Festival of the Arts

Dear WPS Families,

This term, the students and staff are excited to be hosting our inaugural "Festival of the Arts 2023"!From next Tuesday, every student in the school will participate in a series of creative teacher-led Arts workshops once a week. The goal will be to work towards sharing their visual, performing or media arts outcomes with our community at a twilight celebration festival on Wednesday, August 30. On this day, students will spend the whole school day engaging in a variety of Arts-related incursions and workshops led by visiting professionals - ranging from Taiko drumming to Circus Arts, cartooning, portrait painting and much more!Here at WPS, we are privileged to have a wealth of creative talent and event expertise within our staff and parent community. Please let me, Eliza or Nieta know if you are able to contribute to the success of the festival by volunteering to help with any of the following:

Photography and/or filming to capture the students creating their visual and performance pieces both during staff-led workshops (Tuesdays, 12.30 – 3.30) and at the festival itself (Wednesday, August 30)
Assistance organising sponsorship from local businesses (donations in return for signage and advertising)
Food truck/stall co-ordinators (eg. book food trucks and assist FOWPS with food for the evening festival, and perhaps a special daytime lunch for the students)
Lighting, sound and staging assistance
Marquee hire/safe outdoor covering
Display co-ordinators (assist with Art show – both professional artists and student displays)
Silent disco co-ordinator (either during the daytime student activities or as an evening activity)
Visual and Performing Arts professionals willing to share their talents with our students by running a daytime workshop or by performing in the evening on the festival stage
Assistance with set-up (signs, directing contributors to venue locations, lighting, etc)
Billboard/s advertising the event

We will eagerly accept all offers of support!

Kind regards, Kirsty and Eliza