Creative Arts

Kindergarten to Year 6 | Years 7 to 10 | Years 11 to 12 | Useful web resources

Resources in the Curriculum Resources Collection have been collected to support teaching for Creative Arts across the curriculum from Kindergarten to Year 12 as detailed in the syllabus documents.

Kindergarten to Year 6 (Stages 1-3)

This syllabus area encourages students to develop knowledge of the various areas of the creative arts, including:

  • Drama
  • Visual Arts
  • Dance
  • Music
The Web version of this syllabus now includes the Primary Curriculum Foundation Statements

* 707.10944 4 Creative Arts K-6
* 707.10994 1 Units of Work. These units are organised from Early Stage 1 to Stage 3 and contain teaching notes, learning experiences and outcomes.

Resources for the individual units of the syllabus can be found in the Curriculum Resources Collection, mostly at the following call numbers:

Subject Call Numbers
Drama 792
Visual Arts 707
Dance 792.807
Music 780.7

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Years 7 to 10 (Stages 4-5)

The subject areas covered by Creative Arts in the junior secondary years include the following syllabuses, found in the Curriculum Resources Collection at the following call numbers:

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Years 11-12 (Stage 6)

The subject areas covered by Creative Arts in the senior secondary years include the following syllabuses:

Online versions of all support documents can also be found on the Board of Studies web site, along with other relevant documents. Hard copies of all syllabus documents will be found in Curriculum Policy Documents and on the loan shelves.

There are many teaching resources located at equivalent call numbers.

An important reference site for all HSC matters is the HSC Online Homepage from Charles Sturt University.

Information about the new HSC syllabus documents can be found on the HSC Syllabus development documents page from the NSW Board of Studies.

Copies of the Syllabuses for every stage can be found in the Curriculum Resources Collection. One copy is kept In Fisher Curriculum Pol Docs and other copies in the loan collection.

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Useful web resources

General Creative Arts
*Aboriginal Art links from the ABC

Dance
*Australian Dance Council
*Australia Dancing: the Australian Dance Collection: a Directory of Resources
*Australian Dance Links
*Artslynx International Dance Resources
*The Wolanski Foundation: Australian Dance Sites and Services

Drama
*Drama Australia (NADIE)
*Drama Education Links
*NZADIE NZ drama information
*Drama Links
*Theatre Links
*University of Sydney Shakespeare Globe Centre

Music
*MusicaViva
*Music Education and Art Education
*Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia
*Resources from the Australian Music Centre
*K-12 Resources for Music educators
*Australian Society for Music Education

Visual Arts
*Art Gallery of New South Wales Education Resources
*ConnectEd Arts: a NSW government arts and education initiative for schools
*NSW Board of Studies
*Sydney College of the Arts Guide
*Kennedy Centre ArtsEdge
*Getty Foundation Guide to Building Visual Arts Lessons and links to standards for visual arts education
*Picture Australia
*North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts

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