BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES
1. Build social and emotional resilience
- Encourage individuality and give the students an outlet for their emotions and ideas.
- Students will take ownership of the song resulting in a huge sense of achievement and improved self esteem.
- Develop teamwork and camaraderie between participants.
- Provide a positive male role model to students.
2. Improve literacy and communication skills
- Selecting appropriate textual features and vocabulary to match the context, purpose and audience.
- Explore how verbal and non-verbal expressions affect the meaning of words, for example, through intonation and stress patterns, vocabulary selection and use of figurative language, different registers e.g. informal; and body language and gestures.
- Rehearsing and modifying language choices and resources.
- Plan and organise a final presentation, exploring the use of visual aids and digital resources to enhance meaning and gain audience reaction.
- Identify own strengths and the strategies they find most helpful.
3. Provide a fun, creative and unique experience
- Students own ideas and imaginations are encouraged to run free, resulting in a heightened sense of play and creativity.
- Students’ experiences are completely unique as they will put together, perform and potentially record their very own performance piece.
“Josh, many thanks for your inspiration and professionalism! My Year 4’s had a wonderful time writing and performing THEIR song on assembly! The photos hang in our classroom in pride of place. Your management of the class was excellent. The children listened and behaved beautifully during your classes. Many thanks for your patience and understanding with our hearing impaired student. It meant a great deal to her.”
Janelle Connolly, Year 4C Class Teacher, Darling Heights State School
