The Fantastic Think Big Show
The Fantastic Think Big Show
What a truly magnificent show hosted and performed by our stunning bunch of Fyffe Force Learners. The journey of how the production came together.
We had a sell out audience at the Mayfair Theatre which is truly a sign of the commitment and relationship of where our community and school is currently at. The times we come together are diverse and display the many different ways we engage our students in life long learning. This learning is crafted and created by our hard working team of caring staff Chris, Olivia, our Mary, Jackie and Viv.
Our inquiry journey is certainly proving to be an effective way of teaching at Kaikoura Suburban School.
Each child is enriched with many experiences catering for the many interests and needs of each student.
The Arts inquiry gave each student the option of auditioning for an area then becoming involved with the enjoyment of creating a script – The Fantastic Think Big Show.
The environment within this learning is supportive, reflective, relevant, connects to each individual, provides many opportunities to aspire and build of that teaching-learning relationship between student to student, student to teacher and student to community.
The students journey started with exploring the elements of dance – exploring body awareness, space, time and energy. This included individual, pair and group activities to create a number of dance sequences.
Our cultures were explored by learning about different genres of dance – Hip Hop, Irish, Jazz, Pacific and Maori where the stories that each dance celebrates were recognised.
Also as part of The Arts the children each made a mask to show their identity. They used clay to create a base through to a paper mached finished piece.
The students also had time to explore with a range of cultural music – each class looked at beat, rhythm, pitch and tempo through using the marimba and percussion instruments.
These are the activities the students are enlightened to during the beginning, the immersion, of the unit and then the production was born from this inspirational journey.
The night show was written, choreographed, set designs, acting, programmes, ticket and posters from the students ideas and wishes.
The production came together in 5 weeks and I believe this is a sign of the power of the teaching and the effectiveness of learning at Kaikoura Suburban School.
