Prep Drama Costumes
On Friday 31st May (Week 7) the prep students will be performing during our Drama Festival finals. This is a non-competitive section, where prep students will perform as a group. For this performance, we ask for your assistance in bringing in a simple costume for your child to wear. All items should be labelled and brought to school in a clearly named bag by the end of Week 6, Friday 24th May. Please drop to your child's classroom.
TOPAZ - 'Summer beach clothes' eg. board shorts, rashie, sun hat. Something that they are comfortable wearing on stage and won't be too cold in!
GARNET - Winter accessories eg. beanie, scarf, mittens.
JADE - A plain, green shirt.
Keep an eye out for more information regarding running times on the day. Thank you for your assistance and please let me know if you have any further queries.
Drama Performances Begin Week 2
A friendly reminder that students in years 1-6 will begin performing their poems next week.
Tuesday lessons (Year 3 & 4) will begin performing in Week 2, 23rd April.
Thursday lessons (Year 1, 2, 5 & 6) will begin performing in Week 3, 2nd May (Due to ANZAC day). Please note 6L will have a lesson on Tuesday 30th April and should be ready to perform on this day.
We have been working on these pieces for several weeks now and the in-class performances form a major part of students’ drama assessment. These will also lead into our Drama Festival competition.
Semi finals will occur in Week 6, with the finals being held in Week 7 on Friday 31st May. The preps will perform on this day, along with all our finalists.
Keep an eye out for more information. We are looking forward to celebrating our budding performers!
Amanda Holzheimer
Drama
A friendly reminder for all year 1-6 students to continue to learn and rehearse their drama piece over the holidays. Due to several special events happening next week, there are quite a few classes who will miss their drama lesson in week 10. Most classes will only have one lesson next term, before needing to be ready to perform in class. Performances will begin in Week 2, Term 2!
Drama Festival
Preparation for this year’s Drama Festival is underway! The Drama Festival is an annual, whole school event which is a culmination of class work where children from P-6 are given the opportunity to develop their performance skills through poems and speaking pieces.
Prep students will perform in a group as part of the finals showcase of the Drama Festival competition on Friday 31st May.
Year 1-6 students have been working on various pieces in drama lessons over the past few weeks. There are a variety of pieces to choose from for each year level and students are to choose one piece to perform in front of the class. This forms a major part of their drama assessment, and also leads into our Drama Festival competition. Students should be prepared to perform their piece at the beginning of Term 2.
A hard copy has been sent home with students. Please put this in a safe place and encourage the ongoing learning of these pieces at home.
I hope you enjoy listening to your child recite their chosen piece over the coming weeks. Thanks for your assistance and I wish your child all the best!
Amanda Holzheimer
Drama
Preparation for this year’s Drama Festival is underway! The Drama Festival is an annual, whole school event which is a culmination of class work where children from P-6 are given the opportunity to develop their performance skills through poems and speaking pieces.
All Year 1-6 classes have been busy learning their pieces in our weekly drama lessons. It is wonderful to see such enthusiasm from the students and eagerness to share their dramatic flair!
Students will continue to practice in class only and copies of poems will be made available for students to learn at home later in the term.
All performances will take place during lesson time at the beginning of Term 2. More information will be provided before the holidays.
Amanda Holzheimer
Speech & Drama Teacher
Music Ensembles 2024
We are continuing to look for more students interested in joining these music groups:
Choir: open to students in grades 3 - 6 * with extra rehearsals during school lunchtimes in lead up to Eisteddfod (in May). Tuesday 7.45am - 8.30am.
Run by Mrs. Rosier & Mrs. Holzheimer in the music room.
Ukulele Group: open to students in grades 5 & 6 Thursday morning tea 10.30am - 10.45am.
Run by Mrs. Rosier in the music room.
Band: open to students in grades 5 & 6 (may consider grade 4 students if ready) Thursday 7.45am - 8.30am. Run by Miss Jessie Joy in the hall.
String Ensemble: open to students in grades 1 - 6 learning Violin Wednesday 8am - 8.30am.
Run by Mr. Matt Westwood in the music classroom (above library).
Just turn up and Sign on - it's as easy as that!
For more information please email Mrs. Ebony Rosier - Coordinator of Instrumental Music Program ebony.rosier@twb.catholic.edu.au
Ensembles 2024
Music Ensembles
We are offering a variety of music ensembles starting back in Week 4 2024. In addition to me talking about these ensembles in classroom music, students will have the opportunity to sign-on when they attend the first rehearsal. I would ask that you help your child to honour their commitment to their ensemble of choice for the year. Music Ensembles start back up from Monday 12 February 2024. Families in years 1-6 were provided the following information via our Parent Portal on 8/02/24.
