Children critically reflect, observe, listen, analyse, and respond to work by themselves and others, across a range of styles and genres in Art, Drama and Music as well as dance and other integrated artforms. They learn to construct meaning, explore, and connect their experiences to broader cultures and contexts and the wider world of the arts.
Stage 1Junior and senior infants |
Stage 2First and second classes |
Stage 3Third and fourth classes |
Stage 4Fifth and sixth classes |
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engage with a variety of stimuli, materials, arts works, events and performances from Ireland and the wider world. share and talk about arts connected to their lives, and traditions from home, school, and local communities (e.g. songs, activities and events). experience and respond to a variety of arts works in a range of ways (e.g. improvised movement and discussion). experience and notice space, line, shape, colour, form and texture in artworks and in the world around them. respond to and make connections with the plot, the characters and themes, the action and dilemmas of dramas. notice pulse, and very contrasting timbres, pitches, durations, textures, tempos and dynamics when listening and responding to music through movement, guided discovery and discussion. |
engage with and describe a variety of stimuli, materials, arts works, events and performances from Ireland and the wider world. share and talk about arts connected to their lives, and traditions from home, school, local and wider communities and cultures (e.g. songs, activities and events). experience, describe, and respond to a variety of arts works in a range of ways (e.g. improvised movement, discussion, brainstorming). experience, observe and describe space, line, shape, colour, form and texture in artworks and in the world around them. respond to and make connections with the plot, the characters, themes and dilemmas of dramas and consider courses of action show and describe pulse, timbre, pitch, rhythm, texture, tempos and dynamics when listening and responding to music through movement, guided discovery and discussion. |
recognise and describe use and effect of space, line, shape, colour, form and texture when responding to a variety of artworks from Ireland and the wider world. explore and identify art characteristics and techniques associated with different media, styles, genres and contexts of artworks from Ireland and the wider world. |
analyse and critique use and effect of space, line, shape, colour, form and texture when responding to a variety of artworks from Ireland and the wider world. identify, compare and contrast art characteristics and techniques associated with different media, styles, genres and contexts from Ireland and the wider world. |