Stage 1 Creative Arts – Dance & Music Unit 1: Bundle (Lessons 1–16) NEW SYLLABUS

Stage 1 Creative Arts – Dance & Music Foundations Bundle (Lessons 1–16) NSW 2024 Curriculum Aligned

This complete Unit 1: 16-lesson Stage 1 Creative Arts unit supports students to explore, compose, refine and perform using the elements of dance and music.

Designed to align with the new NSW Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus, this unit develops student understanding of how movement and sound can communicate ideas through cultural dance, musical storytelling and performance tasks.

Across the full unit, students will explore:

✔ Body shapes and movement

✔ Locomotor and non-locomotor movements

✔ Tempo and rhythm

✔ Cultural dance – South African gumboot dance

✔ Pitch and song structure (verse and chorus)

✔ Timbre through body percussion and instruments

✔ Soundscapes and musical storytelling

✔ Movement using space and time

✔ Levels, direction and pathways

✔ Composing and refining dance sequences

✔ Organising sounds into a simple structure

✔ Rehearsing and performing a sound story

Lessons are carefully sequenced to move students through:

➡ Exploration

➡ Improvisation

➡ Composition

➡ Refinement

➡ Performance

Assessment Opportunities Included

Assessment is embedded across the unit using:

• Dance observation checklist
• Student reflection
• Composition tasks
• Rehearsal and performance of dance sequences
• Creation and performance of sound stories

No worksheets required – all lessons are:

✔ Hands-on

✔ Movement-based

✔ Collaborative

✔ Performance-focused

This bundle is perfect for teachers looking for a complete Creative Arts term program with minimal prep required.