Performing Arts Report
Years Prep - 2: Puppet Shows
This term in Performing Arts, Prep-2 students have been exploring the wonderful world of puppet shows. Students worked in small groups and were given a storybook as inspiration. Books included Wombat Stew, Tiddalick the Frog, The Three Horrid Pigs, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and many more. After reading through their stories together, each student selected a character to design and bring to life as a puppet.Students began by planning their puppet designs, carefully choosing the materials they would need such as felt, fabric, wool, buttons, cardboard and more. Once their ideas were set, our Grade 1/2 students moved on to creating their own storyboards and scripts. Many groups showed impressive creativity, adapting their original stories with imaginative twists. We had a group reinvent Wombat Stew as Wombat Lollipop, where the animals worked together to make a new lollipop flavour. Another group created The Broccoli That Cried Donut along with many other entertaining interpretations.We then held a special Puppet Creation Day where all Prep-2 students used their designs to build their puppets using a range of materials. Our Prep and Year 1 students were supported by their buddies, making the day not only productive but also a wonderful opportunity to connect and collaborate. Finally, most students were able to rehearse and perform their puppet shows for their peers. It was wonderful to see the engagement, teamwork, creativity and persistence each student displayed throughout the process
Performing Arts Report
Years 3-6: Shrek The Musical JR.
It has been a massive and exciting year in Performing Arts for our Grade 3 - 6 students. We are incredibly proud of all students who performed in Shrek Jr. a couple of weeks ago. The professionalism they showed and their dedication to making the production the best it could be was outstanding.
Throughout the year, students have taken part in every stage of the performance process. They have workshopped skills in each discipline including acting, singing and dancing. They have auditioned for roles, worked with scripts, learnt musical numbers and built their confidence through regular rehearsals. Many students also gave up their snack and lunch times to practise, showing an impressive level of commitment.
Students demonstrated a wide range of production skills such as using microphones, performing choreography, managing costumes and make up, and working safely with props and large set pieces. Their enthusiasm and teamwork helped bring the world of Shrek Jr. to life on stage.
We could not be prouder of the final performance and the incredible talent our students continue to share with the QPS community.
3/4R News
Throughout the term, Year 3/4 students have been learning about Australia and its neighbours. On Friday 31 October, Jenny Tait-Robertson came in to speak to students about Papua New Guinea. Jenny shared photos, videos and stories about life and culture in PNG. Students enjoyed learning about one of Australia's neighbouring countries. During the rest of the term, students will work in pairs to create a video about Papua New Guinea, Indonesia or New Zealand.
STEM News
As we head toward the end of the year, it’s been so fantastic to see students be involved and enjoy another Term full of amazing science and STEM experiences.
Our school wide science focus this Term has been Earth and Space.
Prep students compared Seasons to the First Nations ‘Gariwerd Calendar’ Seasons. They investigated how the weather changes by looking at different kinds of clouds and made cloud spotters to identify the clouds they could see in the sky. They also learnt about how rainbows are formed and used water, mirrors and the sun to make rainbows. Using thermometers they could observe how temperature changes.
Year 1 and 2 students used their five senses to think about and experiment with water. They learnt about the water cycle as well as brain storming ways to be ‘water wise’. When exploring natural resources, students made a water filter and discussed why it is important to keep our water resources clean. They then learnt about the phases of the moon.
Year 3/4 students began the term observing different kinds of soil from around Queenscliff. They discussed the difference between healthy soil and unhealthy soil. Students had a visit from an archaeologist to explore rocks and minerals. They discovered and analysed artefacts from different time periods throughout history. During their weather and climate topic they participated in the ‘cloud in a jar’ experiment and learnt more about types of clouds, how clouds are formed and the water cycle.
In Year 5/6 students enjoyed the ‘Tickle my Droid’ coding incursion where they learnt more about programming, testing and recalibrating robots to roll along a desired path. They then investigated our place in space, our solar system and classified planets and dwarf planets. Between Grade 6 camp and Shrek Jr rehearsals students then investigated volcanoes. They used flour, water and food dye to learn more about how viscosity creates volcanoes of different shapes and sizes.
The remainder of the year will see Preps, Year 1 and Year 2 exploring our Solar System, Year 3/4 the importance of water and the water cycle and Year 5/6 the Earth and moon.
We’ve also seen some amazing growth in our veggie garden. With the incredible help from our Gardening Grannies and all those who come along to gardening club at lunch time on Wednesdays we have planted, watered, weeded and harvested bucket loads of rainbow chard, silver beet, beetroot, carrots, lettuce, spinach, fennel, lemons, oranges, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, snow peas, herbs, spring onion, potatoes and kale. The garden has never looked better and we can’t wait to continue looking after our plants and watching them grow for the remainder of the year and into 2026.
Stay curious!
Mrs Vistarini
