What’s Happening in Performing Arts in Term 1 2026

FOUNDATION:

For Term 1, the Foundation students will be exploring the Performing Arts subject of Music.  They will discover sounds created from instruments and explore and listen to different types of music. They will identify what types of sounds and music they enjoy and why, through exploring pitch and rhyming patterns. Additionally, they will collaborate and explore singing and use imagination skills to create music.

GRADE 1 & 2:

The Year 1 and Year 2 students will be focusing on the Performing Arts subject of Drama. Throughout Term 1, students will be given opportunities to explore their favourite stories and break down and understand characters and settings through play. They will be linking the elements of Drama to create and collaborate their own unique fairy tale story.

GRADE 3 & 4:

In Term 1, the Grade 3 and Grade 4 students will be focusing on the Performing Arts subject of Drama. This term will focus on students developing and understanding drama elements and the importance of each for storytelling. They will be creating a character from scratch and transforming this character into a puppet. These puppets will then be used in short performances put on by the Grade 3 and Grade 4 students.

GRADE 5:

In Term 1, the Year 5 students will begin to understand the elements of drama. They will develop their understanding of the power of voice, character, settings and movement to help convey stories and characters. Students will be showcased what drama looks like around the world, expanding their knowledge and understandings of diverse drama practices, forms and styles. They will be researching myths and legends, and rehearsing, planning and performing a story that they have created as a group.

GRADE 6:

Year 6:
This Term, the Year 6 students will be deepening their understandings of music. They will be focusing on understanding how elements such as pitch, rhythm and tempo are used and the importance of each element. In Term 1, Year 6 students will be rehearsing, learning and creating raps as well as creating unconventional instruments out of various materials. The Year 6 students will also be given opportunities to practice and play instruments as well as use technologies to create and explore sounds.