Year 5 Drama

Dramatic? Check!

Over the top? Check!

Action!

Welcome to the world of Melodrama with the Year Fives!

Created to entertain the working classes as a form of escapism from their ordinary lives, we made links with our camp experiences at Sovereign Hill and the theatrical entertainment of Victorian times. The theatre at Sovereign Hill was home to many a hilarious melodrama performance. It was loud and exaggerated, played by easily recognisable characters with predictable storylines that everyone could relate to.

Exploring the stereotyped characters in class, like the heroes, victims, villains and sidekicks has been exciting and entertaining for everyone involved. From the evil laugh of a villain, the snivelling sidekick, to the wailing cries of a victim needing to be saved, and the grand entrance of the hero, we had fun exaggerating our facial expressions, voices and actions.

We can’t wait to costume our characters and perform them in the class. Watch this space!

Year 6 Drama – Production & Beyond

The Year Six students have truly bonded over their shared production experience this year. They have emerged as intuitive, skilled, brave, caring and insightful performers and creators of drama. While productions are about understanding your characters, their motivation, and relationships with others and communicating a narrative in a believable and entertaining way, they are not limited to just that. The production experience has been transformative and encourages a growth mindset for all involved. Wonderful friendships are born, students collaborate, support each other, challenge themselves beyond their comfort zones and discover just how brave and capable they really are.

Fresh off the production, we have used our “tool kit” of skills and adventurous minds to explore the world of improvisation. Working as a team, quick thinking and using our imaginations to create entertaining, clever and engaging scenarios has been both rewarding and so much fun!

Year 3 & 4 Choreographic Discoveries

We have had an exciting start to dance this term, exploring our choreographic skills. Discovering the ways we can influence and vary our movement patterns using stillness, canon timing, tempo, and rhythms allowed us to create interesting dance compositions.

Creating motifs is another fun way for us to add a movement theme to our dance compositions. We discovered there are so many ways to add, vary and build on a simple movement to make it more complex, interesting and sophisticated. Innovation at its best!

Sarena Wong