Digital @ The Arts Unit Creative Teachers

Tales from the Wild Bush

Teacher primary drama resource developed by The Arts Unit

About this resource

Welcome to this Digital @ The Art Unit Creative Teachers resource - Tales from the Wild Bush.

This collection of resources is designed as a virtual performance opportunity to provide students access to a recorded live performance, with a suite of resources for teachers to access with their students.

Take your students on an adventure with animals and activities through the wild bush!

Suggested activities for teachers to use in their classroom are divided into the following categories:

Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students

The following pages include examples of activities you could explore with your students.

  • an opportunity for students to view a recorded live performance

  • exploration of role and character through animals

  • discussion of themes and messages with associated tasks

  • experimentation with body language, movement and dance

  • creative exploration through art-making

  • suggestions for connecting to country

  • stimulus to explore various scenario-based exercises with students through improvisation and play

Select the buttons below to guide your way through this resource.

Third-party content attributions

  • Tales from the Wild Bush Poster image, © Lliam Amor, 2021, reproduced and communicated with permission.

  • Tales from the Wild Bush production image 1, photographer: Anna Warr.