The Arts Programme
Have you got a child in year five or six? Have they come home buzzing on
a Wednesday? They must have been doing the arts programme!
The arts programme is an entertaining way for the year 5 and 6 kids to
learn about performing arts, stay active, and enjoy themselves at the same
time. In these sessions you learn about drama, dance, marketing, fine arts,
wearable arts and creative writing.
Our news crew journalists take part in the dance and drama sessions and
we would like to share our experience with you.
Drama -
If you ask your child how school was and they reply with *ugh*, maybe
it’s because they’re too exhausted from all the dancing and acting, moving
their bodies around like little butterflies. We have been preparing for the
upcoming production, The Lion King.
Sophia Pederson is our incredibly talented drama teacher so is Mrs
Thrush, who also helps with the teaching of drama. We are lucky that
Sophia could squeeze us into her schedule.
Sophia and Mrs Thrush teach us to project our voices so that we can be
heard by the audience. It wasn’t so difficult to learn. We stood up straight
and we made sure we had eye contact with the person that we were talking to. We
learnt how to speak loudly without shouting.
We move our bodies in each direction to express our emotion. We are
given a script and we use our body and facial expressions to become the
character in the play.
Sadly, not all our amazing kids can have the privilege to be part of
this extraordinary drama journey. Even if we were extremely talented
kids, confident that we can accomplish it, we had no control of what
group of the art programme we were going to be part of.
Dance -
Did you enjoy reading about drama? Now you have to read about dance. In
this specific section, you will experience the power of dance through our
writing!
Sophia Pederson is our dance teacher along with Mrs Kiata. In dance, we
throw out our arms and boogie to the beat! We learn about how dance isn’t all
about pointed toes and flat backs, but it’s about enjoying yourself and using the capacity of our bodies to express emotions or tell
stories through dance. We have been practicing The Circle of Life dance
for the lion king production The kids who are selected to be in the
dance programme are privileged, because not everyone gets to be part of this
amazing class!
By Doris Hsu, Amy Harrison and Elsa Maddock, the News Crew 2019
You have summed up all of the awesome creative activity that has been going on in the Tuakana whanau so well. I especially love the hints and tips to help my singing!
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