As part of the DreamBIG Children’s Festival, the department offers a range of free practical workshops across regional centres and Adelaide.

The workshops help teachers bring quality curriculum aligned Arts learning into their classrooms.

The workshops are:

• suitable for generalist and arts specialist teachers; primary, secondary and special needs
• hands-on and practical in nature
• aligned with the Australian Curriculum version 9, with a focus on the arts and integrating the arts with other learning areas, developing general capabilities and connecting with the cross-curriculum priorities
• complementary to, but not reliant on participation in the festival
• designed for ongoing thematic arts learning at school.

2023 workshop schedule

Teachers can register for the following workshops.

Teachers from government schools will have priority for workshop places.

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers aligned certificate of attendance will be issued to participants upon completion of a feedback survey.

Port Pirie (Nukunu Country)

When: 4.00pm to 6.45pm Thursday 16 March

Penola (Maintangk Country)

When: 4.00pm to 6.45pm Thursday 30 March

Where: Penola Primary School

Workshops:

• Dance R to 6: Everyday Dancing
• Media Arts R to 6: Capturing Critters

Riverland (Erawirung Country)

When: 4.00pm to 6.45pm Tuesday 4 April

Where: Berri Primary School.

Workshops:

• Dance R to 6: Everyday Dancing
• Media Arts R to 6: Capturing Critters

Adelaide (Kaurna Country)

When: 8.30am to 4.00pm Tuesday 18 April

Where: Henley High School

Workshops:

• Dance R to 6: Everyday Dancing
• Drama R to 6: Mapping your World
• Media Arts R to 6: Capturing Critters
• Dance 7 to 10: Dance and Chance
• Media Arts 7 to 10: My Future

Port Lincoln (Barngarla Country)

Register for Port Lincoln workshops via Eventbrite.

When: 4.00pm to 6.45pm Thursday 8 June.

Where: Port Lincoln High School

Workshops:

• Dance R to 6: Everyday Dancing
• Drama R to 6: Mapping your World
• Media Arts R to 6: Capturing Critters

Cost of workshops

Regional workshops are free for all teachers

Adelaide workshops are free for government teachers. Non-government teachers must pay a registration fee of $50 (includes 2 workshops and lunch).

Limited half-day TRT support is available for teachers travelling long distances to attend regional workshops. Email Cherie Broad Cherie.Broad@sa.gov.au for more information.

About the workshops

Everyday dancing

Everyday Dancing is a Dance learning sequence that also builds Literacy and Critical and Creative Thinking skills. In this workshop you will:

• imagine new ways of using everyday objects to create a dance sequence
• learn to guide students to re-imagine everyday objects and work collaboratively to create a dance
• explore the dance element of space by combining travelling and stationary movements with different levels and formations.

The Everyday Dancing learning sequence is available on pages 3-12 of the DreamBIG online Companion (PDF 2 MB) .

Mapping your world

Mapping your world is a drama learning sequence with connections to HASS, literacy personal and social capability and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures cross-curriculum priority.

The learning sequence includes extension activities for creating a dance from the map.

In this workshop you will be guided through the process drama strategies you’ll use to be Carty Cartographer (or yourself) in Mapping your world, where students explore, imagine and think about the places that should be on a map of their school. Where is it? How do you get there? Why is it important? Who might you find in each place?

The Mapping your World learning sequence is available on pages 20-23 of the DreamBIG Teaching and Learning Resource (PDF 5 MB) . Extra material is available on pages 22-29 of the DreamBIG online Companion (PDF 2 MB) .

Capturing critters

Capturing Critters is a Media Arts learning sequence with connections to HASS, Science and the Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority. It also requires students to think critically and creatively and provides opportunities for them to build their digital literacy skills.

In this workshop you will:

• get advice, tips and techniques so you’re ready to assist students when they’re capturing and animating the critters they find around the school environment
• learn about still photography, manipulating images, creating critters using paper and split pins, preparing a background for their animation and creating a stop motion animation.

The Capturing Critters learning sequence is available on pages 27-31 of the DreamBIG Teaching and Learning Resource (PDF 5 MB) . Extra material is available on pages 31-32 of the DreamBIG online Companion (PDF 2 MB) .

Dance and chance

Dance and chance is a dance learning sequence with connections to Mathematics, Critical and Creative Thinking and Literacy.

In this workshop you will learn how to deliver the dance and chance content to students. Dance and chance will take your students on a journey of self-discovery. They work collaboratively using strategies from Dungeons and Dragons and apply Merce Cunningham’s ‘chance’ method of choreography in a dance. This workshop introduces the Dungeons and Dragons inspired character abilities list, chance choreography and the game task used to structure the final dance.

The dance and chance learning sequence is available on pages 15-19 of the DreamBIG Teaching and Learning Resource (PDF 5 MB) . Extra material is available on pages 13-20 of the DreamBIG online Companion (PDF 2 MB) .

My future

In this workshop teachers will learn how to deliver the my future content to students. My future is a media arts learning sequence where students develop their critical and creative thinking and digital literacy skills. It can be adapted to connect to any of the cross-curriculum priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia or sustainability.

In this workshop you will:

• get exposure to media production skills used to plan, design, film and edit a live action montage
• learn thinking strategies, tips and techniques for creating a montage that tells a story in a fast-paced way using quick cuts, voice-over narration and music or sound.

The my future learning sequence is available on pages 33-38 of the DreamBIG online Companion (PDF 2 MB) .

Further information

For more information contact Cherie Broad phone 0401 123 380 or email Cherie.Broad@sa.gov.au.