In this episode Creative Arts Curriculum Officer, Eleisha Taylor, speaks with Tamara Mitchell about Major study appreciation. Listen to an insightful discussion that unpacks this major study option and details approaches to teaching the content that aims to optimise student success.

In this episode, Carolyn Mattick speaks with Emily Ayoub, artistic director of Clockfire Theatre, about the company's approach to creating highly visual and physical performance works through a process of collaborative play. Listen to an insightful discussion that unlocks the devising processes (influenced by Emily's training at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School) used by the ensemble to create original devised theatre.NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, Creative Arts Curriculum Officer Eleisha Taylor speaks with Shea Atchison from Orange High School and former student Zara Dimmock from Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College about the dance interview. Listen to the way Shea approaches the teaching, learning and assessment of the interview in her classroom practices and how Zara prepared for the interview throughout her HSC year and the support this understanding has provided in her budding professional dance career. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, creative arts curriculum officer Helen Yip speaks with Louise Halpin from the Art Gallery of New South Wales about unlocking students' practice in visual arts. As an experienced educator and curator of the ARTEXPRESS 2022 exhibition, Louise shares her expertise and insights into how visual arts teachers can use the exhibition as a learning tool to unlock students' artmaking process, with a focus on the HSC body of work. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, Music 1 HSC Strategy Stage 6 Curriculum Advisor Alex Manton speaks with Australian composers Holly Harrison and Jessica Wells about two of their works performed by Australia's leading art music ensemble, 'Ensemble Offspring'. Also joining the discussion is the Artistic Director and percussionist of Ensemble Offspring, Claire Edwardes. Listen to an insightful discussion that unlocks the compositional process used in two Australian music compositions of the last 25 years through the composer and performer lens. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR Music teaching resources can be found on the Creative Arts Curriculum website https://bit.ly/CACurriculum Guest bios Holly Harrison is a composer, educator and drummer from Western Sydney whose music explores the juxtaposition of styles and genres. Holly specialises in music for wind band, orchestra and chamber ensembles. Jessica Wells has obtained a Master of Music in composition from the Sydney Conservatorium and a Master of Arts in Screen Composition from AFTRS. Her career has blossomed as a composer, orchestrator, and arranger for concerts, films, theatre and album recordings. Jess' concert works range from solo harp through to full symphony orchestra. Claire Edwardes has performed on the set of Play School to the mainstage at the Sydney Opera House, and has been coined 'the sorceress of percussion' (City News, Canberra). She is the only Australian to win the 'APRA Art Music Award for Excellence by an Individual' three times and is the recent recipient of an Order of Australia. Claire leaps between her role as Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring and concerto performances with all of the Australian and New Zealand orchestras plus numerous European orchestras.

In this episode, Creative Arts Project Advisor Jackie King speaks with Lindfield Learning Village's Deputy Principals Amy Murphy and Shae Dunbar about inspiring mastery in the creative arts. Listen to an insightful discussion unpacking the assessment of mastery in the creative arts and building a culture of collaboration through trans disciplinary learning. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, Creative Arts Project Advisor Jackie King speaks with Kirsty McRae from Kincumber High School on the Central Coast about assessment in dance. Listen to the way Kirsty structures her Stage 5 assessment tasks to set students up for success in writing about dance, unpacking dance works and crafting essay questions. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, Creative Arts Curriculum Officer Alex Papasavvas speaks with Tamara Lawry from Dubbo School of Distance Education and Jessica McCarthy from Mosman High School about the 2021 school year in visual arts. Listen to each guest unpack the challenges and opportunities that impacted their teaching during the statewide lockdown periods, and consider how this will shape their planning for 2022 with the question 'where to from here?' NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, Creative Arts Curriculum Officer Alex Manton speaks with Michael Rohanek from Ultimo TAFE, Matthew Hindson from Sydney Conservatorium and Julian Gough from the Australian Institute of Music about post school music pathways. Listen to each guest unpack the various courses on offer for music students and how the Stage 6 Music course can prepare students for further study. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR

In this episode, the Creative Arts Curriculum team announce the winners of the Creative Casting Call and speak to the teachers of the winning works. Listen to Erin Douglas from Winmalee High School and Aimee Rossler from Coonabarabran High School, unpack the teaching and learning strategies they used when participating in the creative casting call initiative. NSW DoE teachers can join the Statewide Staffroom through https://bit.ly/creativeartsSWSR