Performing Arts is always busy in classes, rehearsing and preparing for performances. Despite COVID restrictions and the recent lockdown, we have been able to continue to work and create Music and Drama following strict COVID protocols. I hope you enjoy reading what the Performing Arts students have been up to.

Year 12 Drama

We are into the final stretch of Year 12 and the Drama students only have one assessment task to complete! After studying the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, they have been tasked in creating their own group interpretation of it. As a result they are working together to create a short film. To do this they have been working to modernise the language and the context of the story Macbeth as well as working on writing the script for this. For the Year 12s this is their external assessment and is the equivalent of their exam for Drama.

Year 8 Performing Arts

As the Year 8s have not been able to start their rock band unit this term they have started building skills around instruments. The standard instruments for a rock band are ukulele/guitar, piano and drums. Year 8 students need to demonstrate certain skills on all of these instruments. After they have learnt these skills they get a chance to put them into practice, forming groups and playing as a rock band. With some students flying through these skills they have now started rehearsing with the groups.

Year 10 Music

The Year 10s have started Music this semester and hit the ground running. Part of the assessment for Music is to deliver a solo performance on an instrument. In this group of Year 10s there is a wide variety of instruments played, including flute, piano, guitar, drums and voice. They have also started their first major assessment, to describe Sonata Form, a structure of music without using music. This has led to cross curriculum learning with students using subjects like Agriculture, Technical Studies and Home Economics to name a few. This project is coming along smoothly and we will be able to show you the results in the next newsletter.

Suriya Umapathysivam

Year 9 Assembly

On the 16th of August, Miss U’s homegroup organised the first Year 9 assembly, held in the Performing Arts building. Everyone in 9UFL1 participated with different roles. It offered an experience to improve our public speaking and organisational skills. The assembly was a success, the audience was well behaved and very receptive. A music performance done by Bligh Wilson on the piano was very pleasant. The assembly concluded with a fiery ending of a science practical, conducted by two students, that involved tasting different coloured chillies. The students experienced the true spice of chillies all in the name of science.

Althea Podiotan

Seussical

Rehearsals for Seussical have officially begun! Alex Evans and Leyla Jacobson have already rehearsed the song Alone in the Universe, Ella Taylor has begun learning The One Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz and All for You, Taylor White has started learning Amayzing Mayzie, and Leyla has also started learning It’s Possible. The chorus have also begun learning the opening song Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! alongside Miss U. The cast and crew of Seussical are excited to be a part of this show, and cannot wait to be able to perform early next term.

Leyla Jacobson