Years 1-10 syllabuses

Years 1–9 The Arts: Drama assessments

This page contains past curriculum documents. For current curriculum resources, visit the P–10 Australian Curriculum section.

Year 3: Our special place

Image source: Aidan and his wonderful playground by Lori05871 / CC BY 2.0
Description:
Students create, present and respond to a drama story that expresses their ideas and feelings about a special place in the school.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 624 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Our special place: Year 3 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 5722 kB)
Year 3: Story book drama
Description:
Students create and perform roles as they participate in a story book drama based on a text.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 540 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Story book drama: Year 3 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 5908 kB)
Year 3: The artistic audience
Description:
Students respond to a drama performance.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1782 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- The artistic audience: Year 3 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 10983 kB)
Year 4: Freeze it
Description:
Students create, present and respond to a freeze frame story around a given theme.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1304 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Freeze it: Year 4 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 10715 kB)
Year 5: Spacetroopers
Description:
Students enrol as spacetroopers in a process drama, making decisions and problem solving in response to a mission brief.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 672 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: Worksheets
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Spacetroopers: Year 5 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 6289 kB)
Year 6: I'm the critic!
Description:
Students analyse and evaluate a live or recorded show, then respond in the role of a theatre critic for a local radio station.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1341 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- I am the critic: Year 6 The Arts — Dance, Drama and Music assessment (ZIP, 6826 kB)
Years 6 & 7: Theatre sportz
Description:
Students participate in and reflect on improvisation games in a theatre sports competition.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 521 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Theatre sportz: Years 6 & 7 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 6517 kB)
Year 7: So you want to write a script
Description:
Students write, perform and respond to a drama script choosing ideas from the stimulus of — Who, When, Where and What.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 627 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- So you want to write a script: Year 7 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 6572 kB)
Year 7: The puppeteers
Description:
Students create, perform, respond and reflect on a puppet performance for young children based on a fairytale or a traditional story.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 535 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: Puppet research
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- The puppeteers: Year 7 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 7551 kB)
Year 8: Responding to physical theatre
Description:
Students create, perform, respond and reflect on physical theatre works.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 512 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Responding to physical theatre: Year 8 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 5578 kB)
Year 9: Child's play
Description:
Students create, perform and evaluate a Theatre for Young People drama work for a target audience.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 530 kB)
- Task-specific standards —continua
- Related resource: Research
- Related resource: Worksheets
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Childs play: Year 9 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 6625 kB)
Year 9: Get presenting

Image source: Laramie (005) by Arbron / CC BY 2.0
Description:
Students prepare, rehearse and present a short piece of scripted text.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 448 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Get presenting: Year 9 The Arts — Drama assessment (ZIP, 7583 kB)