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🎶PERFORMING ARTS 🎭

你好 nǐ hǎo to our wonderful community! 

It has been a creative, energetic and spontaneous start to the school year in Performing Arts, with all year levels exploring music and drama in their own unique way. 

The Foundation students have enjoyed putting movements to stories, with lots of animal and action sounds on display. They have started exploring different percussion instruments, with the claves (rhythm sticks) and BoomWhackers proving a hit with students! We look forward to acting out popular nursery rhymes in the coming weeks as we explore characters and emotions through dramatic play.  

The Grade 1 and 2 students have been exploring storytelling through fairytales, focusing on how traits and emotions of different characters are communicated through facial expression, body language and gestures. They have had lots of fun noticing how important our eyebrows are in communicating expression. Can you guess what emotions they are communicating in the pics below? ☹️😮😄😧🤔

The Grade 3/4 students have been expanding on their classroom Inquiry focus around 'Earth's natural resources', into the drama classroom. They have started scripting dramatic scenes that focus on moments of crisis and how we respond. To prepare, we have been creating tableaus of disaster and high emotion, with much learning around how we can capture a moment without sound or movement. Can you figure out the disasters that these students are 'snapshotting' below? 

Grade 5/6 students have an exciting end of term with their involvement in the Let'sTALKitOUT! production. They are piloting this initiative for Let'sTALK, aiming to educate our school community on the importance of being seen, heard and valued when facing challenging moments in our lives. Students have worked hard within their class production teams, with each preparing and performing a different scenario for the show. From lighting to sound, stage visuals to on-stage roles, the students have worked collaboratively to prepare for this exciting launch. See the flyer below for more information!

Physical Education - Important Dates

Friday 13rd March - Year 4 Summer Gala Day at Donvale Reserve

Tuesday 17th March - Friday 27th March - Whole School Water Safety Programme

Tuesday 31st March - Year 5/6 Summer Gala Day at Donvale Reserve and Doncaster Tennis Club

Physical Education

2E: Ella K 

For showing initiative and being a positive role model for her peers in our basketball sessions. Well done!

3/4M: Jerome T 

For displaying positive sportspersonship and cheering for others whilst demonstrating his own talents in our cricket incursion. Keep it up!

Performing Arts

2G: Thomas W

For being ready and organised for Performing Arts this week, with enthusiasm and eagerness to be involved. We loved how you used the class puppet to engage us all - well done, Thomas! 

3/4N: Meg W

For being a positive and engaged participant in our Performing Arts classes. We love seeing the creativity and imagination you put into the learning - fabulous effort, Meg! 

Mandarin

1C: Akbar A

 Well done for always cheerfully saying “Hello, Teacher Huang (Huáng lǎoshī hǎo)” and “Goodbye (zài jiàn)” in Mandarin whenever you had the chance. That made Huang Laoshi a very happy teacher! 😊

5/6T: Hana K

For consistently demonstrating respectful and wonderful learning behaviour.  Keep it up, Hana!

Science

FE: Stella V 

For showing great curiosity about how the weather changes during Autumn and exploring why leaves fall from the trees during this time of year. 

3/4M: Isaac M

For demonstrating excellent teamwork and perseverance while working with your partner on your severe weather project. You worked cooperatively and shared your ideas respectfully.

Warm regards,

Eryn - Physical Education          Sam - Visual Art

Steph and Suzie - Science         Kate - Performing Arts / Visual Art (Foundation)

Huang Laoshi - Mandarin