As stated in the NL curriculum guide:

Students will be expected to:

• Explore, challenge, develop, and express ideas, using the skills, language, techniques, and processes of the arts.
• Create and/or present, collaboratively and independently, expressive products in the arts for a range of audiences and purposes.
• Demonstrate critical awareness of and the value for the role of the arts in creating and reflecting culture.
• Respect the contributions of individuals and cultural groups in local and global contexts, and value the arts as a record of human experiences and expression.
• Examine the relationship among the arts, societies, and environments.
• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies to reflect on and respond to their own and others’ expressive work.
• Understand the role of technologies in creating and responding to expressive works.
• Analyse the relationship between artistic intent and the expressive work."