What's Happening in Term 4 in the Specialist Programs
Beaumaris Primary School
Visual Art
We have an exciting and creative final term ahead in Visual Arts at Beaumaris Primary! Students will explore a range of printmaking, drawing, painting and art techniques, developing their understanding and application of the elements and principles of art.
Across the term, students will investigate concepts including colour, line, shape, texture, space, pattern, repetition and unity, while experimenting with different materials, tools, techniques and processes. These experiences support the students in developing their ability to explore and express ideas, apply visual arts practices, present their artworks and respond to and interpret the work of artists.
We will begin the term with some fun and imaginative Halloween inspired artworks, before moving into a variety of printmaking experiences. Students will learn how artists use repetition, pattern, texture and colour to communicate ideas and create visual impact.
As the year draws to a close, we will finish with a range of festive Christmas art activities, providing students with an opportunity to celebrate their creativity, reflect on the skills they have developed throughout the year and look forward to new artistic adventures in 2027.
Art Competitions
We are excited to offer two wonderful opportunities for our students to showcase their creativity and artistic talents!
2026 School Yearbook Cover Competition
Students are invited to create an artwork for their chance to have their design featured on the front or back cover of the 2026 school yearbook.
Theme: Our School World
Students are encouraged to draw inspiration from the natural and special features of our school, including nature, wildlife and our green spaces, our new orchard, the grass areas, the chicken coop, our playground and equipment
Entries close: Friday 9 October at 3.30pm
Submit entries to: The Art Room
We look forward to seeing how students capture what makes our school such a special place!
Goldstein Christmas/Hanukkah Card Competition
Once again, our students have the opportunity to enter the Goldstein Christmas/Hanukkah Card Competition and have their artwork reproduced on a festive card distributed to more than 65,000 households.
Theme: Christmas/Hanukkah in My Neighbourhood
Students can use the official card template to create their design. The template is available through Tim Wilson MP's website. Card Design Template (available attimwilsonmp.com.au/cardcomp)
Entries close: Thursday 30 October 2026
Submit entries to: tim.wilson.mp@aph.gov.au
The winning artworks will be featured on the card, with winners receiving book prizes. Finalists will receive certificates and be invited to a celebratory morning tea.
We encourage students to take part and share their creativity with the wider community. Please contact Mrs. Winfield if your child would like support or guidance with their entry.
Prep
Foundation students will begin the term by sharing their own art experiences and responding to a range of artworks through class discussions. They will celebrate Halloween by creating a Gustavo inspired ghost painting, exploring pattern and repetition. Students will then be introduced to monoprinting, discovering how an image can be transferred to paper to create a unique print. They will explore the work of artist Clare Youngs as inspiration for a colourful fruit themed project. They will finish the year celebrating a Christmas art activity and the beginning of a new year. These experiences connect student's ideas and imagination, experiment with materials and techniques, create and display artworks and respond to artworks they make and view.
Year 1
Year 1 students will begin Term 4 with a colourful Halloween project inspired by the vibrant artwork of Romero Britto. Students will design pumpkins using bold colours, shapes, repeated patterns and symbols. They will then explore a variety of printmaking techniques and create a collection of printed papers. These papers will become part of a larger art project, giving students opportunities to explore how artists can transform and combine materials. Students will create animal artworks inspired by Eric Carle, experimenting with printing tools and techniques that produce repeated patterns, textures and shapes. The term will conclude with a festive art activity celebrating Christmas and the students' creativity, achievements and the exciting year of learning they have shared.
Year 2
Year 2 students will have the opportunity to celebrate Halloween through an exploration of the vibrant artwork of Romero Britto, founder of the Happy Art Movement. Inspired by Britto’s use of bold patterns, shapes and contrasting colours, students will create their own colourful Halloween pumpkins. Students will then explore the work of Jasper Johns, using his artwork as inspiration to create a variety of printed papers. They will investigate a range of art elements and principles through printmaking and craft projects. Throughout these experiences, students will develop their understanding of printmaking techniques and experiment with a variety of found and student created tools to produce unique prints and designs. To conclude the year, students will embrace the festive season through engaging in a Christmas themed art project.
