What if students could paint a feeling instead of a picture? What if music became the starting point for visual expression, imagination and meaningful conversations about emotions and the world around them? Integrating music and visual arts offers rich opportunities for primary students to explore creativity, emotional literacy and personal meaning-making in authentic ways.
This integrated Drama and Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) unit invites students to explore the diverse perspectives, experiences, and motivations of people involved in Australia’s early colonies in the 1700s. Through collaborative research and group-devised drama, students investigate key moments in the history of colonisation while developing historical understanding, empathy, and creative expression. Suitable for upper primary students (8–11 years).
A photo essay is a powerful way to tell a story, share a message, or explain an idea through a series of photographs. Just like a written story, a photo essay has a beginning, middle, and end, and uses visual techniques such as shot types, framing, and sequencing to guide the audience and create meaning.
In this lesson, students will explore how images can be used to communicate ideas and inspire action. Through planning, storyboarding, photographing, and sequencing images, students will develop their storytelling, creativity, communication, and visual literacy skills. They will create a photo essay that conveys a clear message while making thoughtful choices about how media techniques can influence an audience. This learning experience also provides opportunities to connect Media Arts with other curriculum areas, such as Science, English, and Sustainability.
In this 10-week unit, students explore what it means to be human through imaginative drama activities inspired by Susan Verde’s book I Am Human. Suitable for Years 1 and 2 (Ages 5 – 7)
This unit of work explores the profound effects of climate change on our planet, using poetry as a lens. Suitable for students in Upper Primary and Junior Secondary classes.
The unit centres around the picture book Moon Mouse, inviting students to immerse themselves in the imaginative world of its protagonist—a curious mouse who dreams of making friends beyond his familiar surroundings. Through guided exploration of the story, students examine themes of loneliness, courage, and connection. Suitable for Years 3 and 4 (Ages 8 – 11)
In this unit, students explore the concept of ‘belonging’ by first responding to a selection of symbolic items drawn from a mystery bag, and later by sharing objects from their own bags. Working in groups established early in the unit, they use a range of drama conventions to devise short scenes. Suitable for students Years 5 and 6 (Age 9 – 11)
Earth Guardians on a quest to gather information, wisdom, thoughts, wonderings, collective experiences to give voice to the last tree on earth. Suitable for students Years 3 – 6 (Ages 8 – 11).