School program at AIATSIS Maraga

Tue, 16 Jun, 2026 at 12:00 am UTC+00:00

AIATSIS | Canberra

School program at AIATSIS Maraga
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✨ AIATSIS Education Session ✨
💰 Cost: FREE
👧 Years: 3-6 (roughly)
⏰ Length of session: 60 minute session
👥 30 people max, including parents.
Unfortunately they have said they can't cater to younger kids and prams due to space restrictions.
🖤💛❤️ Session description:
This interactive session will introduce students to who AIATSIS is, the type of work we do, and how we care for and conserve the largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander items and objects in Australia.
Students will learn about the Kokobera-Kunjen shield and the meaning of the AIATSIS logo.
🔎 This hands-on session includes a treasure hunt where students can engage with collection items on display in the exhibition space.

📚 Curriculum outcomes:
🎨 The Arts: Visual arts (Exploring and responding)
📖 Years 3-4
Explore how First Nations Australians use visual arts to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place (AC9AVA4E02)
📖 Years 5-6
Explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures (AC9AVA6E02)
📖 Years 5-6
Explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA6E01)

🌏 Humanities and Social Sciences (Knowledge and understanding)
📖 Year 3
Geography The ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place (AC9HS3K04)
📖 Year 4
History The diversity of First Nations Australians, their social organisation and their continuous connection to Country/Place (AC9HS4K01)
📖 Year 5
Geography The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place (AC9HS5K04

🖤💛❤️ Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
📍 Country/ Place
📍 Culture
📍 People
✨ General Capabilities
💡 Critical and Creative Thinking
🤝 Intercultural Understanding
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