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Put Yourself in the Picture

Sign up for a fun-filled, curriculum-based program live from your National Portrait Gallery! 

IMAGE: Self portrait, 2004 Peter Russell-Clarke. © Peter Russell-Clarke #NPGDART Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Put Yourself in the Picture Our Visual Art program for Stage 2 and Stage 3 allows students to investigate, interpret and explore the meaning of portraits. They’ll look at aspects of biography, identity, and culture; discover different styles, mediums and movements; and learn through discussion, activity and drawing. 

Key curriculum links: 

Explore ideas and practices used by artists, including practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent different views, beliefs and opinions [ACAVAM114] 
Explain how visual arts conventions communicate meaning by comparing artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks [ACAVAR117] 

Please ensure each student has access to paper and pencils for the drawing activity. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Free Homeschool Specials One-off Events STEM/STEAM

Portraits Tell Stories

IMAGE: The Great South Sea Caterpillar Transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks), 1795 (printed 1851) by James Gillray #NPGDART Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Portraits Tell Stories From Dreaming stories to decimal changeover, the Endeavour to Yothu Yindi, Australian history is full of fascinating tales – and we have the portraits to prove it. 

History | Year 3 – Year 6 

This interactive session for Stage 2 and 3 students uses portraiture to provide opportunities for learners to develop and deepen their understanding of Australian history. Evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives and empathy will be used as tools to investigate portraits in our collection within their historical context. 

Key curriculum links: 

Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children [ACHASSK135] 
Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia since Federation (including from ONE country of the Asia region) and reasons they migrated [ACHASSK136] 
The contribution of individuals and groups to the development of Australian society since Federation [ACHASSK137] 

Please ensure each student has access to paper and pencils for the drawing activity. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE History Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free Homeschool Specials One-off Events STEM/STEAM

P is for Portrait

Sign up for a fun-filled, curriculum-based program live from your National Portrait Gallery!  

IMAGE: Adut Akech, 2018 (printed 2020) by Charles Dennington © Charles Dennington #NPGDART Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 P is for Portrait Our Visual Art program for Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 allows students to explore the concept of and ideas surrounding portraiture. They’ll have the chance to experiment with different materials and techniques, respond to and learn from contemporary and historic portraits, and consider why people make art in the first place! 

Key curriculum links: 

Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks and design, including considering ideas in artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists [ACAVAM106] 
Use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make artworks [ACAVAM107] 
Respond to visual artworks and consider where and why people make visual artworks, starting with visual artworks from Australia, including visual artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples [ACAVAM109] 

Please ensure each student has access to paper and pencils for the drawing activity. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Free Homeschool Specials One-off Events STEM/STEAM

Making a Music Track – Interactive Workshop – 18th November ’24 2:00pm Session

Fusing technology & music, students will develop their music-making skills while collaborating with a live artist to express themselves musically. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Making a Music Track – Interactive Workshop – 18th November ’24 2:00pm Session In this live workshop, students will work with our facilitator to explore music skills and techniques to express an idea or story.

Students will develop aural skills by exploring and recognising elements of music such as dynamics and rhythm. They will be invited to discuss the purpose and meanings behind music and then, collaborate with the facilitator to create their own compositions.

Through recording of sounds in their environment, pre-recorded sounds and learning some beatboxing skills, students will create and organise a series of sounds to express their story.

Using a smart phone or other digital device, students can capture their compositions and learn how to use technology to enhance their compositions. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary MUS2.1, MUS2.2, MUS3.1, MUS2.2, EN2-1A, EN2-10C, EN3-1A, EN3-7C, LS.1, LS.4, LS.8, LS5.2, LS5.3 Creative Arts Music Organising sound Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Digital Technologies Creative Arts Music Performing (Singing, Playing and Moving) Free STEM/STEAM #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #musicmaking

Making a Music Track – Interactive Workshop – 18th November ’24 12:15pm Session

Fusing technology & music, students will develop their music-making skills while collaborating with a live artist to express themselves musically. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Making a Music Track – Interactive Workshop – 18th November ’24 12:15pm Session In this live workshop, students will work with our facilitator to explore music skills and techniques to express an idea or story.

