Revised National Curriculum Statement Grades R-9 (Schools) - Grade One

Learning Area: Arts and Culture

Learning Outcome 1:   Creating,  Interpreting  and  Presenting

The learner will be able to create, interpret and present work in each of the art forms.

Organising principle: The learner will be able to develop skills and knowledge through exploring and experiencing art based upon self and own environment.

Assessment standards

We know this when the learner:

• Dance
  • Builds own movement vocabulary using:
    • locomotor movements such as walking, running, leaping and galloping;
    • axial movements such as turning, rolling, falling, swinging, reaching, bending, rising, stretching, stamping and kicking;
    • exploring movement possibilities of different body parts;
    • movement ideas from own environment;
    • combinations of movements in movement sentences such as run-stop-turn-reach-drop.
  • Demonstrates in movement an understanding of numbers and simple geometric shapes such as circles, lines, angles and squares.
• Drama
  • Participates in simple dialogue and action sequences based on familiar experiences in own family or community.
  • Responds through drama to stimuli in games and stories, including making up endings to stories presented by the teacher.

• Music
  • Claps and stamps number rhythms and rhymes in tempo.
  • Keeps a steady pulse while accompanying a song.
  • Sings number and letter songs and rhymes.
  • Sings tunes rhythmically and at varying tempi and loudness.

• Visual Arts
  • Engages in creative art processes:
    • presents images of own world in various media;
    • uses the senses and emotions to explore design elements, with emphasis mainly on primary colours and line.
  • Discovers simple geometric shapes such as circles, lines, triangles and squares, and combines and arranges them in patterns.

Learning Outcome 2:  Reflecting

The learner will be able to reflect critically and creatively on artistic and cultural processes, products and styles in past and present contexts.

Organising principle: The learner will be able to think about and respond to art and culture activities designed to stimulate awareness of own creativity, imagination and possibilities.

Assessment standards

We will know this when the learner:

• Dance
  • Responds to fantasy ideas through movement.
• Drama
  • Uses imaginary objects in dramatic play.
  • Begins to see differences between self and the role being played.
• Music
  • Experiments with different sounds to accompany fables and stories as sound effects.
  • Differentiates between high and low, long and short, loud and soft sounds.
• Visual Arts
  • Explains what is being conveyed in own art and what the learner thinks is conveyed in others’ artworks.
• Composite
  • Interprets words, poems, stories and ideas through play, fantasy and the imagination.

Learning Outcome 3:  Participating and Collaborating

The learner will be able to demonstrate personal and interpersonal skills through individual and group participation in Arts and Culture activities.

Organising principle: The learner will be able to participate and co-operate imaginatively with others in art activities in a safe environment.

Assessment standards

We know this when the learner:

• Dance
  • Responds to images through movement, adhering to control commands and signals such as ‘stop’, ‘start’, ‘freeze’, ‘hand control’, ‘no bumping’ and ‘find a space’.
• Drama
  • Demonstrates ability to take on a role in drama - teacher stimulated.
  • Participates in drama exercises that focus on safety, trust and acceptance of others’ needs.
• Music
  • Participates in musical call and response games and activities.
  • Plays rhythm, clapping, skipping and singing games in pairs.
• Visual Arts
  • Participates in art activities in terms of choice and organisation of materials, with attention to safety and responsible behaviour in the work space.
• Composite
  • Makes decisions and choices, and follows instructions in art activities.

Learning Outcome 4:  Expressing and Communicating

The learner will be able to analyse and use multiple forms of communication and expression in Arts and Culture.

Organising principle: The learner will be able to use imagination and fantasy to explore, experience and communicate ideas.

Assessment standards

We know this when the learner:

• Dance
  • Explores vowel and consonant sounds and numbers as well as fantasies through movement and movement-games.
• Drama
  • Explores the shape, weight and feel of words and sounds in creative drama games.
  • Portrays characters and objects from stories using body shapes and sounds.
• Music
  • Uses own imagination and fantasy stories to create sounds.
• Visual Arts
  • Uses imagination and fantasy to play with and explore shapes, forms, lines, colours and patterns.
  • Creates personal visual responses to own fantasy world.