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Celebrations - Bringing Communities Together

Vibrant cultural celebrations, hands-on geographical discovery, and creative digital design—all in one powerful course.

Why Choose This Course?

Explore vibrant global celebrations and river geography through cultural research, hands-on puppetry, and creative digital design that build global empathy and artistic expression.

Learning Goals

Rivers of Life: Journey along the sacred waters of the Ganges and Himalayan river systems to discover how flowing water shapes the geography, daily life, and traditions of local communities.


Explore Cultural Celebrations: Investigate vibrant global festivities and spiritual traditions by examining how water plays a central role in ceremonies and community gatherings.


Create and Perform: Step into the role of a cultural storyteller by crafting finger puppets and designing interactive presentations to reenact traditional celebrations for your peers.


Publish Your Discoveries: Bring cultural research and artistic expression together using Canva to design an engaging "Celebrations and Rivers" chapter for your 'Cultures Around the World' book!

Key Information

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

  • All of our courses empower students to take action towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a better world. This course specifically focuses on the goals shown below.

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Ages:  Year 3 upwards


Course Duration: 1 Week


Time per Lesson: 60-90 mins


Key Curriculum Areas: English, Mathematics, HSIE, Ethical Understanding, Critical Thinking, Design


Teacher/s:  Gavin McCormack

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