IAG Kids: LightPlay
28 Mar 2026 — 12 Jul 2026
| Dates | Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 July |
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| Times | Open daily, 10am - 5pm |
| Cost | FREE |
| Booking | Facilitated and organised groups require a confirmed booking to visit this exhibition. NOTE: NO GROUP BOOKINGS AVAILABLE DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. |
| Age | Recommended for children aged 3–8 years, all ages welcome. |
COMING SOON - Enter the dazzling world of LightPlay, where curiosity sparks and ideas really come to light!
Step into a world where light becomes an element of creativity, curiosity, and discovery.
Immerse yourself in an environment filled with glowing possibilities. Using light boxes, overhead projectors, torches, and translucent materials, investigate how light behaves, and experiment with kaleidoscopic patterns that shift and change with every movement. Build, arrange, and transform your surroundings, revealing the surprising ways light interacts with shapes and textures.
Use your body to paint with light, watching colours mix and shadows stretch in unexpected ways. These playful interactions encourage curiosity, problem‑solving, and a deeper understanding of cause and effect.
LightPlay embraces the educational philosophies of Reggio Emilia and REmida to provide a creative environment for children which encourages collaborative play, experimentation and discovery-based learning. The environment is intentionally designed to support open-ended discovery of ideas through hands‑on interaction.
Let your imagination shine and experience the wonder of illuminated discovery at LightPlay!
Curriculum Links
The Arts – Visual Arts | Foundation – Year 2
- AC9AVA1E01 / AC9AVA2E01 – Explore where and why people experience visual arts
- AC9AVA2D01 – Experiment and play with visual conventions, processes and materials
Achievement Standard Connection
Students experiment with materials and processes to create artworks and describe their ideas and choices.
Connection to LightPlay
- Creating light-based artworks and installations
- Exploring colour, pattern, shape and contrast using light
- Responding to and reflecting on their own and others’ creative work
Science | Foundation – Year 2
- AC9SFH01 – Explore how observations and questions help people learn about the natural world
- AC9S1I01 / AC9S2I01 – Pose questions, make predictions and explore patterns and relationships
- AC9S1I05 / AC9S2I05 – Compare observations with predictions and share ideas
Achievement Standard Connection
Students observe familiar phenomena, ask questions, make predictions and share observations using drawings, oral language and simple explanations.
Connection to LightPlay
- Investigating how light interacts with transparent, opaque and reflective materials
- Predicting and observing changes in light, colour and shadow
- Discussing discoveries with peers and educators
Design & Technologies | Years 1–2
- AC9TDE2K01 – Identify how familiar products are designed to meet needs
- AC9TDE2K02 – Explore how materials and tools are used to create designed solutions
Achievement Standard Connection
Students explore materials, generate simple design ideas and create solutions through making and testing.
Connection to LightPlay
- Designing and constructing simple light structures using recycled materials
- Testing and modifying designs through trial and error
General Capabilities & Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Across the Australian Curriculum v9.0, LightPlay can also support the development of general capabilities such as:
- Critical & Creative Thinking — generating questions, testing ideas with light and materials.
- Personal and Social Capability — collaborative play, sharing and communicating ideas.
- Literacy & Numeracy — describing observations, patterns and planning designs.