Learning resources
Resources and activities for the classroom
The Opera House’s learning resources provide inspirational activities to watch, listen and read for students in the classroom or learning at home. Written with your classroom in mind, they’re packed with practical, creative activities designed to provoke ideas and enrich your students’ learning.
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Learning Resources
The Sydney Opera House Play Award
An annual award for a school, learning program, class or an individual student or teacher, who has made a remarkable and ongoing contribution to ‘play in learning’ with demonstrated positive impacts.
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DanceRites Deadly Moments
Outlines: Beyond Black - AI captures human motion data to make new choreography | Behind the Scenes
Dancing to de-feet Parkinson’s
The importance of rhythm as a storytelling tool in performance | INFUSION Cast Talk
Gumboot Dancing
Eternal History: the story of First Nations theatre at the Sydney Opera House.
Since its opening in 1973 the Opera House has carried a deeper legacy, one that embraces, challenges and celebrates Australian culture. But what of Australia’s First Peoples and First Nations culture?
Using Creativity in the Classroom
Liverpool Boys High rewrites the school curriculum with creativity
Lansvale Public School Boat of Dreams
Learning Through Play
Yarning Country | Curated by Rachael Hocking
Meet Julie Vivas, illustrator of Possum Magic
How to draw Possum Magic with illustrator Julie Vivas
The importance of rhythm as a storytelling tool in performance | INFUSION Cast Talk
Whispers: Megan Cope
Ziggy Ramo “Little Things” feat. Paul Kelly
Yarning Country | Curated by Rachael Hocking
DanceRites Deadly Moments
Guwanyi Walama
Learning from Country: An Indigenous design perspective
Interesting facts about Sydney Opera House
Conserving and celebrating our heritage
Renewing an icon
Inside the Sydney Opera House’s ten-year plan to renew the building for future generations of artists, audience and visitors.
50 years of extraordinary moments
Guwanyi Walama
Arty Farty
Ziggy Ramo “Little Things” feat. Paul Kelly
The importance of rhythm as a storytelling tool in performance | INFUSION Cast Talk
George Meets the Orchestra - An Introduction to the Orchestra | Age 3+
Karen meets the strings family | Age 5+
Karen and the composers | Age 5+
International Jazz Day at the Opera House, featuring Herbie Hancock and James Morrison
The Artificial Reef Project
Eddie Woo: Maths of the Sydney Opera House - Worksheets
Acoustics – Mathematics to Make Your Ears Ring
The Purity of Geometry
Calculating an Impossible Number
Nature Inspiring Design
Building creativity: Modding the Opera House with Minecraft
The Artificial Reef Project
Draw the House on Demand Modules
The Coburn Tapestries
Discover the famous Coburn tapestries. Learn about the history behind this great Australian story, and get creative with our teacher resources inspired by these iconic works covering Art, Design and Technology, and Textiles curriculum.