Scoil Bhríde Kilcullen - Music, Arts & Drama

Music

Music: Strand, Strand Unit and ICT Link	Descriptor of Resource
Listening & Responding Exploring Sounds Listening & Responding to Music Listen to Music	Listen to sounds in the environment with an increased understanding of how sounds are produced and organised Listen to and describe a broad range of musical styles and traditions, including familiar excerpts, recognising where appropriate its function and historical context Performing
Performing Song Singing Songs for Teaching DabbleDoo Music Literacy Playing Instruments Safe Cross Code An Haka Gaelach	Recognise and sing from memory a more demanding repertoire of songs with an awareness of the music's social, historical and cultural contexts Recognise longer and more complex rhythm patterns of familiar songs and chants Use standard symbols with increasing fluency and accuracy to notate simple rhythm and pitch Perform a range of playing techniques on a wide selection of percussion and melodic instruments
Composing Improvising & Creating Record Compositions Composition Workshop	Select from a wide variety of sound sources (voice, body percussion, tuned percussion, melodic instruments and technology) for a range of musical purposes Reflect upon and evaluate his/her work and the work of other children

Arts

Strand, Strand Unit & ICT Link	Descriptor of Resource
Drawing Making Drawings Looking & Responding	Experiment with the marks, lines, shapes, textures, patterns and tones that can be made with different drawing instruments on a range of surfaces, demonstrating increasing sensitivity and control Look at and talk about his/her work, the work of other children and the work of artists
Paint & Colour Painting Looking & Responding Paint & Colour Themepage	Explore colour with a variety of colour drawing instruments, media and techniques Look at and talk about his/her work, the work of other children and the work of artists Print
Print Making Prints Looking & Responding	Experiment with more complex printmaking techniques Look at, handle and talk about natural and manufactured objects for experience of texture, shape and pattern
Clay Developing Form in Clay Looking & Responding	Explore and discover the possibilities of clay as a medium for imaginative expression Look at and talk about his/her work, the work of other children and the work of sculptors, including relief sculptures (prints or slides)
Construction Making Constructions Looking & Responding	Explore and experiment with the properties and characteristics of materials in making structures Look at, investigate and talk about spatial arrangements, balance and outline in collections or photographs of natural and manufactured structures
Fabric & Fibre Creating in Fabric & Fibre Looking & Responding Fabric & Fibre Themepage	Explore and discover the possibilities of fabric and fibre as media for imaginative expression Look at, handle and talk about a variety of fabrics and fibres for experience of tactile, visual and spatial qualities

Drama

Strand, Strand Unit & ICT Link	Descriptor of Resource
Exploring & Making Drama	Extend playing in role and in character to include the ability to accept and maintain a brief that has been decided on by either the teacher, the group or himself/herself
Reflecting on Drama	Reflect on a particular dramatic action in order to create possible alternative courses for the action that will reflect more closely the life patterns and issues being examined
Co-Operating / Communicating in Making Drama	Develop, out of role, the ability to co-operate and to communicate with others in helping to shape the drama
Drama Activities	Broad range of drama activities