483-117 Learning Area: Arts 1

This subject introduces students to the arts as a key learning area. Students will consider the ways in which the arts contribute to education and cultural understanding. Children's artistic development will be studied in relation to the art form strands of drama, music and visual arts. Students will develop an understanding of the basic elements of drama, music and visual arts through their own artistic making and reflection. The subject will explore the learning processes of making, creating, presenting, analysing and appraising within each of the arts strands.

Visual arts folio, performance projects and written assignments totalling 4000 words.

• Board of Studies, Curriculum and Standards Framework II: The Arts. 2000.