Prep A caught up with the other Prep classes this week. Here is the brainstorm they did:

All classes continued to think about the structure, identifying musical structures using the words verse, chorus, bridge […]

1A and 1C began exploring their new How We Express Ourselves unit this week (1B are working on something for their assembly next week!). The central idea for this unit is

The choices people make

when […]

This week, Prep classes started to think about a new stand alone music unit with the central idea:

Compositions can be organised
using musical structures.
The students first completed a pre-assessment to […]

This week, Reception classes started to think about pitch.
We used a song from the story Noah’s Ark to help us think about the voices of four different animals – mice, monkeys, bears and lions. The students were […]

This week, Pre Reception classes continued to play with the characters from The Three Little Pigs story. They used the masks that they had made to help explore the characters. The students also started to use some […]

Congratulations to Prep A for a fabulous Spotlight performance today! Students had ben working incredibly hard in rehearsals and they seemed to enjoy the final culmination of their stories unit. many thanks to Ms. […]

While 1C were preparing for their Spotlight performance, 1A and 1B were working on the same learning engagements and had the opportunity this week to perform their creations to their classmates. Each group wrote […]

We had a rather exciting Performing Arts class in Pre Reception this week! And it is the very first time in my teaching career I have conducted a lesson by torchlight! The lights were off (as the classes were […]

Congratulations to 1C for a terrific Spotlight Performance today! They worked hard to write the information that they wanted to share before deciding in their groups how they would perform this information ‘on […]

LS students may audition to perform in our Student Showcase as part of the Festival of the Arts 6-10 May. Student Showcase Audition Registration: 18-28 March. Please register your child via this link. No late […]

Prep classes are currently working with Mr. Ko. They will have one dance and one performing arts lesson per week during this time. This week was the final session with Mr. Ko – back to two performing arts classes […]

This week Reception classes continued to work on dance patterns in Performing Arts. Using ideas that came from the students last week, we focused on the following success criteria when trying to create our own […]

Prep classes are currently working with Mr. Ko again for the next few weeks. They will have one dance and one performing arts lesson per week during this time.

Grade 1 students focused on their current homeroom unit in performing arts this week:

Animals have characteristics that help them survive in their environment.

We explored some drama ideas to demonstrate the […]

Prep classes are currently working with Mr. Ko again for the next few weeks. They will have one dance and one performing arts lesson per week during this time.
In performing arts this week, students continued to […]

This week Pre Reception students were exploring drama through role play activities in performing arts. We thought about how we could be firefighters. We did some mime and simple actions to show some of the things […]

That is the question that Reception classes have been pondering this week! We have been practicing the dances we have learnt so far – Hand Jive, Chicken Dance, YMCA and Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. We then […]

Please feel free to check out this playlist of short videos that I took at the Prep – Grade 2 Chinese New Year Dress Rehearsal this morning:

WOW! Congratulations to Prep D for a fabulous Spotlight performance this morning. A special thank you to Jacob’s mother for making the great musical hats. Please view a video of the performance below:

This week Prep classes were introduced to two stories that use music to enhance the listener’s enjoyment of the book. The students listened to and responded to these two stories: