Arts
In Visual Arts, students experience and explore the concepts of artist, artwork, world, and audience, looking at artwork from the viewpoints of the artist and the audience.
Students learn about visual arts practices, developing practical skills, techniques, processes, and products with a diverse range of materials.
They explore a range of forms and styles, as well as social, cultural, and historical contexts. Students develop their arts knowledge and preferences, plus a practical and critical understanding of how artists use their artworks to engage audiences and communicate meaning. Students view, manipulate, reflect on, analyse, appreciate, and evaluate their own and others’ visual arts works.
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Learning tasks are designed to utilise students’ personal observations, sensory expression and imagination; developing skills in drawing, design and painting, as well as increasing their creative knowledge and understanding of past histories and heritage, and to further improve their aesthetic skills. Students are introduced to a wide variety of methods and materials, while developing their techniques and skills to produce creative practical pieces. Students plan their art-making in response to exploration of techniques and processes used in their own and others’ artworks.
Subjects taught in Visual Arts are as follows:
- Year 5-10 Art
- SACE Stage 1 Visual Arts/Design
- SACE Stage 2 Visual Arts/Design
Karoonda Area School’s music program it recognizes and supports the latest research findings about the positive effect of Music education on brain development.
Reception to Year 4 students receive a weekly class lesson with a specialist Music teacher. During these lessons, students participate in a variety of activities to develop their skills and understanding of the elements of Music and the way in which Music is an important aspect of culture and lifestyle. Attendance at live performances is also arranged throughout the year.
Students from Year 5-6 are offered an extra-curricular option within the Music program through an instrumental program. Students can choose free group tuition in flute, clarinet, guitar, bass guitar or percussion. Hire of instruments can be arranged for students. Lessons occur during the school day on a rotating timetable.
As part of their instrumental lessons, students also take part in the schools Beginner Band and attend weekly band sessions in which they develop the skills of ensemble playing and performance.
Primary Choir
The Primary Choir is for year 4-6 students who wish to opt into this extra-curricular program. The choir prepares a selection of songs as part of the Primary Schools Music Festival.
Students in Year 5 and 6 are given to opportunity to perform at the Adelaide Festival while all students are able to perform at the Murray Mallee Music Festival. Students are encouraged to audition for solo, choreography and compere roles at both festivals.
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