Performing Arts

Performing Arts lessons are provided by a specialist teacher with a highly engaging program catering for music, media, dance and drama designed to develop and build confidence within the students as well as evolve their artistic preferences through creativity and expression. Students access one lesson of Performing Arts per week throughout the year.

Junior primary students are provided with music lessons that not only offer the opportunity for group work, musical reflection and performance skills, but also a program that further develops their phonological awareness.

Our middle and upper primary students are provided with the opportunity to use a variety of musical instruments. These include percussion, bucket drums, boomwhakers, recorders, ukulele and computers for digital music.

The drama program offered is specifically planned to build and develop the skills in a progressive manner from Reception through to Year 6. Students are provided with various activities that are age appropriate and develop their confidence and cooperation through skills based games, voice activities, group work, play building and performance skills.

Students are also offered the opportunity to perform at school assemblies and concerts.

Opportunities for senior students include:

• Wakikirri (a nationwide Festival for Australian schools that provides a platform for students to express their thoughts, ideas, and aspirations through the art of storytelling and dance.)
• and Primary Schools Music Festival Choir (a school based choral education program brought to schools by the SA Public Primary Schools Music Society and the Department for Education.)

Students work together in classes to develop and then perform a piece at the annual End of Year Concert for our families on stage on our school oval.

Department for Education Instrumental Music lessons are offered to Years 5 and 6 students in Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Trumpet and Trombone in a specialised program. External, private instrumental music teachers provide individual and group lessons at school in guitar and keyboard, if requested for any students across Reception to Year 6 (subject to availability).

Classroom teachers provide engaging visual arts lessons through their learning program across the year.