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Take your students on a creative journey, as they explore, learn and apply their skills in the arts. Regardless of your existing skills and knowledge, ARTS:LIVE provides extensive cross-curricular resources and content, with sequential, easy to follow instructions to bring the arts to life in your classroom.

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  • 15 x 45 minute lessons

    Compose Yourself

    Years 4-10, Secondary
    Unravel the mystery of music by getting theoretical. Write and compose your own music by understanding the fundamentals of sheet music and music notation - a must for all budding musicians. Learn via notation software to guide you through the basics of music theory.
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  • 14 x 45 minute lessons

    Compose Some More

    Years 4-10, Secondary
    Get serious about composition by taking your understanding of theory one step further. Write your way into rock and roll history! This course builds on the skills learnt in the Compose Yourself course.
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  • 10 x 70 minute lessons

    Stories from Home

    Years 7-10, Secondary
    Ever wanted to learn more about the craft of theatre-making? Stories from Home will take you through a structured ten lesson project and by the end, you will have an original show. Students will draw on fictional diary entries from refugee characters to inform their devising, play building and assessment tasks.
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  • 4 x 60 minute lessons

    The Listies Make a Scene

    Years 1-6
    The gross, gory, funny and silly children's theatre-makers The Listies demonstrate how to create a show using improvisation, collaboration and a few quick deaths.
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  • 9 x 45 minute lessons

    Hive Mind: Exploring Community Art

    Years 3-10, Secondary
    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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  • 4 x 45 minute lessons

    Fairy Tale Dance

    Years 1-10, Secondary
    This resource introduces students to Queensland Ballet's Little Red Riding Hood production and invites them backstage to meet the production team. The lesson series combines literacy and movement, and supports students to create their own movement based interpretation of a fairy tale.
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  • 12 x 45 minute lessons

    Elements of Music 5-6

    Years 5-6
    This series introduces the six key elements of music including rhythm, texture, dynamics, pitch, form, and timbre. Children will build their knowledge of basic music techniques through a set of fun activities based on each element.
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  • 12 x 45 minute lessons

    Elements of Music 3-4

    Years 3-4
    This series introduces the six key elements of music including rhythm, texture, dynamics, pitch, form, and timbre. Children will build their knowledge of basic music techniques through a set of fun activities based on each element.
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  • 26 X Activity Sheets

    Primary Music Starter Pack

    Years 1-6
    This is a grab bag of simple musical activities that can be used across the primary years. Each activity includes extension ideas to help progress students. The activities can be taught individually or in any combination and are suitable for generalist teachers with limited musical experience or specialist teachers looking for new ideas.
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  • 12 x 45 minute lessons

    Elements of Music F-2

    Years 1-2
    This series introduces the six key elements of music including rhythm, texture, dynamics, pitch, form, and timbre. Children will build their knowledge of basic music techniques through a set of fun activities based on each element
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  • 9 x 45 minute lessons

    Too Many Cheeky Dogs

    Years 1-6
    Take your students through a journey of discovering the world behind the wonderful Australian childrens’ book “Too Many Cheeky Dogs”. Using process drama, step inside the very pages of the book and explore the colourful characters, animals and landscapes of the Australian outback.
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  • 5 x 45 minute lessons

    Designosaurs

    Years 3-8, Secondary
    Designosaurs is an inquiry based research course that invites students to choose a threatened species to research, construct and bring to life in an interactive puppet performance expo. Through the course students learn about puppet construction and puppeteering from members of the eye-popping visual theatre company - Erth.
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