AC9AVAFD01 Foundation The Arts

Content descriptor use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas

Elaborations

• • Elaboration playing with the tactile qualities of a range of materials (rough, smooth, spikey, gooey) and exploring how they feel about these qualities to develop ideas for a visual artwork, dance or soundscape; for example, using art materials, movement and/or voice to depict or embody the tactile qualities they discovered; moving their body in ways to represent the smooth nature of a stone or ball
• • Elaboration imagining how the characters in a story they are reading might dress or move, and making still or moving images to communicate ideas about the character; for example, working in groups and using dramatic play to imagine possibilities about characters and situations or asking questions such as “What happens next?”
• • Elaboration identifying and describing shapes, colours and lines they observe in their environment and exploring ways to use these shapes creatively; for example, imagining and trialling ways to use geometric and organic shapes and collage techniques to represent a familiar object such as a face; improvising movements that trace a series of shapes such as circle, rectangle and triangle; improvising a melody that follows the contour of the shape, or working collaboratively to form frozen or still images of each shape
• • Elaboration playing games to develop subject-specific practices such as pitch, beat and/or rhythm recognition, exploring ways that body parts, zones and bases can be moved safely and expressively; taking on the point of view of a fictional character in dramatic play
• • Elaboration responding to the emotions they experience while listening to different pieces of music and using movement to share their response; for example, using scarves and movement, or creating visual images using materials such as crayons or paint
• • Elaboration improvising rhythmic patterns for clapping or stamping or inventing new movements for familiar action songs, and interpreting these visually using elements of art/design such as shapes, lines and/or colours, and materials such as paper and pencil or string
• • Elaboration exploring their speaking and singing voices and discovering ways they can use their voices/vocalisation to communicate ideas and feelings

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• • Elaboration improvising movements to explain the steps in a process, and then using a camera to capture a series of images or a photographic story that can be displayed in the classroom to remind everybody about the process