Specialists

Welcome back for Term 4, and goodness, how did we get here so quickly? Every term is packed with stimulating events, but Term 4 has extra tinsel on top as we ‘clock off’ the weeks towards the end of year holidays. This term offers some wonderful opportunities for our musicians to shine and these include…

There is a little magic in the air: spring blossom and holidays are upon us, and the school grounds are looking refreshed and feel great after the kind TLC of Sunday’s working Bee! It’s been a fantastic Term of music making and togetherness as we gathered to honour and celebrate important events and achievements in…

‘Congratulations to all our performers for your outstanding development and commitment to learning your instruments. Thank you for what you bring to our community.’ Esmé. The Instrumental Music Assembly and Concert on Friday of Wk6, topped off a fantastic week of activities which included the Junior Tabloid Sports and the Year 3/4 camp, yet we…

‘Kofi and Bassidi taught us super, super well, and brought everyone alive.’ Elliot Yr3 Hello and BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO to everyone! What a sensational afternoon of drumming energy and joy we had last Friday. Four weeks of Drumming Workshops with Kofi and Bassidi have felt more like a festival of rhythm, and the final performances were…

‘Are we all ready?’ ‘Yeah!!’ ‘Are we all ready?’ ‘Yeah!!’ ‘Are we all ready?’ ‘Yeah, yeah yeah YEAH!!!!’… and the Preps are pumped and drumming! It’s been a terrific couple of weeks of drumming energy, joy and release, but also one of focus and great team work. Skill expectations that were tricky 2 weeks ago…

Hello to everyone, welcome back to school, and, what a beautiful start we have had to this Term with our NAIDOC Week Assembly. As ever, there is much to look forward to this Term and already we are surfing the waves of rhythm with the return of Kofi and his African Drumming Program. Our Instrumental…

Upon release of his 2016 album Let Love Rule, Archie Roach said “I wanted to write about love, or a willingness to love all people. We are closing ourselves off and not letting people in. And not just in the sense of not letting them into the country, but not letting them into our hearts,…

Hello to everyone. Over the last couple of weeks, the impact of learning the iconic protest song From Little Things Big Things Grow has taken students’ learning in many directions. When the students ask ‘What can we do to make a difference and support Reconciliation’ I remember something that the Indigenous musician Kutcha Edwards once…

Every year-group that grows through their PHPS time has a special musical ‘something’ that by the time these students are in Yr 6, I start to feel a tug at the ‘heartstrings’. Our super Yr 5/6 Uke Club, mostly made up of Yr 6s, are Ruby and Warrick’s stunning Yr2s of 2019. Ruby’s passion for…

It’s a happy feeling to be back at school and to swing back into music making: I missed everyone as I nursed myself out of ‘virus land’ last week. I would like to invite you to take a moment to read about the wonderful student performances and music making that put the last two weeks…