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National Reconciliation Week provides an opportunity for students to learn, reflect and engage in meaningful conversations about shared histories, cultures and communities. Creative activities can support these discussions by encouraging connection, collaboration and thoughtful reflection through artmaking.

 

Idea 1

Collaborative Community Murals

Materials

  • Large paper rolls or panels
  • Paint
  • Drawing materials
  • Collage materials

Activity

Students work together to create a collaborative mural exploring themes of connection, respect and community.

Learning Focus

  • Collaboration
  • Visual storytelling
  • Reflective artmaking

Idea 2

Woven Connection Sculptures

Materials

  • Cardboard looms
  • Yarn and fibres
  • Natural materials

Activity

Students create woven artworks exploring ideas of connection, place and belonging through texture and pattern.

Learning Opportunity

This activity encourages reflection and collaboration through tactile artmaking experiences.

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Idea 3

Beaded Reflection Artwork

Materials

  • Beads
  • String or wire
  • Coloured card

Activity

Students create individual or collaborative artworks exploring colour, unity and reflection through pattern and repetition.

Extension Idea

Display completed works as part of a classroom reflection space during Reconciliation Week.

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Additional Info

Creating Meaning Through Creativity

Reconciliation Week art activities can provide meaningful opportunities for students to reflect, connect and engage in thoughtful classroom conversations. Through collaborative and reflective artmaking, students can explore themes of respect, belonging and community in creative and age-appropriate ways.

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation, Zart acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and culture. We pay respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.