When is a stick not a stick?

• This resource addresses the Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus: VAES1.1: makes simple pictures and other kinds of artworks about things and experiences. VAS1.1: makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things. DRAES1.1: uses imagination and the elements of drama in imaginative play and dramatic situations. DRAES1.3: dramatises personal experiences using movement, space and objects. DRAS1.1: takes on roles in drama to explore familiar and imagined situations. DRAS1.2: conveys story, depicts events and expresses feelings by using the elements of drama and the expressive skills of movement and voice. This resource addresses the The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia: Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity 1.3: Children develop knowledgeable and confident self-identities. Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners 4.1: Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination, and reflexivity. 4.3: Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another. Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators 5.1: Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes. 5.2: Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media.

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