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Tag: One-off Events

Events that occur only once eg. a special guest speaker, a panel of guests, a collaboration between content providers that is not a regular occurrence.

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

Intercultural Workshop

This program brings together year 5 and year 6 students from diverse cultures and backgrounds to spend a day engaging in activities that focus on tolerance, friendship, optimism and intercultural understanding. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Intercultural Workshop Students will learn from Museum experts about how the Museum shares important lessons through objects and storytelling. Students will then turn to this task themselves, working with their new friends form different schools on an exhibition project, bringing objects and stories together to share an important message of their choice. Students will share their group projects at the end of the day in what promises to be meaningful and uplifting conclusion to a formative day of discovery. Free Sydney Jewish Museum Live Event – Scheduled Other Primary HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Wellbeing #SJM #SydneyJewishMuseum #InterculturalWorkShop

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

Intercultural Workshop

This program brings together year 5 and year 6 students from diverse cultures and backgrounds to spend a day engaging in activities that focus on tolerance, friendship, optimism and intercultural understanding. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Intercultural Workshop Students will learn from Museum experts about how the Museum shares important lessons through objects and storytelling. Students will then turn to this task themselves, working with their new friends form different schools on an exhibition project, bringing objects and stories together to share an important message of their choice. Students will share their group projects at the end of the day in what promises to be meaningful and uplifting conclusion to a formative day of discovery. Free Sydney Jewish Museum Live Event – Scheduled Other Primary HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Wellbeing #SJM #SydneyJewishMuseum #InterculturalWorkShop

Intercultural Workshop

This program brings together year 5 and year 6 students from diverse cultures and backgrounds to spend a day engaging in activities that focus on tolerance, friendship, optimism and intercultural understanding. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Intercultural Workshop Students will learn from Museum experts about how the Museum shares important lessons through objects and storytelling. Students will then turn to this task themselves, working with their new friends form different schools on an exhibition project, bringing objects and stories together to share an important message of their choice. Students will share their group projects at the end of the day in what promises to be meaningful and uplifting conclusion to a formative day of discovery. Free Sydney Jewish Museum Live Event – Scheduled Other Primary HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand NESA-identified general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to assist students to live and work successfully in the 21st century. The general capabilities targeted in this program are:
• Critical and creative thinking
• Ethical understanding
• Intercultural understanding
• Personal and social capability

The NESA syllabuses include other areas identified as important learning for all students. The important learning areas targeted in this program are:
• Civics and citizenship
• Difference and diversity Free One-off Events Wellbeing #SJM #SydneyJewishMuseum #InterculturalWorkShop

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

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

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

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

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 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Put Yourself in the Picture Our Visual Art program for 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 Children’s Week

Making a Music Video: with Motion Capture – Interactive Workshop 23rd October ’24 2pm high school session

Fusing technology & movement, students will develop their visual storytelling skills and collaborate with a live artist to create a movement-based animation. Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Making a Music Video: with Motion Capture – Interactive Workshop 23rd October ’24 2pm high school session The team are all here at the Sydney Opera House to create a new music video, but there’s one key role missing….the choreographer! Luckily our students have shown up online to take on this important role.
With the help of the motion capture performers, the students are guided through making the artistic decisions to create a music video. They will engage in movement activities to uncover the story they want to tell and decide how they can capture that story through visual storytelling.
Students will be introduced to all the key people in their team. They will experience how to create a dance piece, both from a production and creative perspective.
At the end, we’ll capture your best moves, fusing our technology with your creativity. But will the music video sink or soar? The creative team will decide!
For the best experience we recommend no more than 30 students per booking
Please register for a second/third group if you have over 30 students or email us at Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST3-11DI-T, GTLS-3, GTLS-3, LS4.1, LS5.2, LS5.3, DRAS3.2, DAS3.2, DAS3.3, EN4-1A, EN4-2A, ENLS-1A, ENLS-16D, ENLS-17E, LS.1, LS.4, LS.8 Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Digital Technologies Creative Arts Dance Performing English Making meaning through responding and composing Speaking and Listening Free One-off Events STEM/STEAM #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #motioncapture

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

Significant Individuals: Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson

Step back in time to 1813 and follow the journey of Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Significant Individuals: Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson Step back in time to 1813 and follow the journey of Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson as they make their way over the Blue Mountains to find out what was on the other side. Motivated by thoughts of adventure and determined to find more grazing land to the west, Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson entered the history books when they headed up the mountains, taking almost the exact same path as the Great Western Highway does today.

In this virtual excursion, students will engage with original primary source material from the State Library collection and uncover how these three explorers contributed to the development of Australia and why their adventure is still significant today. Free State Library NSW Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE History Australian History: Colonials and National (Stage 3 – Year 5 and 6) Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events History Week

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

Erth’s Prehistoric World: On Demand Stream (Available on Demand from 6th September until 19th September)

Witness the dinosaurs who walked this Earth and experience these ancient creatures coming to life on stage. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Erth’s Prehistoric World: On Demand Stream (Available on Demand from 6th September until 19th September) Bringing ancient creatures from land and sea together in one show, Erth’s Prehistoric World is the perfect combination of theatrical magic and charm. It takes the audience to the bottom of the ocean to discover ancient bio-luminescent creatures and incredible marine reptiles, and then back to dry land to witness some of the most amazing dinosaurs to have ever walked this Earth.

