Little Big Shots - Secondary Teachers - Sydney Opera House

Introduction
These teachers’ notes have been designed to assist you with classroom preparation in relation to the
Little Big Shots Film Festival. We hope that this resource will assist your students to further enjoy and
enhance their performing arts experience back in the classroom. The activities are designed for
students from Years 7-10 and provide opportunities for students to explore how sound and moving
images in film create meaning.
NSW Board of Studies Syllabi has been used as guides for the planning of these activities. You should
adapt the activities to suit the student age and stage of your class and the curriculum foci and
outcomes used in your school.
Some websites are suggested throughout this resource. It is recommended that you first visit the sites
and assess the suitability of the content for your particular school environment before setting the
activities based on these.
Classroom Context and Curriculum Links
This performance provides the classroom teacher with many opportunities for learning activities that
link to the following curriculum areas:
NSW Board of Studies Curriculum
OUTCOMES INDICATORS
STAGE 4, ENGLISH
Outcome 1: A student responds to and
composes texts for understanding,
interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure.
Outcome 3: A student responds to and
composes texts in different technologies.
Outcome 6: A student draws on experience,
information and ideas to imaginatively and
interpretively respond to and compose texts.
Outcome 9: A student demonstrates
understanding that texts express views of
their broadening world and their relationships
within it.
STAGE 5, ENGLISH
Outcome 1: A student responds to and
composes increasingly sophisticated and
sustained texts for understanding,
interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure.
Outcome 3: A student selects, uses, describes
and explains how different technologies affect
and shape meaning.
1.1 respond to imaginative, factual and critical texts, including
the required range of texts, through wide and close listening,
reading and viewing
1.5 interpret, question and challenge information and ideas in
texts through close study
3.2 respond critically and imaginatively to texts in a range of
technologies, including video, computers, print and
handwriting.
6.5 identify the ways characters, situations and concerns in
texts connect to students’ own experiences, thoughts and
feelings
9.6 assess representations of people, places and events in film
and the media
1.1 respond to and compose a range of imaginative, factual and
critical texts which are increasingly demanding in terms of
their linguistic, structural, cognitive, emotional and moral
complexity
3.3 identify and critically evaluate the ways information, ideas
and issues are shaped by and presented through technology