Specialists

MUSIC

Congratulations to the following students on the results of their recent piano exams.

Nicholas Chen                  Preliminary B+

Leo Wright-Duncan         Preliminary B+

Edward Brophy                 Grade 2A

Lachie Alexander             Grade 3B

Isaac Wright-Duncan      Grade 3A

CLUB NEWS

Old Book Club

On Wednesdays, our School Captains and Youth ambassadors: Remy, Tom, Skylar and Edward run an Old Book Club in the Foundation Foyer. They read books Feelings and People this month to help junior students to recognise their feelings and their personal identity. 

They also ran a craft session after share reading to help foundation students express the connection they have with the books.

LOTE 

Chinese culture plays an important part in engaging students in language learning. Students learn to appreciate the traditional Chinese poetry by recognising the rhyming patterns and rythms. The picked up the Mandarin phonics more easily by hearing and singing the poems. 

This is Harrison, Nicky, Jai and Bodhi from Year 1C to present their beautiful reading of a Chinese poem “Empathy with Farmers”.

In year 5 and 6, we invited the Academy of Guzheng (Chinese Zithers) for an incursion. The principal Sherry had brought in 11 Guzheng instuments and her breathtaking music to our school. The students learnt beautiful terminology for the instruments – strings are mountains and diagonal bridges are flying birds. They learnt that one simple instrument can express gentle tunes as well as powerful and energetic pieces.