Choir: open to students in grades 3 - 6 * with extra rehearsals during school lunchtimes in lead up to Eisteddfod (in May). Tuesday 7.45am - 8.30am with Mrs. Rosier & Mrs. Holzheimer in the music room
Ukulele Group: open to students in grades 5 & 6
Thursday morning tea 10.30am - 10.45am with Mrs. Rosier in the music room
Band: open to students in grades 5 & 6 (may consider grade 4 students if ready)
Thursday 7.45am - 8.30am with Miss Jessie Joy in the hall
String Ensemble: open to students in grades 1 - 6 learning Violin
Wednesday 8am - 8.30am with Mr. Matt Westwood in the music classroom (above library).
Instrumental Music Enrolments
I am proud to announce that we have over 100 students in our Instrumental Music Program this year with most lessons starting back in week 2. We welcome new tutor, Sarah Lindsay to our team who will tutor our Saxophone, Trumpet & Clarinet students.
Shortly, you will receive a welcome email from your tutor along with details pertaining to your child's first lesson day and time. Classroom teachers will be given information about when your child has their scheduled lesson. Parents, please remind your child to bring everything they need for their lesson on their lesson day. A full term timetable and invoice will be sent to enrolled families via email in the next week.
Looking forward to a wonderful year of music. If you have any questions about the program, please shoot me an email.
Ebony Rosier - Coordinator of Instrumental Music Program
ebony.rosier@twb.catholic.edu.au
Music Ensembles at Mater Dei
Information regarding how to enroll online into our ensembles: Band, Ukulele group, Strings and Choir will be posted soon.
Instrumental Music
Enrolments for Music Program:
Online enrolments for Instrumental Music will close Friday 1st December as we have very limited places left. Once filled, all other requests will join a waitlist for 2024.
Hire Instruments:
If you hired an instrument and you have not returned it yet, please do so at your earliest convenience to our office. Instruments were due back in final lessons.I'd like to wish all our families a wonderful break and look forward to another fabulous year of music next year!Mrs. Ebony Rosier - Coordinator of Instrumental Music Program
Instrumental Music 2024 Open
Dear families, The application for enrolment into the Music Program for 2024 is now open to new families. All information regarding terms & conditions, prices, instruments on offer and tutors can be found within the application. The link will remain open until all places are filled. Lessons will be filled on a first in, first served system. Any questions, please contact Ebony Rosier - Coordinator of Instrumental Music ebony.rosier@twb.catholic.edu.au https://forms.office.com/r/bnC2pH71NQ
Carols on the Oval
We would like to invite all of our families to celebrate Christmas with us.
What: Christmas Carols on the Oval
When: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Where: Mater Dei Oval
Bring: Picnic rug/chairs, BYO snacks or purchase BBQ/drinks
Dress: Christmas shirts, hats, antlers, etc
Time: Arrive from 4:30pm
Children sit with their class at 5:15pm
Singing to begin at 5:30pm
Finished by 6:30pm
Choir - Big Breakfast Break-Up
Tuesday 21st of November (Week 8) will be our final choir rehearsal and to celebrate the end of a fabulous year we would like to celebrate with a BIG BREAKFAST starting at our usual rehearsal time of 7.45am.
If I could ask students to please bring along a plate to share of breakfast foods - that would be great! Please see below for the recommended type of foods to bring. If you would like to bring something other than what is listed and it is 'breakfast-like' or 'hot' this is most welcome too. I've tried to make it as easy as possible with my suggestions below:
Grade 3 Pastries
Grade 4 Sweet foods eg. pancakes, doughnuts
Grade 5 Savoury foods eg. quiche, vegemite scrolls, sausage rolls
Grade 6 Cut fruit
I will provide drinks (juice, water)
If your child has dietary requirements, simply let me know.
Choir will sing for the final time this year on Friday 10th November at the conclusion of assembly. Parents welcome as always. We hope to see you there.
Instrumental Music 2024
Dear families, The application for re-enrolment into the Music Program for 2024 has been sent via email to all families. The application for new enrolments will be made available to the wider school community in the next edition of our Latest News dated Friday 17th of November. Please access the link when it becomes available from that date. All information regarding terms & conditions, prices and tutors for lessons can be found within the application. The link will remain open until all places are filled. Lessons will be filled on a first in first served system. Any questions, please contact Ebony Rosier - Coordinator of Instrumental Music ebony.rosier@twb.catholic.edu.au
Drama
Year 6 Play - Cinderella Rocked the Stage!
A huge congratulations to our Year 6 students for their amazing performance on the last day of Term 3. Everyone put in their best effort and provided our school community with a very entertaining play! It was a very busy term putting this show together and everyone involved should be very proud of themselves. Thank you to those of you who were able to join us for it. Thank you also to all the families who assisted with costuming and props to help bring this performance to life.