Students will develop aural skills by exploring and recognising elements of music such as dynamics and rhythm. They will be invited to discuss the purpose and meanings behind music and then, collaborate with the facilitator to create their own compositions.

Through recording of sounds in their environment, pre-recorded sounds and learning some beatboxing skills, students will create and organise a series of sounds to express their story.

Using a smart phone or other digital device, students can capture their compositions and learn how to use technology to enhance their compositions. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary MUS2.1, MUS2.2, MUS3.1, MUS2.2, EN2-1A, EN2-10C, EN3-1A, EN3-7C, LS.1, LS.4, LS.8, LS5.2, LS5.3 Creative Arts Music Organising sound Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Digital Technologies Creative Arts Music Performing (Singing, Playing and Moving) Free STEM/STEAM #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #musicmaking

Making a Music Track – Interactive Workshop – 18th November ’24 11am Session

Fusing technology & music, students will develop their music-making skills while collaborating with a live artist to express themselves musically. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Making a Music Track – Interactive Workshop – 18th November ’24 11am Session In this live workshop, students will work with our facilitator to explore music skills and techniques to express an idea or story.

Students will develop aural skills by exploring and recognising elements of music such as dynamics and rhythm. They will be invited to discuss the purpose and meanings behind music and then, collaborate with the facilitator to create their own compositions.

Through recording of sounds in their environment, pre-recorded sounds and learning some beatboxing skills, students will create and organise a series of sounds to express their story.

Using a smart phone or other digital device, students can capture their compositions and learn how to use technology to enhance their compositions. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary MUS2.1, MUS2.2, MUS3.1, MUS2.2, EN2-1A, EN2-10C, EN3-1A, EN3-7C, LS.1, LS.4, LS.8, LS5.2, LS5.3 Creative Arts Music Organising sound Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Digital Technologies Creative Arts Music Performing (Singing, Playing and Moving) Free STEM/STEAM #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #musicmaking

Guwanyi Walama: Aboriginal Perspectives of Bennelong Point – Interactive Tour 14th November ’24 2:00pm session

Students join our Indigenous tour guides for an interactive exploration of the Indigenous history of Tubowgule (Bennelong Point), the site on which Sydney Opera House sits. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Guwanyi Walama: Aboriginal Perspectives of Bennelong Point – Interactive Tour 14th November ’24 2:00pm session An interactive tour of Tubowgule (Bennelong Point)

This oral history from the Aboriginal perspective will have students imagining this iconic Sydney place from creation time and the ancestral spirits who formed the landscape, to pre-settlement and the arrival of the First Fleet.

Students will learn about the daily life of the clan that inhabited Sydney Cove, the changes that came with the arrival of Governor Phillip and the first settlers, and the fascinating story of the man called Bennelong. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HT2-2, HT2-3, HT2-4, HT3-1, HT3-2, HT3-3, HT3-4, GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3, GE3-1,GE3-2,GE3-3, EN2-1A, EN2-11D, EN3-1A , EN3-8D Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning

First Nations Changemakers

Through the lens of the Visual Arts curriculum, students will explore portraits of and by First Nations people in the National Portrait Collection. 

IMAGE: Marcia Langton, 2009 by Brook Andrew and Trent Walker (printer) © Brook Andrew #NPGDART Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 First Nations Changemakers First Nations | Year 3 – 6 

This program identifies significant events and ideas in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, through key individuals who have shaped the political and cultural developments involved. 

Key curriculum links: 

Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times, including artwork by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to use as inspiration for their own representations [ACAVAM110] 
Explore ideas and practices used by artists, including practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent different views, beliefs and opinions [ACAVAM114] 
Explain how visual arts conventions communicate meaning by comparing artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks [ACAVAR117] 

Please ensure each student has access to paper and pencils for the drawing activity. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Free One-off Events STEM/STEAM

Guwanyi Walama: Aboriginal Perspectives of Bennelong Point – Interactive Tour 14th November ’24 12:15pm session

Students join our Indigenous tour guides for an interactive exploration of the Indigenous history of Tubowgule (Bennelong Point), the site on which Sydney Opera House sits. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Guwanyi Walama: Aboriginal Perspectives of Bennelong Point – Interactive Tour 14th November ’24 12:15pm session An interactive tour of Tubowgule (Bennelong Point)

This oral history from the Aboriginal perspective will have students imagining this iconic Sydney place from creation time and the ancestral spirits who formed the landscape, to pre-settlement and the arrival of the First Fleet.

