Performing Arts Term One 2023

Welcome Back! This term we are studying Dance!

Prep students are being introduced to simple dances and warm-up routines: Let's Dance! 

Years 1 and 2 are learning some dances from other cultures: Let's Dance Around the World!

Years 5 and 6 are focusing on indigenous dance: Shake A Leg! 

Click on the slides below for some of the dances we have been practising in class. You can dance anytime!

Underneath these slides are other dance tutorials and study breaks provided by Stomp! that you can do if you are in isolation during the term.

Isolation Activities for Term 1 2023

Please click on the slides below for links to dance tutorial and study breaks from Stomp!

Please click on the links below to access these classes. You may need to open them in a new tab.

Prep - 2 Dance Study Break Catchy Song: 

https://youtu.be/WhaPynq42zQ

Grades 3- 6 Dance Study Break Don't Start Now: 

https://youtu.be/n8HL7PhkJCw

Connections! 

Cast Information, song lyrics and audio tracks

  Click on the slides below for the audio track and lyrics of your concert song. You can practice anytime!

Underneath these slides are other dance tutorials and study breaks provided by Stomp! that you can do if you are in isolation during the term.

Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (Or until we are all back on site which looks like being sooner!)

For ALL students, Stomp! Dance Company have kindly provided some more  Dance Study Breaks. 

Please click on the links below to access these classes. You may need to open them in a new tab.

Prep - 2 Dance Study Break Dance by DNCE: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VLtN9LT_YI

Grades 3- 6 Dance Study Break Break My Heart: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpJ5LSDhFlM

For ALL students in Years Prep, 1, 2, 5 and 6  please continue to learn the lyrics  and dance moves for Paprika.

You are also free to scroll through any of the previous slide shows below to practise some of your favourite dances.

For students in Years 5 and 6, please consider preparing a short item (1-2 minutes) of something that you have a talent for or interest in. [See Slide 13 on the Let's Perform Slide Show].  

Performing Arts in Term Four 2021

Welcome Back!

Stomp! Dance Company have kindly provided some Dance Study Breaks. These are mini Dance Tutorials. One is for students in Years Prep to Year 2. The other one is for students in Years 3 to 6.

Please click on the links below to access these classes. You may need to open them in a new tab.

Prep - 2 Dance Study Break Catchy Song: 

https://youtu.be/WhaPynq42zQ

Grades 3- 6 Dance Study Break Don't Start Now: 

https://youtu.be/n8HL7PhkJCw

For ALL students in Years Prep, 1, 2, 5 and 6 you will find the lyrics to the Japanese song: Paprika in the PDF below.

If there are any Year 3 or 4 students who would also like to learn the choreography and / or song lyrics, please access these through either the Prep - 2 Slide Show or the Years 5 and 6 Slide Show below.

Weeks 1 and 2  - Learning From Home

Years 5 and 6

Whilst we are still studying Dance, we are going to be focusing on performance in general. This will give you even more opportunities to lead your learning.

To start the term we are recapping the work from Term 3. This includes learning / revising Paprika. You will probably find it most helpful to print out the lyrics (above) when learning the song if you haven't already done so.

The main tasks for the next two weeks are: 

1.  Dance Warm up

2. Learn the dance moves for Paprika

3. Learn the Japanese lyrics for Paprika

4.  Complete, refine and practise your choreography if you haven't already done this.

5. For those students who have completed these tasks, please look at Slide 13 - the final slide - for further learning.

Please read and view the slide show carefully so you know what to do. 

Let's Perform!

Weeks 1 and 2  - Learning From Home

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term we are going to continue with Dance  and hopefully add in some more singing and music when we return onsite to school.  

In the meantime,  Let's Keep Dancing Around the World!

I hope you enjoyed learning  all the international dances we did last term.  

For the first two weeks of this term we will be learning some Bhangra dance moves from India / Pakistan. You will be mirroring the moves and can create your own choreography for this dance. 

We are also continuing to learn all of the dance choreography (moves) of the Japanese song: Paprika and learning to sing all of the lyrics in Japanese.  It takes a lot of practice to sing the lyrics. 

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links. If you need to, you can slow  down any You Tube video by going to the 'settings' icon and changing the playback speed.  This can be very useful for learning dance moves and Japanese song lyrics!

Have fun dancing and singing!

Performing Arts in Term Three 2021

Weeks 9 and 10  - Learning From Home

For ALL students, Stomp! Dance Company have kindly provided 2 Dance Tutorials. One is for students in Years Prep to Year 2. The other one is for students in Years 3 to 6.

Please click on the links below to access these classes. You may need to open them in a new tab.

Prep - 2 Dance Tutorial Link Move Your Feet: 

https://video.link/w/2If5c

Grades 3- 6 Dance Tutorial Link Mi Gente: 

https://video.link/w/oIf5c

For ALL students in Years Prep, 1, 2, 5 and 6 you will find the lyrics to the Japanese song: Paprika in the PDF below.

If there are any Year 3 or 4 students who would also like to learn the choreography and / or song lyrics, please access these through either the Prep - 2 Slide Show or the Years 5 and 6 Slide Show below.

