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Creative arts and COGs

Sequenced learning activities for creative arts subjects of dance, drama, music and visual arts are embedded in the COGs. This area of our site is dedicated to providing you with additional support to implement COGs and to enhance teaching in creative arts. If you have any suggestions or require specific support please email Deidhre Wauchop at deidhre.wauchop@det.nsw.edu.au

Click on the active links (unit titles in bold) below to access teaching support or assessment support. In assessment support each work sample is accompanied by a description of the task, outcomes assessed, assessment strategies and criteria and a comment about the sample.

TEACHING SUPPORT		ASSESSMENT SUPPORT
Early Stage 1 OUR PLACE ME CHANGES HEALTHY CHOICES OUR NEEDS MOVING		Early Stage 1 OUR PLACE ME: DANCE ME: VISUAL ARTS CHANGES HEALTHY CHOICES OUR NEEDS MOVING
Stage 1 LOCAL PLACES OUR FAMILIES GROWING AND CHANGING GETTING ALONG PRODUCTS AND SERVICES POWERING ON OUR STORIES UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES		Stage 1 LOCAL PLACES OUR FAMILIES GROWING AND CHANGING GETTING ALONG PRODUCTS AND SERVICES POWERING ON OUR STORIES UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES
Stage 2 LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS BEING AUSTRALIAN EFFECTS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE WORKING TOGETHER PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND SYSTEMS MACHINES OUR FLEETING PAST UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER		Stage 2 LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS BEING AUSTRALIAN EFFECTS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE WORKING TOGETHER PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND SYSTEMS MACHINES OUR FLEETING PAST UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER
Stage 3 LIVING LAND IDENTITY INTERCONNECTING GROWTH & CHANGE MAKING INFORMED CHOICES GLOBAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES PHYSICAL PHENOMENA TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE SYMBOL SYSTEMS		Stage 3 LIVING LAND IDENTITY INTERCONNECTING GROWTH AND CHANGE MAKING INFORMED CHOICES GLOBAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES PHYSICAL PHENOMENA TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE SYMBOL SYSTEMS

Units of work are available on the Time to Teach site. Additional support materials can be found throughout the creative arts area and will be listed here when developed.

Stage 3: Dance in Living Land
This sample sequence of learning activities has been adapted from the Stage 3 unit of work Living Land. The learning experiences expand on the information available in the COG unit to provide teachers with further strategies for addressing the needs of students with varying abilities in dance.

Lie of the land is a unit of work from a project titled Literacy and numeracy through the arts. The unit supports visual arts activities in the Stage 3 COGs unit LIVING LAND. The full unit can be found at: http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/litnum/lieoftheland/index.html

Into the Frame - Dream of an Ancient Tablet is a unit of work from a project titled Literacy and numeracy through the arts. The unit supports dance activities in the Stage 3 COGs unit SYMBOL SYSTEMS. The full unit can be found at: http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/litnum/intoframe/index.html

 

PIXEL AND FRIENDS – THE COLOUR SHOW

Pixel & Friends is a playful and vivid journey through the colour spectrum - told in dance, live music and digital animation.

The performance will be presented at The Powerhouse Museum on 1-11 April 2008.

Curriculum resources
The following creative arts activities have been developed to be used in combination with teaching and learning activities developed for the B string of Connected Outcomes Group (COG) units of work.

View the curriculum resources here

Download an outline about Pixel here

From the 'Page to Stage: the story of Pixel' display  at the Powerhouse Museum from 1-27 April 2008 powerhousemuseum.com