The Arts

Our Arts program enables students to develop their creative and expressive capacities by learning about the different practices, disciplines and traditions that have shaped the expression of culture locally, nationally and globally. Students are both artist and audience in the Arts. They make, respond and learn to appreciate the specific ways this occurs in different disciplines.

Students express, represent and communicate ideas in contemporary, traditional and emerging art forms. In Performing Arts students explore Drama and Music whilst in Visual Arts they explore the world of visual representation and expression.

The significant contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Australia’s arts heritage and contemporary arts practices are explored across the Arts, and students are encouraged to respect and value these unique and evolving traditions.

At Iramoo Primary School students from Prep to Year 6 are involved in a variety of learning activities to develop and apply their knowledge and skills in Performing Arts and Visual Arts. Our students are immersed in rich learning experiences that help them to express, represent and communicate ideas in these different art forms.

Some of the engaging learning activities our students are involved in include:

Prep – Year 2

Performing Arts

• singing, moving to music, and playing simple rhythmic accompaniment using body percussion
• playing instruments such as marimbas and xylophones, rehearsing and performing songs for concerts.

Visual Arts

• learning art techniques such as collage, drawing, painting, printing, sculpting, oil pastel and dyeing using a variety of tools to produce colourful and creative art pieces
• viewing, exploring and responding to the artwork of various iconic artists.

Year 3 – Year 4

Performing Arts

• extending knowledge of drama and performance, developing characters and scripts, using various sound production programs to create dramatic music and sound effects to enhance plays
• developing ability to read musical notation and playing various rhythm patterns in time with the beat.

Visual Arts

• consolidating and learning art techniques such as painting, drawing, construction, collage, patterns, dioramas, printmaking, and oil pastel using a variety of tools
• focusing on famous artists and artwork from Australia and Asia to create their own portraits and artwork.

Year 5 – Year 6

Performing Arts

• developing the ability to read musical notation and play various rhythm patterns in time with the beat, playing various melodies as well as playing their instruments as an ensemble
• opportunity to direct and perform a movie, puppet play or stop motion video where they can practise skills such as developing ideas and dialogue, converting these ideas to a storyboard format, coordinating costumes and props, familiarisation with camera operation, terminology and techniques, rehearsing, filming/performing and editing the recorded footage.

Visual Arts

• refining art techniques such as painting, drawing, watercolour, construction, collage, patterns, printmaking and oil pastel using a variety of tools and different mediums
• their textile skills in designing, stitching, sewing and weaving
• focusing on the art techniques of several artists from Australia and around the world.

We also offer:

An Art Enrichment program for students in Year 6

A school choir for students from Prep – Year 6.