Years 5 and 6 · The Arts · Developing practices and skills

AC9ADA6D01

develop and practise technical and expressive skills using safe dance practice and the elements of dance

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The same idea, year by year

Where AC9ADA6D01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 5 and 6.

1. Years 3 and 4AC9ADA4D01experiment with and practise skills for moving safely and expressively using fundamental movement skills and the elements of dance
2. Years 7 and 8AC9ADA8D01develop safe dance practice and use of expressive and technical skills and, as appropriate, genre- or style-specific techniques
3. Years 7 and 8AC9ADA8D02reflect on own and others’ dance works and/or practices to inform choreographic choices and use of technical and expressive skills