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Celebrating The Arts in Year 4!

The Arts are alive in Year 4! Inspired by the incredible student artwork decorating our halls, our talented Year 4s spent time last week reflecting on their favorite art forms and sharing their unique creative talents with their classmates. 

Here are our reflections:

My favourite form of "The Arts" is piano because I play the piano. I like it and I've been playing piano since Prep.  Orison

My favourite form of "The Arts" is Circus because it is similar to gymnastics and I get to do acrobatics trapeze and trampolining in Circus.  Mila

My favourite form of "The Arts" is playing the piano because I have been playing it since prep and I find it really fun to learn new notes and chords.  Kayla

My favourite form of The Arts is Singing because you get to express yourself through your voice and tune of a song or melody.  Sophie

My favourite form of The Arts is visual arts, specifically drawing or sketching with grey lead because you can express yourself and create anything you want with pencil and paper.  Ellie

My favourite form of "The Arts" is musical theatre because it is fun and I get to express myself in singing and acting.  Camyra

My favourite form of the arts is drawing with grey led pencil because it makes me feel free and calm.  Harrison

Drawing with grey led and colours, is my favourite form of "The Arts" because it is very easy without going on the technology.  Hugo

Playing the guitar, is my favourite form of "The Arts" because I love learning new things. Joshua

My favourite form of "The Arts" is acting because I like being on stage. I like being on stage because it makes me feel nervous and excited.  Doyoen

My favourite form of "The Arts" is circus because I love doing fun tricks and going upside down on the aerial, straps and trapeze.  Audrey

Making things with clay, is my favourite form of "The Arts"  because it makes my hands calm and it is fun.  Paul

I have to say I loved all of arts week but what I loved the most was dancing and singing and when Camyra,  Maddy and I performed for the class, I really enjoyed it!  Margot

My favourite form of the arts is visual arts because I like drawing, painting and many more. Madison

My favourite form of arts is Marshall arts because it good for your mind and body. Roman

My favourite form of arts is Music because I like listening to my favourite artists.  Mason

I love all kinds of art, but some I am most passionate about is music, circus and art with crayons. I love showcasing my work to my parents. I love it because you are moving around without a care in the world and you just do what you feel like. Sunday

Year 2 - Excursion to Werribee Mansion

When I first arrived at Werribee Mansion, I noticed that the farm was humongous and it had 80,000 sheep. It also had a blacksmith.  Zachary

After visiting Werribee Mansion, I liked the bus ride because I saw a blue Corvette. Oscar 

When I first arrived at Werribee Mansion, I noticed that there were big and small radios and basketball trophies. In the 1800s, some people had nannies and butlers. Konstantine 

One thing that was different in the 1800s for school was they used slate boards and cloth instead of whiteboards and books.  Mila 

My favourite part of Werribee Mansion was the lake and grotto. We saw some swans, ducks, a stork and walked around.  Navy

My favourite part of visiting Werribee Mansion was when me and Kozi were doing an interesting puppet show. Everyone was laughing at our play because it was very very very very weird, so we started laughing too. It was just too funny for us and we couldn’t stop laughing.  Lisa

I loved doing the scavenger hunt and looking at all of the old-fashioned dresses. Annabelle

My favourite part of visiting Werribee Mansion was seeing the puppet show because it was very funny. It made me laugh and giggle. The puppet show was hilarious and it made my friends laugh. Theo

My favourite part of visiting Werribee Mansion was the kids' room because it had so many interesting toys and dolls.  Mischa 

My favourite part of visiting Werribee Mansion was eating our snack and lunch on the lawn because it was a sunny day and we got to play tag. Eveie

When I first arrived at Werribee Mansion, I didn’t think it would’ve been so big! We couldn't have done it without our parent helper Michael-Angelo’s mum, Marina. Henry 

Something I will remember about Werribee Mansion is in the dining room, two women worked on the food. It usually took half an hour to cook literally everything. The Chirnside family, who lived at this mansion, said it took too long. They were angry they had to get new workers over and over, and it got frustrating.  Luca

Something I was shocked about in the1800s is that kids would stay in their room with their nanny until they were 16 or 17. They couldn’t spend time with their parents in the other rooms of the house. The only time they could spend time with their family was when they came together for dinner. When most children turned 16 or 17, they would get a job as a maid or something like that.  Eleanor

Around the corner, a lake was there. And an island that was in the middle. I loved how the island was made. Ethan L

One thing I learnt about life in the 1800s was that kids back then had to be extremely lucky to join dinner parties with their family and show off to their guests if they were under 16. Rose

I enjoyed eating our snack on the step and on the lawn at the mansion, I also enjoyed playing tiggy on the lawn. It was really fun. My lunch was a sandwich and some sweet treats. Werribee Mansion was massive and awesome. I had loads of fun. It was the best day ever.  Carter

My very favourite part of visiting Werribee Mansion was the very cool, interesting, funny, competitive, adventurous, plus very, very sleepy and funny bus ride!  Michael-Angelo

When I went to Werribee Mansion, my favourite bit was going in the mansion and looking at what they did in the 1800s. I loved it.   Robbie 

The people who lived at Werribee Mansion had to walk up the stairs in a unique and fancy way. The girls had to hold the right of their dress. The boys had to put their left hand behind their back. Our guide at the mansion said girls wear their dress really tight around the waist using a corset. Ethan U

When we went to the Werribee Mansion, in the kids' room, girls had to play with wooden dolls and boys had to play with wooden soldiers.  Amira