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Year 5 Drama Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
Year 5 The Arts ASARTDRAY56

Year 5 Drama Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 5 The Arts by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

What Students Should Know

By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of drama are used in drama they create, perform and/or experience. They describe how drama created and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They describe how drama is used to continue and revitalise cultures.

Students work collaboratively as they combine elements of drama to shape and sustain dramatic action. They improvise and/or devise drama and/or interpret scripts. They perform their drama in informal and/or formal settings.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 5 Content Descriptors:

Creating and making

Drama

AC9ADR6C01 develop characters and situations, and shape and sustain dramatic action to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in improvised, devised and/or scripted forms

Developing practices and skills

Drama

AC9ADR6D01 explore ways to combine the elements of drama to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in improvisations, devised drama and/or scripted drama

Exploring and responding

Drama

AC9ADR6E01 explore ways that the elements of drama are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in drama across, cultures, times, places and/or other contexts AC9ADR6E02 explore the ways that First Nations Australians use drama to continue and revitalise cultures

Presenting and performing

Drama

AC9ADR6P01 rehearse and perform improvised, devised and/or scripted drama in informal and/or formal settings

At a Glance

Strand Substrand CDs Elaborations
Creating and making Drama 1 6
Developing practices and skills Drama 1 5
Exploring and responding Drama 2 7
Presenting and performing Drama 1 4
Total 5 22

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 5 Drama?
By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of drama are used in drama they create, perform and/or experience. They describe how drama created and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They describe how drama is used to continue and revitalise cultures. Students work collaboratively as they combine elements of drama to shape and sustain dramatic action. They improvise and/or devise drama and/or interpret scripts. They perform their drama in informal and/or formal settings.
How many Content Descriptors support this standard?
5 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Creating and making: 1, Developing practices and skills: 1, Exploring and responding: 2, Presenting and performing: 1).
How does this compare to Year 3?
The Year 3 Drama standard (ASARTDRAY34) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 5 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 3.
Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?
Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.