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  • Home
  • Our School
    • Welcome
    • School Profile
    • School Motto
    • School History
    • School Houses
    • Centenary
    • School Zone
    • International Students
    • Accountability
  • Our Curriculum
    • Wellbeing
    • Victorian Curriculum
    • Specialists >
      • Languages
      • Performing Arts
      • Visual Arts
      • Physical Education
      • Science
    • Writing
    • Camping Program
    • Support Programs
    • Extracurricular
    • eSmart
  • Our Community
    • Our Students >
      • Student Leadership
    • Our Parents >
      • Parents' Club
      • Buildings and Grounds
    • Our Council
    • Our Services >
      • Canteen
      • OHSC
      • Uniform Shop
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Performing Arts

Prep - Year 2

Singing
Lots of songs in a variety of styles and forms, learning some simple notation.

Games
Often using songs to teach concepts like notation, beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics and timbre.

Playing Percussion Instruments
  • Untuned percussion, e.g. Djembes.
  • Tuned percussion, e.g. Xylophone.
  • Starting with call and response in Prep, working up to two-part pieces by the end of Year 2.

Years 3 and 4

Singing
Lots of songs in a variety of styles and forms, further awareness of notation and understanding of song format.

Games
Still using songs to teach concepts like notation, beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics and timbre.

Playing Instruments
  • Recorder.
  • Tuned percussion, e.g. Xylophone.
  • Untuned percussion, e.g. Tambourine.
  • Recorder and tuned percussion help students learn to read treble clef. Untuned percussion is played in multiple parts.

Years 5 and 6

Singing
Lots of songs in a variety of styles and forms, further awareness of notation and understanding of song format.

Games
Some quizzes and music dictation added to singing games to develop students’ knowledge of musical elements and notation.

Playing Instruments
  • Ukulele.
  • Tuned percussion, e.g. Xylophone.
  • Untuned percussion, e.g. Claves.
  • Ukelele is introduced and using tuned percussion students continue to read treble clef. Untuned percussion continues to be played in multiple parts.
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