The Arts have the capacity to engage, inspire and enrich all students, exciting the imagination and encouraging them to reach their creative and expressive potential.
The three Arts subjects at Coolum State High are:
Contact details for the Head of Department are listed under the Staff Tab.
Subjects offered
Please refer to the Junior Subject Guide and Senior Subject Guide (PDF, 1.5MB) for further information on The Arts subjects and prerequisites.
Arts subjects offered for junior and senior studentsYears 7 and 8
| - Drama (1 Term duration)
- Music (1 Term duration)
- Visual Art (1 Term duration)
- Drama, Music or Visual Art Extension (Year 8 - 1 Term duration)
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Year 9 and 10 | - Drama (1 Year duration)
- Music (1 Year duration)
- Visual Art (1 Year duration)
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Years 11 and 12 | - Drama (General)
- Music (General)
- Music in Practice (Applied)
- Music Extension (General - Year 12 Only)
- Visual Art (General)
- Visual Art in Practice (Applied)
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Extension and Extra-Curricular Programs
At Coolum we offer extension and extra-curricular programs that help to foster the conceptual and technical skills in each of our Arts disciplines. Extension and extra-curricular programs provide students with an opportunity outside of school hours to realise their passion by immersion and engagement with arts professionals and in community arts programs and initatives.
To support our curriclum we offer:
- Visual Art Extension (contact HOD for more information)
- Drama Club (see C.A.S.T program for more information)
- SongSpark (see Music for more information)
Why study The Arts?
Students learn how to create, design, represent, communicate and share their imagined and conceptual ideas, emotions, observations and experiences. The Arts contribute to the development of confident and creative individuals, nurturing and challenging active and informed citizens.
The Arts explores:
- significant contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Australia’s arts heritage and contemporary arts practices.
- students learn as artists and audience through the intellectual, emotional and sensory experiences of The Arts. They acquire knowledge, skills and understanding specific to The Arts subjects and develop critical understanding that informs decision making and aesthetic choices.
- students learn to express their ideas, thoughts and opinions as they discover and interpret the world. They learn that designing, producing and resolving their work is as essential to learning in The Arts as is creating a finished artwork.
- students develop their Arts knowledge and aesthetic understanding through a growing comprehension of the distinct and related languages, symbols, techniques, processes and skills of The Arts subjects.
- the Arts learning provides students with opportunities to engage with creative industries and arts professionals.
- creatively solve problems and generate ideas.
Learning in the Arts is based on cognitive, affective and sensory/kinaesthetic response to arts’ practices as students revisit increasingly complex content, skills and processes with developing confidence and sophistication across their years of learning.