Students will learn about the daily life of the clan that inhabited Sydney Cove, the changes that came with the arrival of Governor Phillip and the first settlers, and the fascinating story of the man called Bennelong. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HT2-2, HT2-3, HT2-4, HT3-1, HT3-2, HT3-3, HT3-4, GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3, GE3-1,GE3-2,GE3-3, EN2-1A, EN2-11D, EN3-1A , EN3-8D Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning

Guwanyi Walama: Aboriginal Perspectives of Bennelong Point – Interactive Tour 14th November ’24 11am session

Students join our Indigenous tour guides for an interactive exploration of the Indigenous history of Tubowgule (Bennelong Point), the site on which Sydney Opera House sits. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Guwanyi Walama: Aboriginal Perspectives of Bennelong Point – Interactive Tour 14th November ’24 11am session An interactive tour of Tubowgule (Bennelong Point)

This oral history from the Aboriginal perspective will have students imagining this iconic Sydney place from creation time and the ancestral spirits who formed the landscape, to pre-settlement and the arrival of the First Fleet.

Students will learn about the daily life of the clan that inhabited Sydney Cove, the changes that came with the arrival of Governor Phillip and the first settlers, and the fascinating story of the man called Bennelong. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HT2-2, HT2-3, HT2-4, HT3-1, HT3-2, HT3-3, HT3-4, GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3, GE3-1,GE3-2,GE3-3, EN2-1A, EN2-11D, EN3-1A , EN3-8D Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning

Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 13th November ’24 2:00pm session 3-6

Digitally transport your class to the Sydney Opera House for an exclusive behind the scenes adventure that explores innovative sustainability practices through the lens of a World Heritage building. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 13th November ’24 2:00pm session 3-6 Discover the Sydney Opera House like never before! Embark on an enlightening journey that goes beyond the iconic architecture, to look at some of our most innovative sustainability practises. Join us on a captivating tour that will leave your students inspired and empowered to embrace a greener future and let the Opera House’s commitment to sustainability ignite a passion for living more responsibly among our young adventurers. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments of the World (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #sustainability #Sustainableschools

Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 13th November ’24 12:15pm session 3-6

Digitally transport your class to the Sydney Opera House for an exclusive behind the scenes adventure that explores innovative sustainability practices through the lens of a World Heritage building. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 13th November ’24 12:15pm session 3-6 Discover the Sydney Opera House like never before! Embark on an enlightening journey that goes beyond the iconic architecture, to look at some of our most innovative sustainability practises. Join us on a captivating tour that will leave your students inspired and empowered to embrace a greener future and let the Opera House’s commitment to sustainability ignite a passion for living more responsibly among our young adventurers. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments of the World (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #sustainability #Sustainableschools

Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 13th November ’24 11:00am session K-2

Digitally transport your class to the Sydney Opera House for an exclusive behind the scenes adventure that explores innovative sustainability practices through the lens of a World Heritage building. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 13th November ’24 11:00am session K-2 Discover the Sydney Opera House like never before! Embark on an enlightening journey that goes beyond the iconic architecture, to look at some of our most innovative sustainability practises. Join us on a captivating tour that will leave your students inspired and empowered to embrace a greener future and let the Opera House’s commitment to sustainability ignite a passion for living more responsibly among our young adventurers. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Geography People and Places (Stage 1 – Year 1 and 2) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography Places (Early Stage 1 – Kinder) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #sustainability #Sustainableschools

Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 12th November ’24 2:00pm session 3-6

Digitally transport your class to the Sydney Opera House for an exclusive behind the scenes adventure that explores innovative sustainability practices through the lens of a World Heritage building. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 12th November ’24 2:00pm session 3-6 Discover the Sydney Opera House like never before! Embark on an enlightening journey that goes beyond the iconic architecture, to look at some of our most innovative sustainability practises. Join us on a captivating tour that will leave your students inspired and empowered to embrace a greener future and let the Opera House’s commitment to sustainability ignite a passion for living more responsibly among our young adventurers. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments of the World (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #sustainability #Sustainableschools

Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 12th November ’24 12:15pm session 3-6

Digitally transport your class to the Sydney Opera House for an exclusive behind the scenes adventure that explores innovative sustainability practices through the lens of a World Heritage building. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 12th November ’24 12:15pm session 3-6 Discover the Sydney Opera House like never before! Embark on an enlightening journey that goes beyond the iconic architecture, to look at some of our most innovative sustainability practises. Join us on a captivating tour that will leave your students inspired and empowered to embrace a greener future and let the Opera House’s commitment to sustainability ignite a passion for living more responsibly among our young adventurers. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments of the World (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography People, Places and Environments (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #sustainability #Sustainableschools

Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 12th November ’24 11:00am session K-2

Digitally transport your class to the Sydney Opera House for an exclusive behind the scenes adventure that explores innovative sustainability practices through the lens of a World Heritage building. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Sustainability at the Sydney Opera House – Interactive Tour 12th November ’24 11:00am session K-2 Discover the Sydney Opera House like never before! Embark on an enlightening journey that goes beyond the iconic architecture, to look at some of our most innovative sustainability practises. Join us on a captivating tour that will leave your students inspired and empowered to embrace a greener future and let the Opera House’s commitment to sustainability ignite a passion for living more responsibly among our young adventurers. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Geography People and Places (Stage 1 – Year 1 and 2) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World HSIE Geography Places (Early Stage 1 – Kinder) Free #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #sustainability #Sustainableschools

Thalu – Stories Behind the Costumes

Students are invited to learn with professional costume designer and visual artists for a behind-the-scenes experience of the Thalu series. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Thalu – Stories Behind the Costumes Suitable for Years 3-6, this learning resource shares an interview with creatives and behind-the-scenes footage exploring costumes from the 10-part children’s television series, Thalu. It is structured so that students can work through the resource independently or as a class. By working through the short learning tasks and video interviews, students discover the importance of what we wear on screen first-hand from Thalu costume designer Kylie Clifford.

Hosted by the ACTF and ACMI. Free Australian Children’s Television Foundation Kylie Clifford: Costume Designer Live Event – Scheduled Other Primary English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Creative Arts Drama Appreciating Special Event Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free OzKidsTV

Portraits on Country

IMAGE: I Think of My Culture, 1989 by Jeffrey Samuels © Jeffrey Samuels/Copyright Agency, 2023 #NPGDART Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Portraits on Country Through the lens of the Visual Arts curriculum, students will explore portraits of and by First Nations people in the National Portrait Collection. 

First Nations | Foundation – Year 2 

This interactive session for Foundation to Year 2 students utilises a variety of portraits of and by First Nations people in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection to explore questions such as why people make art, the techniques they utilise and cultural significance.  

Key curriculum links: 

Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks and design, including considering ideas in artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists [ACAVAM106] 
Use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make artworks [ACAVAM107] 
Respond to visual artworks and consider where and why people make visual artworks, starting with visual artworks from Australia, including visual artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples [ACAVAR109] 

Please ensure each student has access to paper and pencils for the drawing activity. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Free One-off Events STEM/STEAM

Australian Constitution: past, present, future for home school students and small schools

During the program, students work with our highly experienced Parliamentary Educators to understand the history, features and functions of the Australian Constitution and referendum process. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 Australian Constitution: past, present, future for home school students and small schools Australian Constitution: past, present, future is a 50-minute program for students in Years 5-12 and explores:

Australian federation and drafting of the Australian Constitution
the features and functions of the Constitution
the purpose and process of a referendum. Free Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Parliament House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary HSIE Legal Studies Select Sub Strand HSIE Society and Culture Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free Homeschool Specials

Introducing Parliament for home school students and small schools

What are laws, who makes them and how can you be involved? Students work with our Parliamentary Educators to understand the fundamentals of active citizenship and the work of the Australian Parliament. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Introducing Parliament for home school students and small schools Introducing Parliament is a 30-minute program for students in Years 3-4 and explores:

the similarities, differences and importance of rules and laws
the role and responsibilities of representatives
what it means to be an active citizen. Free Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Parliament House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Select Strand Select Sub Strand HSIE Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free Homeschool Specials

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