Acknowledgment of country

Polyglot acknowledges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and create, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. For more than 65,000 years, children and families have created and played here, and we are grateful to make our art on this country too.

Education

Inspiring children to explore their imaginative potential

Polyglot’s in-school programs invite children to experience the joys of creativity and collaboration, while developing their critical thinking skills.

Our week-long model means we can connect across year levels, or ideally with whole school communities, ensuring deep impact and exchange. We tailor creative participation to individual children, and our experienced artists ensure an accessible, safe and welcoming space for all. We work to facilitate each child’s understanding of their place and power in the worlds they are helping create, whether it is developing a personal narrative, or using their senses to engage in the environment around them. All of our in-school programs are curriculum-aligned.

We also offer professional development workshops, focusing on the use of Polyglot’s child-led methodology.

Cubbyhood production photo: Suzanne Phoenix. A Polyglot artist and two children create and play amongst cardboard box cubbies with masking tape, acetate and pastels. Red paper bunting hangs above them.

Cubbyhood

A playful, creative project with children that investigates the experience of home, family and community from their perspective.

Kindergarten (ages 2-4)
A Paper Planet production photo. A child with dark hair, wearing a baseball jacket, joyfully hangs long strips of white paper on a suspended piece of tape. They are in a sunlit room lined with brown cardboard and other children creating with paper are visible in the background.

Paper Planet

A highly interactive and universally accessible experience, facilitating free play, making costumes and creatures, and manipulating paper.

Early learning – 6 (ages 3-12)
A professional development photo. Artists sit around a long piece of brown paper on a wooden floor, drawing. Photo courtesy of Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore.

Professional Development

Designed for educators and practitioners who work with children.
A When the World Turns production photo. A child holds up a cardboard tube, using it to make sounds. An adult leans towards the tube, listening. They sit at a small table in a darkened space, surrounded by plants. They are illuminated by a lamp on the table. Photographer: Theresa Harrison

When the World Turns

A fantastical experience for young people with complex disability and their educators, leading a participatory audience into a sensory state of mind and body.

Whole school / all ages
A Wish Street photo. Photographer: Sylvie Meltzer & Tamara Rewse

Wish Street

Building a neighbourhood where brave conversations can happen.

3-6 (ages 8-12)

Education Resources

A 5678 Film Club photo. Two students and a Polyglot artist stand behind a camera in a school library. They are all looking at the camera intently.

5678 Film Club Education Resource

Drawing on filmmaking processes used by Polyglot Theatre’s 5678 Film Club team, this resource is designed for students who want to tell stories, to collaborate, to be creative, and to do so through filmmaking. Its development was generously supported by the Newsboys Foundation.

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Polyglot Theatre’s school workshop program is proudly sponsored by Lucas Dental Care.

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