Curiosity and Questioning - Thinking Outside the Box

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Foundation Year Drama

• use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas (AC9ADRFD01)

Years 1 & 2 Drama

• use the elements of drama and imagination in dramatic play and/or process drama (AC9ADR2D01)

Syllabus outcomes: 

• CAE-DRA-01
• CA1-DRA-01

General capabilities: Personal and Social Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross-curriculum Priorities: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Foundation Year Drama achievement standards: Students use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to create and share arts works in different forms.

Relevant parts of Years 1 & 2 Drama achievement standards: Students demonstrate arts practices and skills across arts subjects.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – Facilitate discussion, oversee purposeful play, some preparation required.

A collection of household waste items, chiefly recyclables and safe materials, in different shapes and sizes. Consider items such as:

• cardboard packaging such as boxes of various sizes, empty toilet or paper towel rolls
• classroom objects in a variety of sizes: dusters, rulers, blocks
• craft off-cuts: cloth, ribbon, modelling clay
• packaging material: bubble wrap, cardboard spacers, polystyrene
• plastic recyclables: empty containers, bottle lids
• device capable of presenting a video to the class
• large cardboard boxes – one per group
• whiteboard.

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