Dinosaurs are a gateway to learning, inspiring young minds to consider an array of subjects from science to literature, geology to bio engineering, and natural history to mathematics. Dinosaurs have become a curious link between child and parent, grandparent, guardian and educator. The learning opportunities are immense.

Experience the creatures of your imagination coming to life on stage in this enthralling show! Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Youtube Recording Primary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Earth and Space Creative Arts Drama Appreciating Environment Free One-off Events STEM/STEAM Wellbeing #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #dinosaurs

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 Social Sciences Week

Digital Schools Talk with Dan Golding (Available on Demand from 3rd September until 16th September)

Embark on a sonic journey into the realm of video game music composition with Dan Golding, a trailblazer in interactive audio and composer of the soundtrack for the award winning Untitled Goose Game. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Digital Schools Talk with Dan Golding (Available on Demand from 3rd September until 16th September) Dan Golding is Deputy Chair of Media and Communication at Swinburne University, the host of Screen Sounds on ABC Classic, and an award-winning composer and writer.

Join us for an illuminating talk that delves into the artistry and innovation behind crafting music for virtual worlds. With a deep understanding of both gaming and musical intricacies, Dan will unravel the secrets of how music elevates gameplay, evokes emotions, and creates immersive experiences. Whether your students are aspiring composers, devoted gamers, or simply curious about the way a song comes together this will be an unforgettable experience that will have them seeing – and hearing – games in a whole new way!

If your students have a question they would like to ask, you will have the opportunity to record it and send it in for Dan to answer on the day. Questions must be sent no later than 25 July 2024. Further instructions on how to do this will be sent to you upon booking. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Youtube Recording Primary Secondary Creative Arts Music Organising sound Science and Tech Information and Software Technology Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Music Listening Free One-off Events STEM/STEAM #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #digitalschoolstalk #untitledgoosegame #DanGolding

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

2024 Book Week: Storytelling with Nadia Wheatley

Hosted by the ACTF and ACMI, this virtual learning event for 2024 Book Week gives students the chance to learn about storytelling on the page and screen from My Place author, Nadia Wheatley. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 2024 Book Week: Storytelling with Nadia Wheatley Since its publication over 30 years ago, Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins’ picture book My Place has been a favourite in Australian classrooms and homes. The My Place television series adapts this classic book into 26 episodes of children’s television.Both on the page and on screen, My Place tells the story of an Australian community through the eyes of the diverse children who lived there over time, highlighting the ways that people and places shape our personal, local and national histories.In this live virtual learning event for 2024 Book Week, Nadia will discuss the screen adaptation of My Place and share her own approaches to storytelling and writing. Students will complete a short writing task and have a chance to ask Nadia their questions. Free ACMI Australian Children’s Television Foundation Over a career of 40 years, Nadia Wheatley has published a number of award-wining works of fiction, history and biography. Her most recent books are the memoir Her Mother’s Daughter, winner of the 2019 Waverley Nib Award, and Radicals — Remembering the Sixties, co-written with Meredith Burgmann.In 2014 the University of Sydney awarded Nadia an Honorary Doctorate of Letters, in recognition of ‘her exceptional creative achievements in the field of children’s and adult literature, her work as an historian and her contribution to our understanding of Indigenous issues, cultural diversity, equity and social justice and the environment through story’. Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing English Making meaning through responding and composing Writing and Representing Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Book Week OzKidsTV

Digital Schools Talk with Steve Mushin (Available on Demand from 12th August until 23rd August)

Celebrate Science Week a wild chat with Steve Mushin, author of UltraWild, a groundbreaking graphic novel that unveils scientifically plausible ways to heal our planet and fight climate change. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Digital Schools Talk with Steve Mushin (Available on Demand from 12th August until 23rd August) Steve Mushin is an industrial designer, artist and inventor who collaborates with scientists and engineers to solve perplexing problems that no one else seems to know what to do about – like what can be done with explosive cow gas or how to make bikes fly or cities transform into jungles as fast as possible. Steve has exhibited large-scale design drawings and models around Australia and in Japan. He works between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, and in 2015 received an Australian Design Honours award for his work in sustainable futures thinking. Ultrawild is Steve’s first book.

Developed over seven years, Ultrawild is an optimistic book about creative thinking, science, technology, engineering and maths and the potential for massive change. Filled with laugh-out-loud design-ridiculousness, it aims to empower and excite a new generation of designers, scientists, engineers and ultra-wild creative thinkers.

Steve Mushin’s blend of serious science and joyful playfulness is bound to ignite your students’ imaginations and empower them to be a part of Earth’s ultimate comeback story!

If your students have a question they would like to ask, you will have the opportunity to record it and send it in for Steve to answer on the day. Questions must be sent no later than 25 April 2024. Further instructions on how to do this will be sent to you upon booking. Free Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Youtube Recording Primary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Earth and Space Free One-off Events STEM/STEAM National Science Week #sydneyoperahouse #digitalcreativelearning #digitalschoolstalk #remylai #graphicnovellist

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