Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

§ 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)

§ 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

§ 11380 Visual Arts (2 units – Preliminary)

§ 15400 Visual Arts (2 units – HSC)

§ 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Visual Arts is undertaken within the course)

§ 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Visual Arts is undertaken within the course)

Course description

The Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to investigate different ideas and interests that can be represented in 2D, 3D and 4D artworks. Students develop sensory, tactile, manipulative and technical skills while recognising the importance of how meaning is represented in their own artworks as well as the works of other artists.

Study of the Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Visual Arts, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.

What students learn

The structure of the Visual Arts Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study selected outcomes and content within the course.

Study of the Visual Arts Life Skills course involves:

§ representing a point of view and interpretations of the world in artmaking

§ critical and historical studies of the visual arts

Course requirements

On entering students for the Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.

Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.

Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

§ 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)

§ 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

The Stage 6 Music Life Skills course provides opportunities for students to listen and respond to a range of music styles, as well as make and perform music individually and/or in groups. Students develop musical interests in singing, playing and composing as they perform, compose and listen to their own works and those of others. Study of this course contributes to students’ appreciation of Music, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assists them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.