Anne Sinclair

                                   Dress Rehearsal Saturday, 24th June It is all coming together! The 'cast' could see how the parts make up the whole and how important their 'part' was in the final production. The children demonstrated the key competencies in being wholehearted, taking responsibility, self managing, collaborating, participating, helping each other and throwing themselves enthusiastically into the day. Their demeanour and attitude illustrated their growing confidence and willingness to be part of a collaboration. Having Mr Jacobsen manning the lighting and sound desk and bringing to life all the work they had done to put together the show, was so appreciated and needed.  Seeing their work projected onto the big screen was awesome and they loved being part of the changing 'scene' and teleporting through time with the sound they had created. This has been an ambitious proje...

BACK IN DA DAY by Yr 5 & 6 Extension group The extension group are working very hard on contributing their part of the jigsaw towards the production entitled Back in Da Day. This is a story of a group of children who had not realised the power of their digital devices in transporting them back and forward in time, to different countries and different time zones. This has meant they have been able to see what it was like Back in Da Day and what it could be like in the future. It has also meant that they realise they need to balance their online lives and their off line lives, to get the best of both worlds. The class have done a lot of research in the Learn stage and are now in the Create stage and will soon Share what they have done with a wider audience.  They have experimented with many facets of digital affordances in order to design and create the effects they want to get. The backdrops,  the costumes, the props, the sound, the dance and music and lighting have al...