WORKSHOP TOPICS
We offer a wide array of topics, each designed to suit specific levels and to complement the official Australian curriculum.
All workshops can be fully tailored to suit your needs, age-level and curriculum requirements. They can cater for a single class to a full school. Just give us the number of students and their age range, we will tailor a program that will match your needs!
For some inspiration you'll find below our most popular subjects. Hover over the squares to view the most requested topics within each subject.
Allows students to investigate and to learn about the ancient past (Mediterranean world: Egypt, Greece or Rome), the Asian world and other cultures.
Medieval Times
Medieval Castle (K-Y6)
Watch Towers (Y2-6)
Palaces (Y4-12)
Chinese Forbidden City (K-8)
Fortifications & Battlements (Y2-6)
Build a City
City Centres & Skyscrapers (K-Y5)
Village & Suburbs (K-Y2)
Bridge (K-Y12)
Wharf & Jetties (Y2-6)
Infinity Tower (Y3-12)
Watch Towers / Lighthouse (Y3-12)
Legacy of
Ancient Times
Roman Aqueduct (Y4-12)
Roman Public Bath (Y2-7)
Roman Triumphal Arch (Y4-12)
Pantheon / Dome (Y4-12)
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Y3-12)
Ancient Pyramids (K-Y2)
Giant Animals
Giraffes (Y3-10)
Elephants (Y4-9)
Caterpillars (K-Y6)
Horse / Camel (Y2-6)
Octopus (K-Y6)
Turtles (K-Y6)
Sea Dragon (K-Y6)
Crocodiles (K-Y3)
Whales (Y2-6)
Famous
Buildings
Eiffel Tower (Y2-12)
Aqueduct (Y4-12)
Babel Tower (Y4-8)
London Bridge (Y3-8)
Chinese Forbidden City (K-Y8)
Taj Mahal (Y4-12)
Famous Skyscrapers (Y4-12)
Indigenous
Cultures
Pacific Islands Shelters (Y4-12)
American Indian Totems (Y2-6)
Traditional Village (K-Y6)
Crocodile & Billabong (K-Y3)
Working on
Symmetry
Eiffel Tower (Y2-12)
Mandala (Y2-6)
Forbidden City (K to Y8)
Taj Mahal (Y4-12)
Pentagon (Y7-12)
Shaping the ideal symmetrical city (Y4-12)
The KAPLA
Challenge
— Y5 & above —
Building as a team
a monumental structure
using KAPLA planks
and team spirit !
Custom Topics
Let us know if there is a specific subject you would like to work on, we will happily accommodate!
TOPICS VS. CURRICULUM
Mathematics
HAPPY BUILDER workshops:
Infinity tower
Eiffel tower
Leaning tower of Pisa
Building a dome
Giant animals
Babel Tower
Allows students to investigate position, movement, direction and shape while developing associated language.
Provides opportunities to explore shape, space, measures, fractions, symmetry, multiplication, divisions and angles.
Measure and compare lengths using uniform informal units.
Science
HAPPY BUILDER workshops:
Shelter building
Bridge building
Skyscrapers vs. low-based buildings
Engages students in the process of investigations – provides opportunities for students to investigate how forces can affect the movement of objects, work on 2D or 3D models, understanding basic concepts on structure and sound building.
Social & Emotional Learning
HAPPY BUILDER workshops:
All Topics
Social & Emotional Learning offers the opportunity to learn and practice social skills such as cooperation, conflict management, building strong relationships, resilience and acknowledging / managing feelings.
Humanities &
Social Sciences
HAPPY BUILDER workshops: Aqueduct
Roman baths, Antic cities
Egyptian or Indian Pyramids
Colosseum
Leaning tower of Pisa
The Forbidden City
Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
American-Indian totems
Allows students to investigate and to learn about the ancient past (Mediterranean world: Egypt, Greece or Rome), the Asian world and other cultures.
Art, Design & Technologies
HAPPY BUILDER workshops:
Building Palaces
Designing a skyscraper
Designing a bridge
Roman & Greek architecture
Provides opportunities for students to select and manipulate a variety of visual elements in imaginative ways.
Allows students to make judgement about their own work and other people's work.
Allows students to design their own structure with one set of material, working on patterns and understanding aestheticism in nature and in architecture.
English
HAPPY BUILDER workshops:
All Topics
Provides opportunities for students to develop communication skills and self-expression.
Encourages students to be effective communicators, able to articulate their own opinions and beliefs and to interact and collaborate with others.