Dear Year 6 Families,

Year 6 rehearsals for the school musical, ‘Jonah's Druthers’ will take place in the Performing Arts Centre (PAC) auditorium on Mondays after school next term with Miss McKennall and Ms Cook. These are the only drama rehearsals, so attendance is compulsory.

For duty of care requirements, students must be picked up directly from the PAC by their carer, UNLESS you notify class teachers of other plans in writing prior to the rehearsal beginning (for example, student walks home, is being picked up by someone else, joins sports practice in another part of the school).

In the past, the staff at OSHC have collected students who would normally be at OSHC for that afternoon, so check with OSHC about this. Wherever possible, we have allowed for earlier pick-up times so please check the schedule carefully.

We encourage students to bring extra snacks, water, and have their homework/quiet activity with them (no devices). They will have short breaks during the rehearsal time. We have endeavoured to not have students sitting around waiting, but sometimes this is inevitable. Students are expected to be able to wait quietly if other scenes are being rehearsed.

Students need to have their lines learnt by the first rehearsal. The script is available through Google Classroom. This will be a task for the school holidays!

Date	Scenes	Students Required
Monday 27/4/2026 Term 2 Week 1 3:10 - 5:30pm	Scene 1 & 2	Cadence, Ethan, Ariana, Zac M, John, Mairik, Benji, Max, Joshua, Vin, Ben, Evan, Liam, Yasmin, Rafiki, Grace, Jacob, Ned, Sienna V, Coco, Reuben
	4:15pm	Cadence, Ethan, Ariana, Zac, John, Mairik, Benji, Max CAN GO HOME

Monday 4/5/2026 Term 2 Week 2 3:10 - 5:30pm	Scene 3, 4 & 5	Sienna B, Cadence, Ariana, Charlotte, Zachary R, Josh, Yasmin, Rafiki, Grace, Jacob, Ned
	4:15pm	Sienna, Cadence, Ariana, Charlotte, Zachary CAN GO HOME

Monday 11/5/2026 Term 2 Week 3 3:10 - 5:30pm	Scene 6, 7 & 8	Josh, Vin, Ben, Evan, Liam, Sienna V, Coco, Reuben, Ethan, Zac M, John, Mairik, Benji, Max, Sienna B, Zachary R, Charlotte

Monday 18/5/2026 Term 2 Week 4 3:10-5:30	Scene 9 & 10	All Year 6 students

Monday 25/5/2026 Term 2 Week 5 3:10-5:30	Full run through!	All Year 6 students

Monday 1/6/2026 Term 2 Week 6 3:10-5:30	Full run through again!	All Year 6 students

Tips for learning your lines and songs:

Rehearse small chunks for short periods of time, several times a day. An hour of practice, broken up into 4 x 15 minute sessions throughout the day will help you to learn the bits faster than one solid hour.
Rehearse every day!
Either record yourself saying all of the dialogue (with your lines missing) and play it back to learn your own lines, OR get parents, siblings, grandparents, or friends to read along with you.
Have the music on throughout the day as you are doing other things... It helps to get it into your brain!
Rehearse in scene order. We are starting from the beginning, so if you are having real trouble learning all of it during the holidays, focus on the earlier scenes as they will be blocked first.
Don't try to learn it all at once. Focus on one scene at a time, and move on once you know that one well.
For some people, writing it out or reading the script (but not always speaking) can help too.

Warm regards,

Abbey McKennall (Musical Director) and Billie Jo Cook

Abbey McKennall, Libby Spencer and Kate Tretheway (Year 6 Teachers)

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Jonah's Druthers, 2026

Issue 1 · 10 Apr 2026

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