# Australian Curriculum v9 / Queensland Prep crosswalk

The current [QCAA dedicated Prep Media Arts alignment](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/aciqv9/the-arts/curriculum/ac9_media_arts_prep_as_cd_alignment.pdf) supplies these exact Foundation rows. Queensland calls Foundation **Prep**. The [QCAA Media Arts v9 page](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/p-10/aciq/version-9/learning-areas/p-10-the-arts/media-arts) confirms the implementation context. Checked 2026-09-29. The [ACARA Media Arts examples](https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/support-resources/learning-area-resources/media_arts_examples_of_knowledge_and_skills) may inform teaching but are illustrative, not extra mandated outcomes.

| Code | Exact curriculum wording | This starter may support | Evidence boundary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AC9AMAFE01 | explore how and why the arts are important for people and communities | Day 29 source-backed maker/purpose questions if an authorised real media work is available | Original shapes do not substitute for a real maker, community or authentic encounter. |
| AC9AMAFD01 | use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas | Days 21–30 compare branch endings, choice labels, reveal timing and reader paths | Adult neutral movement can implement a child’s choice; do not credit an adult-selected branch as theirs. |
| AC9AMAFC01 | create arts works that communicate ideas | Days 26–28 child makes or directs an original assembled two-path paper work | A map alone is a plan; an assembled piece is paper media making, not camera/audio/editing work. |
| AC9AMAFP01 | share their arts works with audiences | Day 29 only if the child actually offers the assembled work to a willing person | Puppet rehearsal, a hypothetical reader or a plan to share are not actual-audience evidence. |

QCAA’s [v8.4-to-v9 comparison PDF](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/aciqv9/the-arts/curriculum/ac9_arts_media_prep_comp.pdf) appears to print `AC9ADA` Dance prefixes in a Media Arts code column. We follow the dedicated Prep Media Arts alignment’s `AC9AMA` codes. No claim is made that ten sessions cover the whole achievement standard. Paper choices evidence branch planning; an assembled paper work supports limited physical media making; a reader’s actual choice and response require observation. A **puppet-only rehearsal/pass** is not actual audience contact. The real-work inquiry needs **a school-selected, authorised work** with maker statements and permissions recorded in [the source slot](AUTHENTIC-SOURCE-SLOT.md).