Years 5 and 6

To finish the term we are having a Japanese focus. You will probably find it most helpful to print out the lyrics  (above) when learning the song.

The main tasks for the next two weeks are: 

1.  Dance Warm up

2. Learn the dance moves for Paprika

3. Learn the Japanese lyrics for Paprika

4.  Complete, refine and practise your choreography if you haven't already done this.

Please read and view the slide show carefully so you know what to do. 

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term is our Movement and Dance term.  Let's Dance Around the World!

I hope you enjoyed learning the Vietnamese Dance which celebrates Tet and creating your own dance choreography to go with  the Vietnamese New Year song.

For the next two weeks we will be revising (practising and improving) the international dances that we have been learning. You can continue to create some choreography for these dances and we will share your ideas next term. 

We are also continuing to learn all of the dance choreography (moves) of the Japanese song: Paprika and learning to sing all of the lyrics in Japanese.  It takes a lot of practice to sing the lyrics. 

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links. If you need to, you can slow  down any You Tube video by going to the 'settings' icon and changing the playback speed.  This can be very useful for learning dance moves and Japanese song lyrics!

Have fun dancing and singing!

Week 8  - Learning From Home

Years 5 and 6

This week is the 4th and final lesson you will have to create the choreography for your dance.

It is also an opportunity for you to practise and refine your choreography.  Remember, it is perfectly ok to repeat your movements - most dances do this.

For any students who still haven't started or are not very far into the creating process, please catch up by watching the earlier slide shows, especially 10th August in the posts below.  

If getting together with your partner or group has been too difficult during remote learning, please don’t worry - just create whatever you can on your own. We will spend time catching up and practising the dance moves when we’re actually at school.  

The main tasks today are to: 

1.  Warm up

2.  Complete and refine your choreography

3.  Practise your choreography

Please read and view the slide show carefully so you know what to do. 

Week 8  - Learning From Home

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term is our Movement and Dance term.  Let's Dance Around the World!

I hope you enjoyed learning the Tarantella dance from Italy. It is a very fast dance! I wonder if any of the Year 2 students (or others) tried the Tarantella challenges?

 This week we are mirroring a  Vietnamese Dance which celebrates Tet and creating our own dance choreography (moves) to go with  a Vietnamese New Year song.

Please also keep learning the dance choreography (moves) from the Japanese song: Paprika, singing the chorus and  having a try to learn Verse 1 in Japanese.  It takes a lot of practice to sing the lyrics.

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links. If you need to, you can slow  down any You Tube video by going to the 'settings' icon and changing the playback speed.  This can be very useful for learning dance moves and Japanese song lyrics!

Have fun dancing and singing!

Week 7  - Learning From Home

Years 5 and 6

This week is the 3rd lesson you have had to create the choreography for your dance.

By the end of today, you should have been able to complete all your choreography (at least 60 seconds).

For any students who still haven't started or are not very far into the creating process, you will need to catch up by watching the earlier slide shows, especially 10th August in the posts below.  

Remember, it is perfectly ok to repeat your movements - most dances do this.

The main tasks today are to: 

1.  Warm up

2.  Continue and complete creating your choreography

3.  Practise your choreography

Please read and view the slide show carefully so you know what to do. 

Week 7  - Learning From Home

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term is our Movement and Dance term.  Let's Dance Around the World!

I hope you enjoyed creating your own dance choreography to go with the Korean Scarf Dance last week. Thank you to the students who sent photos or videos of their dances. You did not have to do this, but I certainly enjoyed seeing you have fun with this dance.

This week we are going to learn the Tarantella - a dance from Italy!  

Please also keep learning the dance choreography (moves) from the Japanese song: Paprika, singing the chorus and  having a try to learn Verse 1 in Japanese.

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links.

Have fun dancing and singing!

Week 6  - Learning From Home

Years 5 and 6

Hopefully by today you are  well on your way with  creating your choreography for your dance.

As a guideline, by the end of today, you should have been able to create at least 30 seconds worth of choreography.  That's about half of the dance.

Remember, it is perfectly ok to repeat your movements - most dances do this.

The main tasks today are to: 

1.  Warm up

2.  Continue to plan your choreography

3.  Practise your choreography created so far

Please read and view the slide show carefully so you know what to do. 

Week 6  - Learning From Home

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term is our Movement and Dance term.  Let's Dance Around the World!

This week we are watching a  Korean Scarf Dance and creating our own dance choreography (moves) to go with it.

We are also continuing to learn some of the dance choreography (moves) from the Japanese song: Paprika and will be practising singing the chorus. We are also going to try to learn Verse 1 in Japanese.

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links.

Have fun dancing and singing!

Week 5  - Learning From Home

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term is our Movement and Dance term.  Let's Dance Around the World!

This week we are practising the Mexican Hat Dance and creating our own the dance choreography (moves) to go with it.

We are also learning some of the dance choreography (moves) from the Japanese song: Paprika and will be practising singing the chorus.

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links.

Have fun dancing and singing!

Preparation for lessons in Week 4 and beyond

Please  bring your instrumental piece of music that you will be using for your dance and your success criteria plus any choreography ideas to your next Performing Arts lesson onsite at school. 