Year 3
Year 3 students will begin the term with a Halloween inspired sugar skull artwork, exploring pattern, colour, line and shape. Students will then develop their printmaking skills by investigating a variety of techniques, including foam etching, transfers and printing plates. They will experiment with different processes and discover how changes to materials, tools and pressure can create different visual effects. Through these projects, students will combine elements of art such as colour, line, space and shape to develop their own creative ideas. The term will finish with a Christmas themed art project celebrating the end of another wonderful year.
Year 4
Year 4 students will continue developing their ability to combine the elements and principles of art in their own creative work, with a particular focus on colour, line, shape and unity. Students will mark Halloween by creating a ghostly monochromatic forest artwork, exploring how different shades and tones of a single colour can create atmosphere and visual impact. They will then investigate printmaking techniques and experiment with the design and use of printing plates, developing greater control and confidence with printmaking processes. To finish the year, students will create a Christmas inspired artwork while consolidating and celebrating the skills and techniques they have developed throughout 2026.
Year 5
Year 5 students will begin the term by creating a high contrast Halloween portrait art inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat by exploring positive and negative space, symmetry and personal symbolism. Students will then extend their understanding of the elements and principles of design while experimenting with a range of printmaking techniques and processes. A particular focus will be transferring printing, where students will investigate how images and designs can be transferred between surfaces to create interesting visual effects. The term will conclude with a Christmas art project, providing students with an opportunity to apply and consolidate the artistic skills they have developed throughout the year.
Year 6
Year 6 students will begin their final term of primary school Visual Arts with a Damien Hirst inspired skull artwork, exploring colour, pattern and visual impact. They will then investigate the world of Street Art, considering how artists use public spaces, symbols, colour, typography and imagery to communicate ideas. Students will design and decorate their own legacy basketball, incorporating a combination of painting, printmaking and stenciling techniques. This project will provide students with opportunities to make artistic choices, experiment with different processes and develop an individual visual style. As their time in primary school draws to a close, Year 6 students will finish the term with a Christmas art activity and reflect on their artistic journey throughout their primary years.
We are looking forward to a colourful, creative and exciting final term in the Art Room!
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Performing Arts
What a term it has been! Term 3 was full of excitement and energy in Performing Arts, from Year 5 exploring digital music and Prep students developing their understanding of rhythm and beat patterns, to our spectacular Year 6 production of Shrek Junior!
The fun certainly doesn’t stop there! Term 4 brings even more wonderful musical opportunities as we continue our exploration of Music. We are particularly looking forward to preparing our Christmas Carols to share with the school community in Week 10.
As part of our preparation for the whole-school Musica Viva – Music of the World incursion, students across the school will explore the music and musical traditions of Ireland, America, Italy, Scotland and Eastern Europe. Students will learn about the people, cultures and musical traditions of these regions and have opportunities to listen, respond and reflect. This learning will culminate in our Week 4 Open Afternoon, where students and families will come together to celebrate and share in their learning.
Prep
In Term 4, Prep students will continue exploring the elements of music through singing, movement, games and instruments.
This will also be an extra-special term as our Preps rehearse and perform their very own concert in Week 7! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! a Prep Concert will be packed with all the ABBA songs you know and love.
You can dance, you can jive and you can have the time of your life at our Prep Concert!
Year 1
Year 1 students will advance their knowledge of the elements of music. They will use a range of instruments, games and activities to explore musical concepts while listening and responding to music from a variety of genres and styles.
Year 2
Year 2 students will continue building their knowledge of the elements of music. They will extend their skills by using a range of instruments to perform short compositions and strengthen their understanding of how music can be represented through rhythm patterns and notation.
Students will also take part in an African Drumming workshop, providing an exciting opportunity to develop their understanding of rhythm, beat and ensemble performance.
Years 3 & 4
Students in Years 3 and 4 will continue working towards their learning goal of playing a pop song on the recorder, with their efforts culminating in a performance in Week 7.
