Celebrate student learning, cultivate connection and build school culture this term with arts activities from ARTS:LIVE. ARTS:LIVE can help teachers plan a stress-free Term 4 with a variety of resource that can address multiple objectives like helping students regulate behaviour in the final school term, creating opportunities for parents to connect, or celebrating with end-of-year … Read more
Semester 2 marks the start of a new planning and assessment phase. With ARTS:LIVE’s new resource, Introducing Formative Assessment, primary school teachers can easily plan, gather and interpret student learning in the music classroom as it happens. ARTS:LIVE’s new Introducing Formative Assessment provides teachers with practical and printable student reflections, rubrics and exit tickets. Teachers … Read more
Introducing Rhythm and Beat is a new resource on ARTS:LIVE that provides teachers with activities for stress-free planning and easy delivery in the fundamentals of the music curriculum. Rhythm and beat are two of the most essential elements of making, learning and enjoying music, and are embedded in the music curriculum across all year levels. … Read more
With National Reconciliation Week fast approaching, it’s time to start planning. ARTS:LIVE has a multitude of resources to help you plan curriculum aligned arts learning lessons to support the week. These practical, easy to use resources cover all art forms and primary years, and will support your class to explore reconciliation, respect and understanding, while … Read more
Get a lesson a day for a whole week. 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 … Read more
The Outdoor Music Classroom, launched today on ARTS:LIVE, is the latest resource in the Music Classroom collection. This new resource is designed to create strong class connection in a learning environment that increases joy and happiness for both students and staff. Learning in nature has a positive effect on students’ social and emotional learning. This … Read more
Teachers know the value of a quality end of year performance. Students share their achievements and celebrate what they have learnt throughout the year. They support one another and work together toward a common goal. There is nothing like a live performance to challenge students, helping them to build confidence and resilience. Did anyone say … Read more
The Song Room in partnership with SharingStories Foundation is thrilled to launch a new resource on ARTS:LIVE - Woonyoomboo: The Night Heron. Made in collaboration with Nyikina senior custodians, young people and community members of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, students will be introduced to the Walangarri (songlines) of Woonyoomboo: The Night Heron, a Creation Ancestor for the Nyikina People. The resource provides … Read more
Today The Song Room launched What’s that Instrument?, the first course in new collection of professional learning resources on ARTS:LIVE called The Music Classroom. The series includes practical, time-saving solutions to help increase the confidence and capability of primary school teachers to bring high-quality music education into their classroom. What’s that Instrument? is now available on ARTS:LIVE. It is a perfect … Read more
When it comes to delivering the key concepts of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures curriculum some primary school teachers are unsure of where to start. What is the best approach? What is culturally appropriate? By following these six steps from The Song Room’s First Nations Teaching Artists, you will have a … Read more