What’s Happening in Performing Arts in Term 3 2024
FOUNDATION:
In Term 3, the Foundation students will be focusing on Dance. They will explore safe dance movements and dance ideas using a range of locomotor and non-locomotor movements. Students will use the topic of emotions to create simple and expressive movements that communicate ideas to an audience. They will be provided with opportunities to respond to different dance styles and techniques, expressing things that they enjoyed. Students will follow choreographed dance sequences and routines both individually and as a group. They will also explore the connection between music and dance and how certain types of music can influence a style of dance.
GRADE 1:
In Term 3, the Grade One students will be focusing on Dance. They will participate in safe dance practices and learn to move different parts of their body in rhythm with the music. Students will use a range of choreographic devices to create their own dance sequences, inspired by the ocean, by making decisions about how a dance will begin and end. They will explore dance in the local community including different cultural dances. Students will follow set dance routines, ensuring they are using both technical and expressive skills such as combining movement with the use of props. Students will be provided with opportunities to respond to dance, expressing what they enjoy and why.
GRADE 2:
In Term 3, the Grade One students will be focusing on Dance. They will participate in safe dance practices and learn to move different parts of their body in rhythm with the music. Students will use a range of choreographic devices to create their own dance sequences, inspired by the ocean, by making decisions about how a dance will begin and end. They will explore dance in the local community including different cultural dances. Students will follow set dance routines, ensuring they are using both technical and expressive skills such as combining movement with the use of props. Students will be provided with opportunities to respond to dance, expressing what they enjoy and why.
GRADE 3/4:
In Term 3 the Grade Three and Four students will be basing their Performing Arts studies around the theme of Recycling. We will cover Music, Dance, Drama and Media over the term. Activities the students will be engaged in will include making a musical band using recycled materials for instruments, choreographing dances of rubbish shapes being recycled, recycling fairy stories into ‘new/recycled’ stories and acting them out with paper bag puppets and finally, producing an advertising poster about their recycled fairy story. Please start collecting recycled materials for your child to use during the term please! eg. clean, plastic, milk/cream/other containers are perfect for making shakers, cardboard cylinders (inserts from glad wrap, alfoil) etc.
GRADE 5/6:
In Term 3, the Grade Five and Six students will be focusing on Dance. They will explore the elements of dance as well as the different styles of dance from different cultures. Students will investigate how characters and emotions are portrayed in dance using movement and different choreographic devices. Using technical and expressive skills, they will create and rehearse dance sequences as well as follow set routines. Students will have opportunities to explain how the elements of dance communicate ideas and the relationship between music and dance. They will also respond to dance, expressing their feelings and thoughts and provide justification for this.