This year, the Year 6 End of Year Celebration will be a performance of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, which will take place on Wednesday 17th July at 6 pm.  This will incorporate acting, singing, dancing, gymnastics, comedy and musical performances; this is to cater for everyone’s interests and talents.

Every child in the class will be involved in this production.   They have chosen whether they wanted a large, medium, small or non-speaking part.  Some children are also helping to develop the script whilst others are interested in helping to make props.  Children auditioned for the parts which were the most popular, and we have done this in the fairest way possible, by children being involved in making decisions as well as myself, as to who would most suit the role.

Please bear in mind that all children have different talents and this is a chance for children who are confident with acting or singing to take the bigger roles.  This is the same principle when it comes to representing the school in sporting events; children with particular strengths in sports are chosen to take part.

The children will be bringing their scripts home on Friday so that they can begin to learn their lines.  This is the first draft of the script, which will be adapted to suit the children (by myself or by them) as the practices progress.  Information about costumes will be sent home after the holidays.  These will be kept as simple as possible so that no one needs to go out and buy anything special, although we will make some of the more unique costumes.

I’m looking forward to getting the rehearsals started as I know the class are definitely going to put on a great show.

Enjoy the holiday; a well-deserved rest for everyone!

Mrs Rees