This week myself and three of our Grade 6 Captains – Annie, Claudia and Ruby had the lucky job of watching the auditions for the TPPS Talent Show.
We were mesmerized, enchanted and thrilled by the various talents we got to witness throughout the school from Foundation to Grade 6. What struck us most was the courage that shone through with which these young people, who either nervously walked or boldly marched into the room and then just broke into their act in front of 4 judges – quite a confronting situation but one with which they all took on with poise! Such dare on display. It was fabulous! We were delighted with – singing, dancing, comedy acts, joke-telling, magic illusions, card tricks, acting skits, skipping, gymnastics, bottle-flipping, soccer skills and playing of musical instruments – piano, guitar, violin and bouzouki. Today the announcements of who has successful made it through to the finals happened – FOUNDATION Tijana Lily & Priscilla Charlotte & Annika Eva Arjonette GRADE 1 Lucas & Jamie Grace & Lucy Luke Maddi, Madi & Lily Daniella Kate Matisse Aryana Jack & James Aliya & Marli Kaylee & Mikayla GRADE 2 Josh, Hudson, Taiven & Ari Rihanna & Rihanna Ruby & Maddison Jemma GRADE 3 William Christian Shylah, Annie, Christina, Taryn, Moses & Josiah GRADE 4 Eleni, Charlotte & Raegan Abraham Maya Jasmine, Kara & Tianna Sisi, Chanel, Jade, Ava & Sarah Savi Theodore Ellie, Ella & Adelaide Melina GRADE 5 Allara, Olivia, Effie, Emily, Mia & Amy Jesse Annabel, Sarah, Sam & Isabella GRADE 6 Mia Julia, Lexy & Ruby Helia Jennah Holly Chelsea, Lana, Arabella & Sheridan Finals will take place in the School Hall on the following lunchtimes: Foundation to Grade 2 - Monday 28th November, Grade 3 & 4 - Tuesday 29th November and Grade 5 & 6 - Wednesday 30th November. Audiences from our School Community are welcome to attend. Reminders for the finalists: · Please use the time until your Finals performance to perfect your act! · Your act needs to be similar as to what you did at the audition, you may change your song if your wish or add more jokes, magic tricks and lengthen your performance. · We are looking for a performance over 1 minute but no longer than 2 minutes. · You need to bring all props and equipment you require. · If you’d like to wear a costume. Bring it to school to change into on the day. · If you need music, you must tell Mrs. Daly by Wednesday 23rd November so that will be ready for you on Finals Day. Break a leg!
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School Choir auditions were held on Wednesday 12th and Monday 17th October, students then had a week to wait whilst Grade 4 students attended camp. So during week 4, 33 students found out that they were successful at the auditions and came along to commence the planning for our first arrangement we will be learning. Congratulations to all those students!!
Choir rehearsals are on Mondays during session 6 and most Tuesday lunchtimes. We are hoping to make our debut performance at Week 9 School Assembly - Wednesday 30th November. Term 4 the following units of work are underway –
Grade 3 and 3/4R are working on developing a character, looking at unique qualities to do with their voice, thinking, actions, personality, movement, appearance and designing the character’s costume. Grade 4 are creating their own band in small groups. They are researching what genre of music their band will play along with the type of instruments and vocals they’ll include in their song – an original or cover. Grade 5 have put forward a proposal to undertake a performing arts project. They have had to include a dance, drama and music element – many have proposed to create a movie featuring a dance to an original or altered song. It has been a fun term with each Grade 3 class working on a dance about Japan. Why Japan you may ask - to showcase what we may expect to see during Rio’s Closing Ceremony and the Opening ceremony from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Students discussed what elements Japan would want to show the world – Cherry Blossom Trees, Bullet trains, Mt Fuji, Sushi, Noodles, Karate, Sumo Wrestling and the new or returning sports in the 2020 games. Grade 4 students including 3/4R have been a delight to work with as each grade worked collaboratively with me to choreograph a class dance. They researched what they thought was important for Brazil to show the world during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, they then developed dance steps in small groups which were then used for the whole class dance. I have been most impressed with the enthusiasm and level of commitment shown by the students to do their best dance performance.
Grade 3 and 4 students came together on Wednesday 14th September, to share their dances with one another. It was a lot of fun and a great way to celebrate their learning in Performing Arts this term. This term the Olympic topic continued with Grade 5 students working on iMovies. We had movies about the Olympic torch lighting in Greece, the Olympic Torch relay, Olympic mascots, Cathy Freeman, Brazilian athletes, Team sports in Rio, Australian athletes medal history, Australian Men’s Basketball, BMX Racing and the commencement of the Modern Olympics to name a few. It was great to see the creativity of the students as they used skits, images, songs and videos to get their information and message across to their audience. |
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