What a great week! I loved this week because every student in the class was involved in some part of the making of the play, whether by making music in the band- at some point during the week Aimee, Kirsty, Georgie, Jahnaya, Samara and Brea were all involved in making music that they had, on Tuesday, never even thought about and through experimenting and working together they made something great. As far as music, they were working through some pretty complex ideas about building mood and texture with violins, xylophones, guitar, recorder and autoharp.
Also, what I loved about the play was how it was originally written by Annie and Layla and then reworked by Caleb and Finn to make it a bit longer and more substantive. Together they made something stronger.
The students that didn't get an opportunity to act in the play were involved by giving valuable feedback to the class about their performances and how to make the play better.
Ultimately, it was a highlight of the year so far for me as watching the class backstage was great because they were so happy and proud of themselves, as they should have been for a play they put together in a week. They showed hiranga- excellence and should be extremely proud.
Maungatapu Murderers
