Time Brief Description Outcome/Objective

Allocated
Episode 1: Exploration of Rhythm and Pitch of music.
Session 1: 45 minutes Warm up: The aim of this session is
Music exploration of - Pass the beat around the to create a familiarity with
rhythm and room. the students around beat
beat Main activity: and rhythm. By the end of
- Expressive beat this session students
- Beat and rhythm 4-line poem should be able to identify
Informative: the difference between
- Ta and tika beat and rhythm and
Closing activity: understand their
- Movement circle importance to storytelling
and conveying emotions
through music.

Session 2 60 Minuet Warm up: This session will allow

exploration of - Jump in jump out
pitch Main activity:
- What is pitch definition and
video
- Pitch – Kodaly: so fa la show
hand gestures and sing the
song from Sound of Music
- Use torches to show pitch in
popular songs. (collaborative)
Closing:
- Adding pitch and rhythm
together
students to investigate
and reflect on pitch in a
traditional sense as well as
in contemporary music.
They will end the session
by consolidating how both
rhythm and pitch convey
emotion to the audience
and the story.

Episode 2: Drama exploration of relationship with role and character.

Session 1 45 minuets Warm up: This session will explore
Exploration of - Movement circle the importance of
relationships - Catch a story relationships in dramatic
Main activity: performances to improve
- Scenarios and relate to the story
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait telling. Students will also
Islander dream time stories. be investigating the
what is the relationship with relationships in Frist
people, Country, Animals. Nations Peoples
- Contemporary musical. Dreamtime stories to show
showing famous characters how culturally diverse and
and discussing the social drama is.
relationships between
character.
Closing:
 - Count to 20.
Session 2 45 minuets: Warm up: This session will
Character and - Master, master who am I? incorporate multiple
role students aim to disguise collaborative activities to
themselves, so the person build the explorations of
guess won’t be able to tell. dramatic elements.
They’ll take on a character.
Main activities:
- Definition of character and
role
- Mass entries. What are the
roles?
- Collaborative group plays
- Guess who I am? Students are
shown a picture and describe
the emotions that character
would feel.
Closing activity:
- Movement circle.
Episode 3: exploration of drama and music storytelling
Session 1 45 minuets Warm up: The aim of this session is
Pass the beat around the room to build the cultural
Main activity: significance of storytelling
Yarning Circle with an Aboriginal Elder in the First Nations
from the local community. Here the Peoples of Australia.
elder will discuss and share stories Therefore, by bringing in
from the Dreamtime and how music the an Aboriginal elder
build ceremonial customs. from the local community
Closing: students will learn from a
Students reflect on the cultural new perspective which will
benefits and the Dream time stories build their critical thinking
they were told around social, cultural and
political issues.
Session 2 45 minuets: Warm up: The aim of this session is
combining - Grandmother’s footsteps to tie in all the knowledge
music and Main activity: that students have to build
drama. - Little plays: students will be emotion and a story using
given the same scenario. musical and dramatic
Working in groups students elements.
will have 20 minuets to come
up with a little performance of
a minuet to showcase how
beat and rhythm works with
the role and character to
create a story.
Closing activity:
- The whole class will reflect on
the plays and state the one
thing they liked and how
music and drama were
incorporated together.
 Episode 4: viewing a dramatic performance. Music and drama
Session 1 30 minuets: Students will learn and engage with
preparation proper audience etiquette when view
for the performance. the performance
performance they are watching is a professional
company putting on the play of
Cinderella. Therefore, students will be
given background information around
Cinderella and will make predictions of
what the roles and relationships of the
character will be.
Session 2 90 minuets: Children go to the incursion and watch
viewing the the performance.
performance
Session 3 Reviewing the In this session students will write a
(optional) performance. short review on the play and will make
45 minuets note of how the music used rhythm
and pitch, as well as how the story
was developed through the roles and
relationships of characters and how
music tied in with the dramatic
performance