Ideas for Theme Day on Australian CultureShow sports equipment Name the sport and how to use the equipment Make surf boards Music - Tribal music, rain makers
Make instruments such as didgeridoo from tubes and paint them, and clap sticks, wobble boards Play instruments, listen to instruments, dancing Bush dance - simple music for children to tap the rhythm or move to music Lifestyle - Christmas on the beach Life Guards Schools - by radio Houses Ranching - sheep farming, shearing Flowers Flying doctors Television programs such as Neighbours an Home and Away Weather Slip, slap, slop - Slip on a shirt - Slap on a hat - Slop on cream Beach life - role play Have a day dressed in shorts Clothes - why do the Australians wear hats, shorts, flip flops (thongs) Make sand pictures Tie die History of Australia - Discovery, aborigines, cave paintings Make hats with corks - explain why the corks are needed Make Boomerangs, try them Compare the size of Britain to Australia on a map Show the different types of nature
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