Queensland+Essential+Learnings+&+Standards+(Bennett)


 * Queensland Essential Learnings and Standards. **

Rigor - Someone with better content knowledge would need to make that determination. Coherence - "Big Ideas" focus on the expression of ideas, scaffolding across years by audience and purpose. Focus - Choices about what students should learn appear general in the "Ways of Work", subject specific in the "Knowledge and Understanding statements," and skill specific in the "e.g.,'s" They appear to scaffold, but I am not the best judge as to how well or appropriate the scafolding is. Specifiity - It seems to me that the examples given tell me what to teach without boxing me in. Clarity - Once you got down to the specific examples they are understandable. For someone with better content knowledge, the more general statements may have moe meaning. Measurability - The specific skills (e.g.,s) would be measurable. The more general statements - not so much.

General Impression - Concise, easy to follow. Worth having someone with content knowledge review for applicability. May be helpful in developing the essential understandings and benchmarks.


 * Big Ideas for the Arts - (common to all) .."to express ideas..."**

Year 3 - **"considering particular audiences and particular purposes"** Year 5 - **"considering different audiences and different purposes"** Year 7 - **"considering intended audiences and intended purposes"**
 * **Dance**  - Dance involves using the human body **to express ideas, considering particular audiences and particular purposes,** through dance elements in movement phrases.

**Drama -** Drama involves using dramatic elements and conventions **to express ideas, considering particular audiences and particular purposes**, through dramatic action based on real or imagined events.

**Media -** Media involves constructing meaning by using media languages and technologies **to express representations, considering particular audiences and particular purposes.**

**Music -** Music involves singing, playing instruments, listening, moving, improvising and composing by using the music elements **to express ideas, considering particular audiences and particular purposes**, through sound. Essential Learnings are organized by: Common to all of the arts - **Ways of Working** (statements of what students are able to do, which are common to dance, music, theatre, etc.) Students are able to: • select ideas for arts works, considering particular audiences and particular purposes, using arts elements and languages • create and shape arts works by combining arts elements to express personal ideas, feelings and experiences • practise arts works, using interpretive and technical skills
 * Visual Art -** Visual Art involves using visual arts elements, concepts, processes and forms (both 2D and 3D) **to express ideas, considering particular audiences and particular purposes**, through images and objects. ||
 * Year/juncture** (3,5,7,9)

Subject specific - **Knowledge and Understanding** (statements of specific knowledge and skills) Yr 3 • Gross motor movements, including locomotor and non-locomotor, are used to create actions for movement phrases e.g. travelling with hops, runs and slides; staying on the spot using whole-body stretches, curls and twists. Yr 5 - // Gross and fine motor movements, including locomotor and non-locomotor, are used to create actions for short movement sequences  // e.g. jumping and rotating hands at the wrist.
 * Dance ** Dance involves using the human body to express ideas, considering particular audiences and particular purposes, through dance elements in movement phrases.