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Early Stage 1 Music resources

The materials below include a program overview of three songs from Vocal-Ease Modules 1 and 2 with a summary of skills and concept development. 

Blank programming templates  

Adapting activities across stages

Three songs from Vocal-Ease

This program for Early Stage 1 is drawn from Vocal-Ease (modules 1 & 2) and uses three songs: ‘When I get mad I beat my drum’, ‘Peanut butter and jelly’ and ‘Mal, mal, mal’. Video footage and further information can be viewed on the arts action CD-ROM.

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Download an overview of the program:
Early Stage 1 program overview (pdf 31k)

Download a summary of the skills and concept development in this program:
Early Stage 1 skill and concept development   (pdf 34k)

Blank programming templates

Click below to download a blank program overview for this stage:
Early Stage 1 blank program overview (pdf 25k)

Click below to download blank programming charts:
Concept based programming chart (pdf 49k)
Skill based programming chart (pdf 51k)
Thematic programming chart (pdf 55k)                                                                           top

Adapting activities across stages

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Click below to download charts demonstrating how to adapt units of work for different stages:
Adapting the ‘Etchings’ unit (pdf 29k) from Sync or Swing for different stages.

Adapting the ‘Funge alafia’ unit (pdf 25k) from Vocal-Ease (modules1 & 2) for different stages. This unit is also demonstrated on the arts action CD-ROM.                    

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Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus  

Click on the heading to download the Creative Arts K–6 syllabus from the Board of Studies NSW website for Primary schools. 

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