This page brings together practical tools and resources to help educators and group facilitators use U Shape Us with confidence — from curriculum alignment and quick-start guides to training options and real-world stories.

🧭 Quick Start Visual Guide: How to Play U Shape Us

This two-page visual guide is a simple, step-by-step introduction to playing U Shape Us.

🃏 Perfect for new facilitators, educators, or students, it shows how to set up, draw cards, come up with imaginative ideas, and share them meaningfully with others.

🎨 Use it as a printable reference or display it on a smartboard. 

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​🎬 ​How to play U Shape Us

​This short animated explainer makes it easy to introduce U Shape Us in the classroom. Whether you’re showing it on a smartboard or learning how to facilitate the game yourself, this video walks through each step in a way that’s simple, engaging, and student-friendly.
You’ll see exactly how the game works — from picking cards to sharing stories and creating imaginative connection ideas together.
🗣 Perfect for:

• Introducing the game to students (play it at the start of your session)
• Helping new facilitators quickly grasp the flow
• Supporting visual learners with a clear, accessible explanation

✨ Check out what other students have imagined and created — for other kids to play!

Curriculum Alignment (Primary School)​

U Shape Us is now mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9 for primary schools (Foundation to Year 6), with clear links to content descriptors and elaborations across:

• English (Foundation to year 4)
• Health and Physical Education (HPE) (years 3 to 6)
• Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) (years 3 to 6)

This alignment draws on the Mental Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Connections, a cross-curriculum resource developed by ACARA. The curriculum mapping document shows how U Shape Us supports these areas through imaginative play, idea generation, and collaborative conversation — helping students practice empathy, inclusion, respectful communication, and creative thinking.

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