Creative Cast

In this episode our Creative Arts Curriculum Officer Alex Manton speaks with Helene Galettis about the concepts of music. Listen to an insightful discussion on music theory, engaging students with the concepts of music, and an extensive list of revision tips for the HSC.
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In this episode, Creative Arts Curriculum team members Jackie King and Alex Manton unpack a series of resources released on the NSW Department of Education website to support programming Aboriginal histories and perspectives in Music. This discussion links our Stage 4 and 5 music resources to our previous podcast Think Tank - Aboriginal perspectives in the music classroom.View the resources through the NSW Department of Education website, or use the following link.https://bit.ly/s4s5music
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In this episode our 7-12 Visual Arts Advisor Kathrine Kyriacou speaks with Dr Karen Maras about The Conceptual Framework. Listeners will be engaged through a discussion of the history and development of the framework, and exploration of how it is intertwined with the content of the Visual Arts Syllabus.
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In this episode, Creative Arts Project Advisor Jackie King speaks with dance teachers, Julia Livingston, Rebecca Fishburn and Kirsty Mcrae, to unpack the Juliet and Romeo teacher and student resource recently released on the NSW Department of Education website. This discussion unpacks the resource, the Dance Syllabus, and strategies for teaching core appreciation.View the resource through the NSW Department of Education website, or use the following links.https://bit.ly/MatsekJR
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In this episode creative arts curriculum officer Alex Manton speaks with Dr Thomas Fienberg from Evans High School and Aboriginal outcomes and partnerships advisor Anthony Galuzzo about Aboriginal perspectives in the music classroom. We discuss various approaches regarding strategies for addressing Aboriginal perspectives in a culturally sensitive way, through the study of a range of resources aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal students.
See the Evans High School Year 12 NAIDOC Concert project here - https://bit.ly/yr12projectNOTE- the full video can be found on the Evans High School Facebook page.
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In this episode we chat to Brian Shand from Coonabarabran High School and Melanie Cassin from Bossley Park High School about their approach to programming Year 12 case studies. Topics include, artists and content, student writing support, and unpacking the syllabus objective of Art criticism and Art history.
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In this episode, Creative Arts Curriculum team members Jackie King and Alex Papasavvas unpack a series of resources released on the NSW Department of Education website to support programming for the core content in Visual Arts. This discussion unpacks the Frames resource, Stage 6 scaffolds, pedagogical and assessment strategies, syllabus requirements and approaches for teaching visual arts.View the resources through the NSW Department of Education website, or use the following links.Stage 6 Scaffolds http://bit.ly/framesscaffoldProgramming for the Frames http://bit.ly/VAprogramming
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In this episode, the Creative Arts Curriculum Team discuss the high leverage teaching strategies that aim to support teachers to improve student achievement and to increase the number of students who achieve in top bands in the HSC. Through unpacking the strategies together, the team explore ways they can be implemented to engage Visual Arts, Music and Drama students in Stage 6.NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, Creative Arts Curriculum team members Jackie King and Kathrine Kyriacou unpack the Assessing Visual Arts Bodies of Work resource released last year on the NSW Department of Education website. Through unpacking the resource and how it now can be used as a classroom tool, pedagogical and assessment strategies, syllabus requirements and approaches to teaching visual arts are explored.View the unit of work through the NSW Department of Education website, or use this link to go directly to the resource http://bit.ly/assessingVA
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In this episode, creative arts curriculum officer Alex Manton speaks with Jess Van Ree from Macarthur Anglican School and Patrick Wong from James Ruse Agricultural High School about the written HSC exams for Music 1 and Music 2. Through unpacking the aural and musicology papers, a range of teaching, assessment and feedback strategies are explored.NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR