Performing Arts News

Hi Tarneit Rise families, welcome back to another term in Performing Arts, our last term for 2025. 

This term, the curriculum focus for all students is drama. 

Prep students are learning that drama is all about telling stories and pretending, and that we can act with our bodies, faces, and voices. Through fun games and group activities, our Prep actors have been having a red-hot go of acting out stories, characters, and emotions.

Grade 1 and 2 students will be studying puppetry this term. Puppetry is a form of drama in which the performer manipulates an object to create a character and tell a story. Our grade 1s and 2s will be exposed to a range of different puppetry styles and traditions, before being given the opportunity to develop puppetry skills to present a short performance in groups. This fortnight, students have begun their learning with an overview of the history and variety of puppetry in the world. 

Grade 3 and 4 students focusing on a style of drama called ‘Improvisation’. Improvisation is drama that is created on the spot by the performers. To be a great improviser, students need to have an understanding of the elements of narrative stories, so a lot of our warmups and games focus on creating characters and developing plots and scenes. Improvisation also requires great teamwork and communication between actors. It is also a lot of fun, and our 3s and 4s have been really enjoying it!

We are excited to be undertaking a filmmaking unit with our grade 5 and 6 students. Throughout the term, students will be taught a range of filmmaking skills and techniques and use these to create their very own narrative short film. Grade 5s and 6s have begun the term by working in groups to explore the elements of stories and fundamental acting skills, before being given the challenge of writing, filming, and editing a short movie in one lesson. We can’t wait to see what our senior performing artists come up with this term!

As well as our lessons, we are very excited about the various after school and lunch time performing arts endeavours that students are undertaking this term. 

See you in the Performing Arts room

Mrs Patton, Mr Max, Mr Kirby, Mr Stanley and Mrs Andrew