Following their performance, students will continue developing their composition skills. They will experiment with a range of instruments and musical ideas to create, perform and document their own original compositions. Grade 3 students will also be partaking in our African Drumming workshop to help solidify their understanding of rhythm and beat.
Year 5
This term, Year 5 students will complete Musical 101!
They will develop some essential skills and knowledge in preparation for their upcoming 2027 musical, including a brief history of musical theatre, an introduction to decoding sheet music, audition tips and tricks, and choreography workshops.
They will also have the very exciting opportunity to vote on the musical they would like to perform in 2027!
Year 6
Following their outstanding production of Shrek Junior, our Year 6 students will continue to deepen their understanding of music in Performing Arts.
Students will analyse some of their favourite songs, exploring musical form, structure and meaning. They will also continue developing their performance skills through singing and ensemble work, including performing in the Prep Concert in Week 7 and rehearsing a selection of songs for their Grade 6 Graduation.
Christmas Carols
The whole school will dedicate time during Performing Arts lessons to learning, rehearsing and preparing their year-level Christmas Carols, ready to share with the school community on Wednesday of Week 10.
Following the wonderful success of last year’s performance, we are also seeking expressions of interest from parents who would like to be part of our Parents’ Choir.
If you love to sing and would like to join us, please contact Brittany Pholi via the school office. The plan is to hold a few, short, after-school rehearsals throughout the term, with the choir performing one song at the Christmas Carols event.
If there is enough interest, further information about rehearsals and the selected song will be shared.
Glee Club, Grade 3 Choir & Morning Melodies
Our optional singing groups will return this term, with a range of exciting performance opportunities ahead for both Glee Club and the Grade 3 Choir.
Monday Morning Melodies will also continue in the Performing Arts room at 8:45 am each Monday. Prep to Year 3 students are invited to start their week with a boogie, a song and plenty of musical fun!
Bayside Dance Off
Following a successful 2026 competition, we will once again be participating in the Bayside Dance Off!
The competition is a fantastic opportunity for students to showcase their creativity, dance skills and choreography. Students will work independently to create their own two-minute dance routine, without adult assistance.
Groups can include 2–6 students, with judges considering choreography, costumes and stage presence.
We will hold in-school heats for each age group during Weeks 5 and 6. More information and competition details will be shared with students early in the term. If you have any questions, please reach out to Brittany Pholi via the Beaumaris inbox.
I am looking forward to finishing the year with an incredible Term 4 full of music, creativity, collaboration and some very special performances!
Be good and be good at it!
Ms Pholi
Physical Education
Another big Term in PE, we had a fun and exciting day at our House athletics carnival. All year 4 to 6 students went to Sandringham athletics track to challenge for the house trophy and trial for the athletics team. Even though we had some rain we powered on to finish off an amazing day. Well done to all our athletes who competed and the district athletics Carnival, we have a number of students who will be progressing in Term 4 to the division finals. Good luck!
In Term 4 we will be looking forward to more events, Junior House Athletics, the swimming carnival, lifesaving for our year 5 and 6 students and division finals for our softball and basketball teams. Keep an eye out for information on these events and for any opportunities to volunteer. As always, a massive thank you to any families who have volunteered their time to support the Physical Education program in Term 3, we couldn’t do it without your help.
Prep
Students will:
- Continue to practise and refine their fundamental motor skills in a range of minor games and activities
- Develop strategies to cooperate with teammates in minor games
- Continue to follow rules in games to promote fair play and inclusion
Year 1 and 2
Students will:
- Continue to practise and refine their fundamental motor skills in a range of minor games and activities and describe how they move their body effectively in these situations
- Develop strategies to cooperate with teammates in minor games
- Describe how to make games safe and follow rules that promote fair play and inclusion
Year 3 and 4
Students will:
- Develop understanding of the way First Nations people used play and sport to connect to community and teach each other
- Reflect on how community context can participation in physical activity
Continue to refine fundamental movement skills across a range of contexts
Year 5 and 6
Students will:
- Understand how roles within teams can be played and vary based on situation in play
- Predict and test solutions to a range of movement challenges
- Grow their understanding of how rules and scoring systems effect sport and games
- Develop and refine strategy in a team situation