Opal Wonders
Welcome to the Opal Wonders Unit
Opal Wonders is a five-part animated video series with accompanying resources designed to teach foundational history skills and dispositions to students from Reception to Year 2. The series explores the learning journey that begins when a young person has a conversation about the past with an older person in their life. Accompanying resources support students to initiate a conversation with an older person in their life and undertake their own learning journey.
Episodes
You’ll find the find the five episodes linked below. These are designed to build on each other, but each can serve as a standalone activity. The first episode (‘The Visit with Granopie’) forms the basis of the whole unit so ideally should not be skipped.
Teacher's Guide
Inside the Teacher’s Guide, you’ll find advice on how to use this unit, including a range of alternative and extension activities.
Scrapbook pages
Scrapbook pages are adaptable, allowing students to respond through drawing, writing, and pasting photos or other mementos.
There are two options for printing:
- Standard school scrapbook 24 x 33 cm – select A3, ‘Actual size’, then print and cut around border.
- A4 – select A4, ‘Fit to printable area’, then print.
Download the whole bundle here or find the pages grouped with their episode above.