Week 2  - Learning From Home

Prep, Year 1 and Year 2

This term is our Movement and Dance term.  Let's Dance Around the World!

This week we are learning to dance the Mexican Hat Dance and learning some of the dance choreography (moves) from the Japanese song: Paprika.

Please watch the slide show for all the instructions and YouTube links.

Have fun dancing!

Years 5 and 6

Preparation for lessons in Week 3 and beyond

Reminder for all students in Years 5 and 6 (except 5S who haven't had a Performing Arts lesson with me yet for this term)

Please start looking for your instrumental piece of music that you will be using for your dance. It should be from a different country or culture if possible.

Term 2 2021

Week 8  - Learning From Home

This week we are combining  Drama (puppets) and singing.

Prep

‘Sing’ is one of my favourite songs – it was created for Sesame Street in 1971 – so it’s been around for a VERY long time. You might know it, already too.

Sesame Street: Charlie Puth Sings Sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-f6aboKAEE 

Activities:  Watch and listen to the Charlie Puth song. The actual singing starts at 1.10.

You will need to listen a few times to learn the song if you haven’t heard it before. Have a try at singing it.

Make a sock puppet. (see photo in last week’s activities) All you need is one sock - no need to decorate it (unless you want to). Put the sock on your hand and create a mouth that opens and closes.  Use your fingers as the top of the mouth and your thumb as the jaw.

See if you can get your puppet to sing along with Charlie and the Muppets.

Years 1 and 2

‘Sing’ is one of my favourite songs – it was created for Sesame Street in 1971 – so it’s been around for a VERY long time. You might know it, already too.

It was also made famous by a brother and sister music duo called The Carpenters in 1973.

Here are 2 versions of this song.

Activity 1: Listen to the Charlie Puth song. The actual singing starts at 1.10. Have a try at singing it. When you think you know the words, have a try at getting your sock puppet to sing it. Challenge: Have a sock on each hand and sing a puppet duet!

Sesame Street: Charlie Puth Sings Sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-f6aboKAEE 

Activity 2: Listen to this version sung by The Carpenters. It is sung in Japanese.

The Carpenters: Sing 「シング」(Live at Budokan 1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_84JQM0CU

We will be learning the lyrics in Japanese when we are back onsite at school.

Years 5 and 6

Last week your activity was to: Start to think about /create your own character by writing down (on paper or digitally) some of its personality traits, the way it might move and the voice it might have.  Create a back story for it if you like.

Thank you to the students who g-mailed me their plans and ideas. This was not a requirement but I enjoyed seeing what you were thinking.

If you didn’t complete last week’s activity, you will need to do that first because ….

This week’s activity is to take the character you created and put it into one of the following scenarios (or choose your own):

Lost in a shopping centre

At a sporting match (could be a player or spectator)

Setting up a campsite

About to go on a holiday

Using the following question starters [What, where, when, why, how and who], create a short speech (soliloquy – ideas spoken by a character to itself) of about 6-8 sentences. If you can, justify your thinking (explain the reasons why or the reasons for your actions). Try and get the personality of your puppet across to the audience in your expression and tone of voice as well as in your choice of words.

Use a sock as your puppet (see photo in last week’s activities) to practise your speech. You do not have to make your own puppet – unless you want to. If you have a puppet already at home that has a mouth that opens and closes, you could use that.

Soliloquy example: Scenario is ‘Visiting the Zoo’

“Wow, I can’t wait to go to the Zoo on the weekend. Dad said he’d be able to take Sally and me.  I hope the weather is going to be sunny because I’ll get better photos for the competition. I think I’ll visit the lemur enclosure first because they’ll be quite active in the morning and I should get some interesting pictures. If I’m lucky, some of them will be swinging on the ropes. Then maybe I’ll check out the seals. Feeding time is at 11.00am. I’ll definitely get some action shots there.”

Notice how [What, where, when, why, how and who] were included in the information.

Today you are creating (writing) and practising / rehearsing your soliloquy. There is no requirement to video yourself or to upload your script.

Remember to be audible and speak with expression when you are rehearsing so that the audience knows which emotions you are feeling.

Hope to see you all back at school soon,

Kind regards,

Mrs Vella

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 2 - Learning From Home

As we have been studying Drama this term and puppets in particular, I thought that you might like to watch the following videos:

Prep

We're Going On a Bear Hunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iou5LV9dRP0 

Activity:  Go on your own 'Bear Hunt' in your backyard. It might be to look for a teddy. 

If you like, draw a picture of where you found your bear (or other favourite toy) OR draw a map of your adventure, showing the places you went in your backyard to look for your bear. 

Years 1 and 2

Mahna Mahna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ  [This has an extra part on the end that we haven't watched in class]

Sesame Street: ABC Hip Hop With Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-f6aboKAEE 

Activity: Choose one of your favourite songs and have a try at getting your sock puppet to sing it. Remember, all you need is one sock - no need to decorate it (unless you want to). Put the sock on your hand and create a mouth that opens and closes.  Use your fingers as the top of the mouth and your thumb as the jaw.