression, communication, collaboration, creative thinking and community participation.

The syllabus is provided on a purpose-built website with quick, easy navigation and access to outcomes and content.

Syllabus elements are easily viewed, downloaded and printed.

The curriculum provides teachers with more time to focus on teaching, so that students develop a deeper understanding of core concepts.

It supports students to develop strong foundations for learning, life and work in a complex and fast-changing world.

You can view the syllabus and information regarding implementation at www.curriculum.nsw.edu.au

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The Drama 7–10 Syllabus engages and challenges students as dramatic practitioners through the interrelated practices of making, performing and appreciating drama and theatre. Students build their empathy, autonomy and resourcefulness as collaborators, communicators, creative and critical thinkers by generating, shaping and interpreting dramatic works and experiences.

The syllabus has been developed using evidence-based research.

Clear, concise language identifies the key concepts, knowledge and skills for all learners.

Drama 7–10 is an elective syllabus that recognises the multidisciplinary possibilities of drama and theatre.

The syllabus content groups of Dramatic Contexts, Dramatic Processes and Dramatic Elements build students’ skills in developing, sharing and analysing drama.

Students learn about protocols and possibilities for working respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural practices and Communities in Drama.

Through studying drama, students explore, enact and evaluate their own and others’ perspectives in real and imagined worlds.

New South Wales classrooms are diverse.

Each student brings abilities, talents, backgrounds and experiences that should be valued and nurtured.

NESA’s Statement of Equity Principles makes sure that syllabuses are designed to be inclusive of every student in NSW, including Aboriginal students, students with disability, students learning English as an additional language or dialect, and gifted and talented students.

Life Skills 7–10 outcomes and content provides a pathway for students with intellectual disability.

Life Skills content includes explicit learning about physical, emotional, cultural and online safety through dramatic play and creating dramatic works. Students build their advocacy and self-advocacy skills through role-play.

The syllabus is provided on a purpose-built website with quick, easy navigation and access to outcomes and content.

Syllabus elements are easily viewed, downloaded and printed.

The curriculum provides teachers with more time to focus on teaching, so that students develop a deeper understanding of core concepts.

It supports students to develop strong foundations for learning, life and work in a complex and fast-changing world.

You can view the syllabus and information regarding implementation at www.curriculum.nsw.edu.au

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The Visual Arts 7–10 Syllabus provides students with opportunities to engage in the richness of the artworld, developing practical and conceptual knowledge of Visual Arts.

The syllabus has been developed using evidence-based research.

Clear, concise language identifies the key concepts, knowledge and skills for all learners.

Students develop their artistic independence through an interrelated study of Artworld Concepts, Viewpoints and Practice.

Through studying Visual Arts students develop critical and creative thinking skills and are encouraged to become reflective of their own practice and that of others.

The syllabus provides a platform for engaging with the rich and diverse cultural expressions and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Students have opportunities to explore the practice of artists, nurturing a deep connection with their own experiences and the broader world.

New South Wales classrooms are diverse.

Each student brings abilities, talents, backgrounds and experiences that should be valued and nurtured.

NESA’s Statement of Equity Principles makes sure that syllabuses are designed to be inclusive of every student in NSW, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students with disability, students learning English as an additional language or dialect, and gifted and talented students.

7–10 Life Skills outcomes and content provide a pathway for students with intellectual disability.

Life Skills content explicitly addresses skills in communicating and expressing ideas in real-world contexts.

The syllabus is provided on a purpose-built website with quick, easy navigation and access to outcomes and content.

Syllabus elements are easily viewed, downloaded and printed.

The curriculum provides teachers with more time to focus on teaching, so that students develop a deeper understanding of core concepts.

It supports students to develop strong foundations for learning, life and work in a complex and fast-changing world.

You can view the syllabus and information regarding implementation at curriculum.nsw.edu.au

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