It’s been an exciting couple of months for the KPA program as we busily prepare for our upcoming musical of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Junior. The Year 8, 9 and 10 students have been diligently rehearsing their scenes, choreography and songs in preparation for our shows on 27 and 28 August. Michelle Vivian has been running early morning singing rehearsals with the leads and chorus members, and Rosie Walker has stepped up this term to work with our leads on their solos. The room is filling with costumes and props and it is all starting to come together. I am excited for our school community to see the results of all the hard work.

The Year 9 students were given the opportunity to participate in a physical theatre workshop facilitated by Dr Teresa Izzard through the Black Swan State Theatre Company and sponsored by Perth Airport at the beginning of Term 3. This was delayed from the end of Term 2 due to Covid restrictions, and we feel privileged to have been able to reschedule this in such a timely manner. The students learnt some techniques that we are using to devise the battle scene for the musical.

The Year 7s had a wonderful Semester 1 building friendships, relationships and trust as we worked through our first tasks of the program. We look forward to bringing you their KPA debut performances at the end of the year.

Anna Head
KPA Coordinator