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Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts. Providing effective specialist and artistic education programs and preparing students for exciting careers in the arts and associated industries. Changes in the classroom.

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Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

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  1. Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Providing effective specialist and artistic education programs and preparing students for exciting careers in the arts and associated industries

  2. Changes in the classroom “Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.” ZigZiglar

  3. Personalised Learning Plans

  4. What is a Personalised Learning Plan? (PLP) • Inclusive of all students (helping every learner to benefit from education) • Student centred • A partnership between students, teachers and parents • One that values the needs of the individual • One that encourages personal excellence • Flexible

  5. Stimulate discussion at parent interviews • Planning for overcoming any barriers to learning • Record achievements beyond a purely subject based focus (the whole child) • Equipping learners with the skills and attitudes to become life-long learners. • Encourages goal setting by students • Sets learning targets for students

  6. For students the aims of PLPs are: • To encourage self-evaluation of their own needs and active participation in negotiating personal targets • To empower students to adopt independent learning habits • To encourage the student to reflect on how they learn best. • To “raise the bar” and aim for constant improvement • To reflect on how personal growth and healthy relationships can impact on academic success • To prepare them to be “life-long” learners

  7. Ensemble program • CO-CURRICULA ENSEMBLES • Jazz Band • Stage Band • Junior Stage Band • Swing Band • Choir • Showband • Musical Theatre Ensemble • Glee Club • Featured artist Ensemble • CORE ENSEMBLES • Orchestra • Funk Ensemble • Contemporary/Rock Ensemble • Vocal Ensemble (Musical Theatre) • Contemporary Vocal Ensemble • Guitar ensemble

  8. Extension Opportunities • HSC music workshops • Industry professionals workshops • Singer/songwriter • Movement workshops • Musical Theatre • Featured artist • Exploring Composition • Meet the Music • The School Musical • School Cabaret • ISER Touring Ensemble • Southern Stars • The Sydney School’s Spectacular • The Talented Development Project • State Ensembles

  9. Our expectations of whspa music students • All students are able to audition to be part of the annual school show or Cabaret. • If students wish to audition for Southern Stars, The Schools Spectacular or the ISER Performing/touring Ensemble they must be a member of an extra-curricula ensemble/or participant in the school show. • All students (Year 7-11) will participate in a Core Ensemble that runs Period 4 on a Tuesday afternoon. • All students will be invited to participate in an extra-curricula ensemble which will run before/after school Monday to Thursday or a school lunchtime.

  10. Other Important information • School diaries • Blue Slips • Green slips • Your child’s welfare • Webpage • Music Parents Facebook page • Email

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