National source: ACARA Australian Curriculum v9 Foundation Dance work-sample page and Queensland source: QCAA Australian Curriculum v9 Prep Dance achievement standard aligned to content descriptions. The QCAA Dance v9 landing page confirms the Queensland Prep entry. Queensland schools plan, teach, assess and report using the Australian Curriculum in Prep–Year 10; QCAA says the achievement standard is the C standard or equivalent for a five-point judgment. Two short public checks here do not determine that standard. Foundation is called Prep in Queensland; these are not Year 1–2 band codes or senior Dance codes.
| Exact code and strand | Official content description | Evidence offered in ten starts | Honest boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC9ADAFE01 · Exploring and responding | “explore how and why the arts are important for people and communities” | Day 9 asks who made a work and why one might share it; authentic source slot guides teacher selection | Fictional marker stories cannot establish how/why actual communities value dance. School must bring authorised, age-appropriate, situated real works and source voices. |
| AC9ADAFD01 · Developing practices and skills | “use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas” | Each day offers choice, trial and change with original 3- or 6-count ideas | Paper play evidences idea exploration, not physical movement skill. Later suitable observed physical options remain necessary. |
| AC9ADAFC01 · Creating and making | “create arts works that communicate ideas” | Child chooses path, pause, repetition or contrast for a stated fictional purpose | Early compositional evidence only; no claim that every paper score is a completed dance work. |
| AC9ADAFP01 · Presenting and performing | “share their arts works with audiences” | Child may share an idea with a chosen willing educator or small group through an approved route; a paper puppet can be used to rehearse | An actual willing person hearing/seeing the child's idea gives limited sharing evidence. Puppet-only rehearsal or a pass is not evidence of sharing with an audience. Paper sharing does not demonstrate physical dance performance. No public performance is compulsory here. |
The Foundation achievement standard refers to students describing experiences, observations, ideas and/or feelings about arts works encountered at school, home and/or in the community, and using play/imagination/knowledge/processes/skills to create and share arts works in different forms. Do not ask children to supply a home dance or personal feeling to satisfy the wording. Offer real authorised works at school and accept observations/ideas. Keep access, safety, consent and local assessment judgments with the school.
QCAA's current Prep Dance alignment PDF identifies the four codes above. The ACARA work sample corroborates D/C/P wording. This pack does not reproduce the sample's choreography, imagery or child video.