Performing Arts

NAG 1: CURRICULUM

TRENTHAM SCHOOL STATEMENT OF INTENT

PERFORMING ARTS

Reviewed by Staff – June 2019

Reviewed by Board - June2022

Ratified by BOT – August 2019 Board Presiding Member: ______________________________________________

Next review date – June 2025 Date: ____________/____________/______________

PURPOSES

For students to:

1. Express themselves and ideas through the mediums of music, dance and drama

2. Develop art literacies through Developing Practical Knowledge, Developing Ideas, Understanding Arts in Context and Communicating and Interpreting Ideas, in:

(a) Dance (b) Drama (c) Music

3. Explore and appreciate the cultures of Aotearoa New Zealand.

GUIDELINES

For teachers to:

1. Provide opportunities for students to express themselves in the performing arts and critically evaluate performances.

2. Provide opportunities for students to develop as creators, presenters, viewers and listeners by:

• performing, choreographing and responding to a variety of genre

• using spoken and written word to use body language, movement and space confidently to communicate

• listening and responding, singing, playing instruments, creating and improvising, reading symbols and notations, recording sound and music works and analysing and appreciating music in order to be appreciative reflective viewers and listeners.

3. Teachers will expose students to music, dance and drama through a variety of contexts including the unique bicultural and multicultural character of Aotearoa New Zealand.

REFERENCE:

New Zealand Arts Curriculum