Drama (8DRAM)

Course Outline
This course includes a show researched and created by the students in Year 8 incorporating acting, music and dance, further development of the elements, conventions, technologies and techniques particularly focusing on movement and devised drama. Each unit of work explores a theme such as celebrations, Pasifika myths and legends and clowning. This work incorporates aspects of the broader curriculum.


Assessment
Internal assessment:
• drama skills.

Music (8MUSC)

Course Outline
The Core Music programme is intended to give students musical experiences through creating, recreating and appreciating music in activities with a variety of learning opportunities...

Students undertake activities as prescribed in the Arts Curriculum Music strands:
- developing practical knowledge
- communicating and interpreting music
- understanding music in context
- developing musical ideas.

The Year 8 core programme has a practical element in the form of a year level band, string group and choir. This practical work occurs in one of the two periods per cycle. In the other period the classes study separately and cover a variety of music topics designed to build musical literacy.


Assessment
Internal assessment.

Visual Arts (8ARTC)

Course Outline
This is a general course of study in the Visual Arts which extends the students’ use of processes, media and techniques introduced in Year 7, and is a foundation for Senior School study.

Students investigate:
- sources of motivation for making artworks
- procedures used in making artworks
- learning about artists and their work.

The aim of this practical course is to enable students to:
- develop a growing command of skill in painting, construction, drawing etc for making effective artworks
- use images effectively to make personal statements
- develop an interest in art and increased sensitivity to cultural differences
- show confidence in generating and developing artwork.

The course is delivered in two periods per cycle for a full year. Specific topics are set allowing the student to investigate established practice. Drawing is fundamental to all studies.

Assessment
Internal assessment.

Cost
Please refer to the stationery list.