Commonwealth Games Australia 2026 Education Resources

  • Borobi's Classroom: Commonwealth Games Australia 2026

    Bring the spirit of the 2026 Commonwealth Games to your classroom! Teach teamwork, leadership, inclusion, and fair play with resources created in partnership with the Australian Commonwealth Games Team.

    Your students will meet Commonwealth Games heroes, build athletic skills, explore arts and culture, apply literacy and numeracy in sporting contexts, and discover the Games' history and global impact. Perfect for teaching before, during, and after the 2026 Games (commencing on 23 July).

Foster teamwork, inclusion & cultural awareness

These lessons, packed with fun activities, teach your students English, Maths, HASS, The Arts, and HPE through the values and themes of the Commonwealth Games. Your students will participate in sports-related projects like mini tournaments, sports commentating, and creating athlete profiles, while reflecting on reconciliation and inclusion through the Games. 

Australian Curriculum-aligned and packed with bonus fact sheets, collector cards, colouring-in, and more, these resources for Foundation - Year 10 have everything you need to get your students moving, thinking, and working together as a team.

Go for gold in your classroom with the Commonwealth Games!

These lessons will help your students to:
🥇 Develop athletic skills across Commonwealth Games sports
🥇 Refine movement concepts like effort, space, and time
🥇 Collect and analyse data to track progress and make inferences
🥇 Explore arts and culture, including First Nations cultures
🥇 Build teamwork and leadership through modified games and collaboration
🥇 Practice inclusion and fair play, and consider how to make sport accessible for all
🥇 Connect globally, learning about the Games’ history and values.

Units of learning

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Commonwealth Games Chronicles

  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 10
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Text Analysis
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Social
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Sport
  • Unit
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Learn from the Legends

  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 10
  • Mathematics
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Unit
  • Free
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Promoting Participation in Sports

  • Primary
  • Year 1 - 6
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Unit
  • Free
  • ...

Commonwealth Cultural Exchange

  • Primary
  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 6
  • The Arts
  • Dance
  • Media Arts
  • Visual Arts
  • Music
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Sport
  • Unit
  • Free
  • ...

First Nations Sports

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Unit
  • Free
  • ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heroes

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Indigenous Education
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Unit
  • Free
  • ...

What is the Commonwealth?

  • Primary
  • Foundation
  • Year 1 - 6
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • History
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Indigenous Education
  • Sport

Primary lessons

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Cheering on our Heroes

  • Foundation
  • English
  • Reading
  • Social
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Sport
  • Lesson
  • Free
  • ...

Commonwealth Songs

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • The Arts
  • Music
  • Social
  • Sport
  • Lesson
  • Free
  • ...

Perfect your Throw

  • Primary
  • Year 4
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Lesson
  • Free
  • ...

International First Nations Games

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • Physical Health
  • Sport

Secondary lessons

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Train for the Commonwealth Games

  • Primary
  • Year 7
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Games

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
  • Lesson
  • Free
  • ...

Podium Podcasts

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • English
  • Text Analysis
  • Social
  • Sport
  • Lesson
  • Free
  • ...

Fair Play in Basketball

  • Secondary
  • Year 10
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Physical Health
  • Sport

BONUS: Activity Pack from Commonwealth Games

Love the lessons and cheering for more? Download our free, bonus activity pack to help you celebrate the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It’s perfect for:

🏅 Parents and carers to use over the school holidays, helping your kids get active, learn about the Games, and discover athletes, sports, and teamwork.
🎯 Educators to amplify student learning, provide engaging challenges for early finishers, or build your own lessons around the activities.

Download Pack

With thanks to our partner

These resources have been created with the support of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, via Commonwealth Games Australia.

The Australian Commonwealth Games Team are set to take on the athletes of the world at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Together, more than 250 athletes in green and gold aim to be the top nation at the Games in terms of gold and overall medals won, the number of medallists, and the number of sports winning medals. You can cheer on Australia’s best across the screens of 7 and 7Plus from 23 July 2026.