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Music
There are many benefits to studying music:
Musical training helps develop language and reasoning: Students who have musical training will develop the areas of the brain related to language and reasoning. The left side of the brain is better developed with music, and songs can help imprint information on young minds.
A mastery of memorisation: Even when performing with sheet music, student musicians constantly use their memory to perform. The skill of memorisation can serve students well in education and beyond.
Students learn to improve their work: Learning music promotes craftsmanship, and students learn to want to create good work instead of mediocre work. This desire can be applied to all subjects of study.
Music builds imagination and intellectual curiosity: Introducing music in the early childhood years can help foster a positive attitude toward learning and curiosity. Artistic education develops the whole brain and develops students' imagination.
Music can be relaxing: Students can fight stress by learning to play music. Soothing music is especially helpful in helping adolescents relax.
Musical instruments can teach discipline: Students who learn to play an instrument can learn a valuable lesson in discipline. They will have to set time aside to practice and rise to the challenge of learning with discipline to master playing their instrument.
Students may study Music in the following genres:
Music for small ensembles
Australian Art Music
Music of a culture with an emphasis on Australian Music.
Rock Music
Students will be able to use computer-generated creativity, through the use of GarageBand and other apps, to compose original music and integrate it with visual media.
A compulsory aspect of the elective music course is performance. Students are required to be involved in class, assembly and eisteddfod performances, as well as providing the basis of the music for school masses and liturgies. In this way, the skills and concepts learned in class can be utilised in public performances and enrich the life of the school.
Assessment
Students will be provided with the opportunity to demonstrate their learning in everyday classroom activities as well as planned assessment events.
Assessment for each topic will be balanced between theory and practical work, individual and group tasks, employing a range of strategies.
Assessment strategies may include:
Practical work – teacher and peer performance review
Research assignments and projects
Semester listening and theory assessments
Feedback on assessment will be both formal and informal.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Visual Arts provides opportunities for students to enjoy both the making and studying of art. It builds an understanding of the role of art in both the contemporary and historical world and enables students to represent their ideas and interests in artworks. The Visual Arts Elective course provides for broader, deeper and more extensive learning in Visual Arts beyond the mandatory course.
What students learn
Students learn about the pleasure and enjoyment of making different kinds of artworks in 2D, 3D and/or 4D forms. They learn to represent their ideas and interests with reference to contemporary trends and how artists, including painters, sculptors, architects, designers, photographers and ceramists, make artworks.
Students learn about how art is shaped by different beliefs, values and meanings by exploring artists and artworks from different times and places and relationships in the artworld between the artist – artwork – world – audience. They also explore how their own lives and experiences can influence their artmaking and critical and historical studies.
Students learn to make artworks using a range of materials and techniques in 2D, 3D and 4D forms, including traditional and more contemporary forms, site-specific works, installations, video and digital media and other ICT forms, to build a body of work over time. They learn to develop their research skills, approaches to experimentation and how to make informed personal choices and judgements. They learn to record procedures and activities about their artmaking practice in their Visual Arts diary.
They learn to investigate and respond to a wide range of artists and artworks in artmaking, critical and historical studies. They also learn to interpret and explain the function of and relationships in the artworld between the artist – artwork – world – audience to make and study artworks.
Areas of Study – 2026
Areas of study are directed by teacher expertise and student interest.
Potential Units of Work include but are not limited to:
Cycle A
Take it to the Streets- Graffiti Art (Painting and Drawing)
The Art of Making Art- A process and journey (Textiles, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture)
Sacred Grounds- (Drawing, Printmaking and Painting)
Cycle B
Architecture and Buildings- (Clay and wood sculpture)
Portraiture- Realistic and cartoon (Drawing, Painting and Textiles)
Digital Art and Photography- (Photography)
Course Requirements
Elective course
The Elective course can be studied for 100 or 200 hours in Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10).
Students are required to produce a body of work and keep a Visual Arts diary.
Formal Assessment strategies may include:
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