Essential Skills
Communication:

• Convey and receive information, instruction, ideas and feelings appropriately and effectively in a range of different cultural, language, and social contexts
• Communicate competently and confidently by listening, speaking, reading, and writing and by using other forms of communication where appropriate.

Social and Co-operative:

• Develop good relationships with others and work in co-operative ways to achieve common goals
• Take responsibility as a member of a group for jointly decided actions and decisions
• Participate appropriately in a range of social and cultural settings.

Work and Study:

• Work effectively, both independently and in groups
• Build on own learning experiences, cultural backgrounds, and preferred learning styles.

Specific Learning Outcomes
Students will:

• Focus on each of the artists featured in Creative Explorer and make appropriate and meaningful links to all other Learning Areas: Mathematics, Science, English, Technology, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education
• Workshop practical activities that provide other contexts for learning
• Locate further references using Creative Explorer.

Big ideas and Integration

Although each artist will be linked to Specific Learning Outcomes it is useful to note the commonalities between all the Arts disciplines. The following list is from The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum Draft, (refer to pages 76-79).

English

Dance
Communicate and interpret information, ideas, or narrative as they view and respond to live or recorded dance works.
Drama
Interpret or respond to dramatic literature.
Develop oral and written skills through selected activities such as role playing, script development from improvisation.
Music
Structure musical texts that combine verbal elements and sound.
Use sound, stress, and intonation to produce effects and communicate meaning.
Visual Arts
Use static and moving images to communicate ideas.
Analyse and interpret texts that combine images and words.

Mathematics

Dance
Investigate and explore patterns, relationships, symmetry and transformations in creating dance works.
Drama
Interpret and apply mathematical information as part of planning, producing, and managing dramatic productions.
Music
Use mathematical processes to solve musical problems in composition.
Use patterns, sequence, number, and permutation as essential components of music.
Visual Arts
Calculate measurement, consider proportion, and use symmetry, pattern, repetition, and rotation in making visual art works.

Science

Dance
Investigate the mechanics of the human body.
Relate bio-mechanical principles, anatomy, and physiology to the static and moving body.
Drama
Research, select and organise scientific information as material for drama such as environmental issues or the impact of scientific discovery on society.
Music
Use scientific inquiry to explore musical phenomena such as the nature of sound, the harmonic series, or how contrasting sounds are produced.
Visual Arts
Investigate the physical properties of materials and media.
Examine how materials and media are manipulated and changed through chemical or electronic processes.

Technology

Dance
Apply technological skills and knowledge to different aspects of dance production such as designing and constructing costumes, developing and operating sound and lighting systems.
Drama
Use drama to explore particular technological problems or issues such as the environmental impact of using different forms of energy.
Music
Explore changes and adaptations in instruments over time.
Make their own instruments.
Use a range of electronic technologies associated with music.
Visual Arts
Select and use appropriate technologies to solve art and design problems.
Use skills in computer graphics to develop and communicate solutions to visual arts problems.

Social Studies

Dance
Investigate traditional and contemporary dance from different social and cultural contexts.
Explore how time, place, and environment influence the nature of dance.
Drama
Use role playing to investigate the perspectives and attitudes of others.
Develop an understanding of how different societies use and value different forms of drama.
Music
Examine the nature and place of music in particular cultures and societies.
Develop an understanding of how music changes over time and as a result of its social context.
Visual Arts
Investigate how the visual arts contribute to culture and heritage.
Explore how people in societies relate to objects and images they make, use, and value.

Health and Physical Education

Dance
Develop movement concepts, motor skills, and positive attitudes to physical activity through practical dance activity.
Understand cultural practice in relation to physical activity as they learn dances of various ethnic groups.
Drama
Develop physical and vocal skills as they work with others in a range of practical learning activities.
Use role playing in a safe environment to explore attitudes and feelings and to investigate the potential results of actions.
Music
Develop fine motor skills and disciplined practice routines while playing an instrument.
Establish a high degree of physical readiness and a focussed state of mind in preparation for performance.
Visual Arts
Explore personal expression and cultural identity through making and responding to art works.
Enhance their physical and mental abilities through visual arts practice.