•
9am'ish Show
• By lunchtime 3 workshops with separate
groups
• After lunch Rehearsal/refresher with
each group
• Last thing Show and tell performance.
An
average class is suitable for one workshop
group.
These
workshop suggestions extend elements of
the performance and its material to enable
your students to:
•
Enjoy closer interaction with Jan
• Develop their skills with a professional
performer
• Generate further study ideas
Recommendation
"Thanks for a great day. It covered
all aspects that we wanted and it was great
that you were so receptive to our ideas
and tailored the show to suit. The rapport
with the students was excellent and they
kids were totally engaged.It was good to
be able to link music and performance to
curriculum and to have an outsider do it.
Couldn't have hoped for more."
(Point Cook PS)
CSF
& VELS
These workshops are relevant to the same
curriculum areas as the show Australia In
A Suitcase, with the additional application
to VELS Level 1 through to 4 - Movement
and Physical Activity (vocabulary to describe
movement; simple rthymic movements, motor
skills and cooperation to achieve goals)
- with the dancing.
Workshops
Option
1: Folk Songs
In
this session Jan introduces the children
to other Australian folk songs, teaching
them to sing the words, with lead singers
and chorus, and to accompany the songs with
some percussion.
Teachers
may suggest material they wish to use.
Option
2 Write Your Own "Folk Song"
With
Jan students will write and make a simple
cassette recording of a song about their
place. Jan will:
• Provide the structure and process
for composing the song
• Clearly demonstrates the choices
we have to make according to the structure
we've chosen (verse, chorus, middle eight,
rhyme, time etc)
• Helps student organise the content
and lyrics
Option
3: Drama
In
the show Jan will sometimes act out all
the characters in the A.B. (Banjo) Paterson
poem The Man from Ironbark. In this workshop
the students become the actors. Jan will
direct students in the main and supporting
roles and one or more students will narrate
the story. This workshop is ideal for 12
-15 students.
Option
4 - Dance
Jan wrote the dance instructions for The
Bushwackers Dance Book, which is possibly
in your school's library. In this workshop
Jan teaches students bush dances, which
boys and girls perform together.
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