Learning Environments In the Classroom

Musician Kram shares how he gets started and develops his musical ideas. This resource is packed with creative activities that can be used to guide the improvisation and composition process.

This resource presents a series of fourteen short useful songs that can be integrated regularly to create a calm, unified and orderly early learning centre.

Represent! Teenagers from the up and coming Hip Hop band Girl Zone share how they get inspired, get writing and get out there as performers. This resource outlines a number of word, rhythm and drama games that will develop team work, improvisation and literacy skills.

Build a more respectful and resilient classroom using wellbeing themed songs and animations created by musician Sheldon King and newly arrived English Language students. This course presents a step by step approach to get students singing, learning about song structure, and writing their own original songs.

Discover the art of yarning, eco-dyeing and traditional dollmaking with Noongar artists Marcelle Riley and Yolande Yarran-Ward, who share how textiles and storytelling connect people to Country and community. Across six curriculum-aligned lessons, students experiment with natural plant dyes, create their own story dolls and gather in yarning circles to share ideas and listen to one another. Through these experiences, they build empathy, deepen their sense of belonging and develop skills in visual arts and respectful communication.

Discover the work of multidisciplinary artist Tyrown Waigana and explore how First Nations culture and the Noongar six seasons can inspire visual art-making in your classroom. Through six curriculum-aligned lesson plans, students think like artists as they reflect, experiment with materials and processes, and express their ideas using nature as their guide. You will also find culturally responsive teaching tips and community insights to help you engage meaningfully with First Nations perspectives in your arts program.

Begin 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.

Explore 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.

Discover the work of multidisciplinary artist Tyrown Waigana and explore how First Nations culture and the Noongar six seasons can inspire visual art-making in your classroom. Through six curriculum-aligned lesson plans, students think like artists as they reflect, experiment with materials and processes, and express their ideas using nature as their guide. You will also find culturally responsive teaching tips and community insights to help you engage meaningfully with First Nations perspectives in your arts program.

Discover the art of yarning, eco-dyeing and traditional dollmaking with Noongar artists Marcelle Riley and Yolande Yarran-Ward, who share how textiles and storytelling connect people to Country and community. Across six curriculum-aligned lessons, students experiment with natural plant dyes, create their own story dolls and gather in yarning circles to share ideas and listen to one another. Through these experiences, they build empathy, deepen their sense of belonging and develop skills in visual arts and respectful communication.

Begin 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.

Discover Woonyoomboo - the Night Heron, an important Creation story from the Nyikina community of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It follows the journey of their creation ancestor Woonyoomboo, a "mapping man" who created and named their Country and left the walangarri (songline) that teach people about the places and plants, sacred sites, caring for Country and the lore. Created by senior cultural custodians and community members in collaboration with the SharingStories Foundation, this course aims to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of First Nations cultures and histories through a range of Arts, English and Humanities activities.