In Years 7 and 8, all students at Gledswood Hills will have the opportunity to study Visual Arts and Music.
Whilst the school operates on the site of Gregory Hills Public School (2025 and 2026) we will have specialist music and visual arts spaces to accommodate the study of these creative arts courses.
In creative arts, students discover a variety of art forms through a study of dance, drama, music and visual arts.
Studying the creative arts, students learn to appreciate, compose, listen, make and perform. Each art form has its own unique knowledge and skills, elements or concepts as well as a capacity to inspire and enrich lives.
Students must study 100 hours of both music and visual arts during Years 7 to 10. They also have an opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in other art forms through elective subjects including drama, dance, photography and visual design. Students can then select from a range of courses in Years 11 to 12.
Visual Arts
This subject rewards individual thinking and offers students opportunities to engage in creative and inductive forms of inquiry. The flexible content of the course provides for the specific needs of students, preparing them for further education, training and employment. The knowledge, understanding, skills and values gained assist students in building conceptual and practical skills which can be applied throughout life. This subject is a mandatory subject in students' formative years (Years 7 and 8) and will be offered as an elective subject from Year 9 to Year 12.
Music
The study of music is creative and inspiring. At the individual level, music is a medium of personal expression. It enables the sharing of ideas, feelings and experiences. In the mandatory Year 7 and 8 course, students develop knowledge, understanding and skills in concepts of music (duration, pitch, dynamics and expressive techniques, tone colour, texture and structure) through the learning experiences of performing, composing and listening. This occurs within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.
The mandatory course requires students to work in a broad range of musical contexts, including exposure to art music and music that represents the diversity of Australian culture.
