This term we are looking towards the Arts Festival!

TPS Arts Festival

The theme of this year's festival is Soar: Where Imagination Takes Flight, or as the students like to put it: “Birds!”

The Arts Festival is on Saturday 18th November 11am-3pm.

Student Performances

All students are invited to participate in a performance with their class and will receive information about this in the coming weeks (including performance times and what to wear).

TIME students will hear from their teachers about what and when they will perform!

Community Bird Call competition

Parents, carers, students and friends are invited to join in our Bird Call competition at the Arts Festival! Come with your best or favourite bird call!

During Term 2 our students met Aawa from the Walking With The Wilderness incursion and were very impressed by her bird calls. In Music, we used our deep listening skills to have a go at imitating bird calls and I was so blown away! So I invited Aawa to be a judge in our competition!

Community Jam Parade

Get your instrument, voice or sense of adventure ready to join in our Community Jam Parade at the Arts Festival! EVERYONE is welcome to join in as we attempt a short musical parade to end in an all-in jam of a song. We can send parts home to you or you can learn them on the day and grab an instrument at the Festival. Stay tuned for more.

FAQ

What if our family cannot attend that day?

That’s ok! We will be making music in the classroom so they won’t miss out on everything,

What if my child has a sporting commitment on that day?

That’s ok! Come when you can!

What if I cannot take my child?

Talk to someone in your child’s class to see if they can go with another family.

Do we have to stay all day?

No, but you might want to.

Are there other things to do on the day?

Lots! There will be food, student stalls and activities as well as performances.

My child has a TIME performance, will it clash with their class performance?

We do our best with timetabling so hopefully we get it right!

My child says they don’t want to perform. What should I do?

Not all students will feel excited about performing. Some will feel more confident as the festival gets closer and some will feel more nervous. We don’t want students to feel forced to perform, we just encourage them to have fun. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this.

Classroom Music Update

Foundation

Foundation students are learning a new song which they are contributing their ideas to.

The following snippet is the first lesson of learning a new song. After singing the new song line by line, copying my singing, we sing the song with the students’ ideas, students joining in where they can as they learn the song.

Year 1/2 students are learning a new song which they are contributing their ideas to.

The following snippet is the first lesson of learning a new song with UKULELE!

Year 3/4 students are learning a new song which they are contributing their ideas to. They have been making their own rhythms and clapping them.

The following snippet is part of the process of learning a new song that will include instruments. We played this game with the Rainbow Ring.

Year 5/6 students are continuing learning instruments and songs that they can play in a band context. Year 5/6 students will be deciding what format their Arts Festival music will take.

Learning snippets:

In the community