The Connections Program
The Connections Program provides a range of inclusive teaching, learning and performance opportunities in dance, visual arts, music and drama.
Throughout the year we will be offering arts projects and programs that invite students and their teachers to create their own works based on a central theme. Schools and students will then be invited to showcase their work.
The 2021 theme is ‘Found Objects’.
This program is open to all students with disability and their teachers.
To keep up to date with what is on offer in 2021 please complete the registration form on The Arts Unit website.
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Contacts
Program Coordinators
Catherine Gilholme
Arts Initiatives and Events Officer
Catherine.gilholme@det.nsw.edu.au
Sonja Sjolander
Arts Initiatives Advisor
Sonja.benson@det.nsw.edu.au
Connections Program Visual Arts Coordinator
Heidi Windeisen
Heidi.windeisen@det.nsw.edu.au
Shining Stars Organiser
Michelle Davies
Principal, Chalmers Road Public School
Michelle.m.davies@det.nsw.edu.au
Inclusive Creative Arts digital teaching resources
Are you looking for some fun and accessible creative arts lessons for students with a range of disability in your classroom? Well look no further, we have you covered. The following Art Bites and Creative Classes developed by The Arts Unit are perfect for teachers and carers to give wonderful creative learning opportunities for students from all age ranges and abilities. We are adding to these resources all the time so save this link and watch this space.
We would love to see any student work produced, filmed or photographed, and you can send it through to artsintiatives@det.nsw.edu.au with your name, your student’s name and school.
If you have any suggestions for other classes or topics to be developed you can also drop us a line at artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au.
Art Bites
Drama games K-2 – movement and mime
Drama games K-2 – movement and mime
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Drama games K-2 – movement and mime
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Drama games K-2 – movement and mime
Join Charlotte Connor to have fun with these drama games! The purpose of these games is to focus on mime and gestures, using both imagination and body language to create characters and action.
Making mini paper puppets
Making mini paper puppets
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Making mini paper puppets
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Making mini paper puppets
How to make a mini paper puppet and 'breathe' life into it by adding movement.
Operation Art – 1. Junkyard robots
Operation Art
Junkyard robots
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Junkyard robots
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Junkyard robots
Join Heidi Windeisen as she guides you through the process of making your very own junkyard robot!
Operation Art – 2. The King Sun
Operation Art
The King Sun
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The King Sun
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The King Sun
This is a mixed media artwork for lower primary based on John Olsen’s artwork titled The King Sun. Children will create their own King Sun using food colouring, acrylic paint and oil pastels or crayons.
Operation Art – 3. Rainbow leaves
Operation Art
Rainbow leaves
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Rainbow leaves
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Rainbow leaves
Students will learn about tint and shade scales, mixing paint to create an interesting artwork with leaves they have collected.
Operation Art – 4. From the inside out
Operation Art
From the inside out
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From the inside out
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From the inside out
Never before have we spent so much time inside our homes staring out! A great way to document all of your recent experiences and feelings is through painting! So grab your paintbrush, and let's take a look outside your window!
