Choir

After a long break, our Choir has started back! To keep a safe distance when singing and to keep within our required numbers for current COVID19 regulations, we have split choir into two groups as follows:

• Weeks 7, 8, 9 & 10  Students in choir from Grades 5 & 6

Please bring your lunch to the music room at second break so that we can start singing after we have eaten.

Looking forward to hearing you sing again!

Mrs. Rosier.

Speaking Festival 2020  

This term all classes are participating in the Speaking Festival for 2020. Each class will have the opportunity to learn a poem/monologue from their Drama Specialist teachers, Mrs McVeigh or Mrs Rosier.   

Each class will receive a hard copy of the poem to be left at home to rehearse with, along with an email from the classroom teacher with a copy of the poems attached in case your child misplaces theirs. The support you can give at home in encouraging them to say their poem daily as part of their homework is important. If the child is confident with their words, then they can give more to the energy of the presentation as well as concentrate more on the creative delivery rather than concentrating on the words.   

Each performance will be judged on certain aspects of their performance including facial expressions, projection, pace, diction, appropriate actions, use of their space particularly in the monologues and connection for the Year 4 partner work with their Poem in pairs.     

JUDGING (Wk 8-9)  

The children will have the opportunity to learn the poem in class time, however we would appreciate your support in encouraging your child to learn their words and with choosing the poem they would like to take on to compete with (if their grade has been given this option). This is a compulsory event and will be judged by a specialist teacher with the class as an audience. This will be done in Week 8 – 9 so please make sure your child is ready to compete.    

# No costumes are necessary at this stage except for Year 6 who are performing their Monologues in costume.  

 After the whole class has competed, we will choose five children from each class to go on to the finals.  

 FINALS (Wk 10)  

The Finals will be held in the last week of the term with the Year 4 – 6 classes competing in the first session followed by the Year 1 – 3 classes competing after morning tea on Monday the 14^th September.   

We look forward to a great Festival for 2020.  If you have any queries please email, 

Anita.Mcveigh@twb.catholic.edu.au  or Ebony.rosier@twb.catholic.edu.au  

Thanks for your support,  

Anita McVeigh and Ebony Rosier