Instrumental Music Showcase
On Friday 1st of September all students enrolled in our Instrumental Music Program performed as part of the annual Instrumental Music Showcase. This year our event was held at St. Mary’s Edmund Rice Cultural Centre. With over a hundred performers our student musicians entertained their families, friends and peers with songs that they had been practising over the last few months. Students are to be commended on their performances and for being confident on such a big stage with lights, smoke and cameras! Thank you to our helpers Mrs. Holzheimer, Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Doherty for helping supervise and manage the running of the event. Thank you to Mrs. Jenkins for creating our beautiful programs. All tutors volunteered their time to support their students and we are most grateful for this. Many thanks also to Sue Fitzpatrick and her helpers in the P&F for preparing and serving us food & drink on the night. We look forward to next years Showcase which will be held in Term 3, 2024.
Ebony Rosier
Coordinator of Instrumental Music Program
Drama Festival Finals
A huge congratulations to our finalists from year 1-6 who performed at the Drama Festival on Friday 25th August. Well done also to our prep students who were very entertaining up on stage!
We were very fortunate to have Mrs Anita McVeigh as our guest adjudicator this year and we thank her for joining us.
We celebrate all of our finalists along with an overall winner from each year level. All these students were absolutely amazing and we are so pleased to showcase and share their talents with you!
Year 1
William Van Genderen
Mira Deghlawe
Thomas Stevenson
Louisa Scotney
Year 2
Maru Jee
Niamh O’Sullivan
Maggie Roux
Jacob Mora
Year 3
Rylee Phoenix
Mia Van Genderen
Hunter Campbell
Charles Angus
Year 4
Eden Pike
Liam Evans
Zara Dampney & Daisy-May Johnston
Jack Coonan
Year 5
Hunter Dowling & Eddie MacManus
Cormac Lowry & Blake Logan
Gemma Enfantie & Cleo Beirne
Year 6
Mia-Rose Schwerin
Ava Collins
Elaina Marr
Year 6 Play - Costume Info
Preparations for our Year 6 Play are ramping up with only a few weeks to go until our performance on Friday 15th Sept at 2pm.
Mrs Holzheimer will be sending an email to all year 6 families with information regarding costuming. If you have not received this email please get in touch with Mrs Holzheimer.
ALL PROPS AND COSTUMES ARE DUE AT SCHOOL NO LATER THAN MONDAY 4TH SEPT (Week 9). PLEASE ENSURE ALL ITEMS ARE CLEARLY NAMED!
We are all very excited and can’t wait to share this performance with you! Everyone is welcome to attend.
Instrumental Music Showcase
Our Instrumental Music Showcase will be held on Friday 1st September at the Edmund Rice Cultural Centre St. Mary's College. Students in years 1-3 are to arrive for roll call at 5.15pm. Students in years 4-6 are to arrive by 7.15pm. I'm hoping that many families will attend the full evening. All students in our Instrumental Music Program are included in this show. If you are planning on not attending please let your child's tutor know asap. The String Ensemble will perform twice on the night - just before intermission and immediately after. If you have a child in the String Ensemble in years 4-6 they are required to arrive no later than 6.30pm for tuning (if not arriving at the start of the event). Any questions regarding the running of the night please email me directly. Looking forward to this fabulous event.
You can purchase tickets now through Trybooking by clicking on the link https://www.trybooking.com/CKGEZ
Kind regards,
Ebony Rosier. Co-ordinator of Instrumental Music Program & Music Teacher.
DRAMA
DRAMA FESTIVAL – SEMI FINALS
Congratulations to all students who have performed in their drama lessons. We are now up to the next stage, where students have been selected to perform in our Drama Semi Finals! These students have all been given a note to take home with information regarding this performance.
Semi finalists will perform during Week 6 in drama lessons in front of their year level in the William Morris Centre.
DRAMA FESTIVAL - FINALS
The Drama Festival FINALS will be held in Week 7 on FRIDAY 25th August. There will be two sessions of performances as follows:
SESSION 1
10:00am start (Prep to Year 2)
All preps perform in a non-competitive section. Finalists from Year 1 and 2 perform individual poems in a competitive section.
SESSION 2
11:30am start (Year 3 to Year 6) Finalists from Years 3-6 perform various drama pieces in a competitive section.
Everyone is welcome to attend. We hope you can join us in supporting our children and celebrating Drama in our school!
Amanda Holzheimer
Arts Fest Lost Property
There are a number of items that have been lost after Arts Fest at the end of Term 2.
If your child is missing anything please contact us to claim your item.