The National Library of Australia is the world’s largest storehouse of knowledge about Australia and its people. The Library ensures that this knowledge is collected, preserved and made accessible in order to support learning, creative and intellectual endeavour, and contribute to the continuing vitality of Australia’s diverse culture and heritage.
Foster a love of learning with our range of dynamic, creative and curriculum-aligned online resources for teachers, primary and secondary students.
Recorded Programs
Meet authors, curators and special guests at our online classroom sessions. Discover treasures from our national collection through brand-new picture books, exciting exhibitions and easy-to-follow research skills workshops.
Science Week Event: Peculiar, Caring and Creative: Discover the wonderful world of Australian animals
This recorded session includes a range of engaging activities to learn more about Australian animal features, habitat and behaviours. Students will complete a drawing activity to learn how to develop more accurate animal illustrations, and discuss how to improve their research and scientific observation skills.
The content in this learning session is suitable for students in Year 3 to Year 6 and links with the Australian Curriculum V9 for Science, English and the Creative Arts.
Digital Classroom
Explore Australia’s history at the National Library’s Digital Classroom, aligned with the Australian Curriculum. With over 10 million items, we support diverse learning styles, fostering inquiry-based learning for students to analyse sources and draw conclusions about the Australian story.
Join the Library’s Education team for National Simultaneous Storytime 2025. The National Simultaneous Storytime book for 2025 was ‘The Truck Cat’ written by Deborah Frenkel, illustrated by Danny Snell, and published by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing. Watch as they read the book and discuss some related collection items.
Contact Details
Phone: 02 6262 1207
Email: bookings@nla.gov.au
Website: www.library.gov.au/learn/schools-and-teachers
