Creative ideas to celebrate Harmony Week!
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Harmony Week gives us the opportunity to celebrate inclusion, respect, culture and belonging. Through arts learning activities on ARTS:LIVE teachers are able to provide students with creative ways to connect, explore and grow as a supportive group. In Term 1, it’s especially important to consolidate connection that will set students up for the year ahead!
Whether you are looking for resources to support Harmony Week, or looking to build a connected community of learners throughout the year, ARTS:LIVE has you covered.
We’ve collated five easy-to-use resources available on ARTS:LIVE, that cover five key themes using a variety of artforms from; Visual Arts, Drama, Music, Dance and Media Arts. Teacher can use them individually, or in sequence. It’s easy to incorporate them into your Harmony Week activities.
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1. Celebrate Culture and Place
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6 x 60 Minutes
Together We Sing on Noongar Boodja F-2
3-5 Year Olds, Years 1-4Explore the power of music and song with First Nations artists Charley Caruso, Della Rae Morrison and Merinda Hansen, who share what it means to sing in First Nations languages and how music connects communities. Through six curriculum-aligned lessons, students play collaborative music games, record sounds from their environment and compose and perform their own seasonal poems inspired by the Noongar six seasons. Along the way, they build music skills and deepen their understanding of First Nations culture and Country. -
6 x 60 Minutes
Together We Sing on Noongar Boodja 3-4
Years 1-6Explore the power of music and song with First Nations artists Charley Caruso, Della Rae Morrison and Merinda Hansen, who share what it means to sing in First Nations languages and how music connects communities. Through six curriculum-aligned lessons, students play collaborative music games, record sounds from their environment and compose and perform their own seasonal poems inspired by the Noongar six seasons. Along the way, they build music skills and deepen their understanding of First Nations culture and Country. -
6 x 60 Minutes
Together We Sing on Noongar Boodja 5-6
Years 3-8, SecondaryExplore the power of music and song with First Nations artists Charley Caruso, Della Rae Morrison and Merinda Hansen, who share what it means to sing in First Nations languages and how music connects communities. Through six curriculum-aligned lessons, students play collaborative music games, record sounds from their environment and compose and perform their own seasonal poems inspired by the Noongar six seasons. Along the way, they build music skills and deepen their understanding of First Nations culture and Country.
2. Build Relationships
Musical Games for Early Years
This resource includes six musical games that get young children improvising, playing instruments, responding to music and composing in small or large groups.
View this course3. Develop Curiosity and Respect
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3 x 60 Minutes
Welcome to Whadjuk Country F-2
3-5 Year Olds, Years 1-4Begin with a warm welcome to Whadjuk Country as traditional custodian Olman Walley shares a traditional Noongar song and introduces the Deadly Arts collection. Through three curriculum-aligned lessons, you and your students connect with Country through visual art experiences and collaborate to create a welcome sign that acknowledges the First Nations languages and people of your community. This resource helps build curiosity and respect for the land, culture and people where you are located. -
3 x 60 Minutes
Welcome to Whadjuk Country 3-4
Years 1-6Begin with a warm welcome to Whadjuk Country as traditional custodian Olman Walley shares a traditional Noongar song and introduces the Deadly Arts collection. Through three curriculum-aligned lessons, you and your students connect with Country through visual art experiences and collaborate to create a welcome sign that acknowledges the First Nations languages and people of your community. This resource helps build curiosity and respect for the land, culture and people where you are located. -
3 x 60 Minutes
Welcome to Whadjuk Country 5-6
Years 3-8, SecondaryBegin with a warm welcome to Whadjuk Country as traditional custodian Olman Walley shares a traditional Noongar song and introduces the Deadly Arts collection. Through three curriculum-aligned lessons, you and your students connect with Country through visual art experiences and collaborate to create a welcome sign that acknowledges the First Nations languages and people of your community. This resource helps build curiosity and respect for the land, culture and people where you are located.
4. Create a Sense of Belonging
School of Fish
Follow these dance and drama activities to learn some exciting ways of exploring life as a school of fish. A school of fish moves together in exactly the same way at exactly the same time. Explore what it looks and feels like to be part of a fishy school as we go on an underwater adventure.
View this course5. Cultivate Inclusion
Improvisation Starters Compilation
Learn the foundations of drama with these simple and effective improvisation techniques. Practice the skills required to become a performer and which form the basis for creating your own theatre shows and plays.
View this courseOr, you may want to create a community project with whole school.
Activities for the Community
Hive Mind: Exploring Community Art
What is community art and how can it be explored within a school context? Join contemporary artist Amelia Kalifa as she weaves together a community of diverse voices through the creation of Hive Mind - an interactive sculpture that combines visual arts, technology, storytelling and community practice.
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