Creative Arts in the Classroom
In creative arts lessons each week, students discover a variety of art forms through a study of dance, drama, music and visual arts where they learn to appreciate, compose, listen, make, perform and exhibit. With the guidance of our specialist Creative Arts teacher students are encouraged to explore and challenge their abilities.
The NSW Creative Arts Syllabus K-6 for the Australian Curriculum can be found on the National Educational Standards Authority (NESA) website.
Extra-Curricular Creative Arts Opportunities
Dance : more than 90 students in years 3-6 will be representing our school and performing a 7 minute story dance on stage for Wakakirri.
Music: We have a range of bands, a string ensemble and a choir where students can sing or learn a avariey of instruments with the support of tutors and conductors.
Art: We have a variety of opportunities including Operation Art and Arts Alive.
Drama:
Public Speaking: Students in Years 3 to 6 are given the opportunity to participate in school and interschool public speaking programs and represent the school annually in the Bear Pit Speaking Competition.
Debating: BNPS has been involved in the Premier’s Debating Challenge for the last 7 years. There are two teams made up of year 5 and 6 students who debate various topics ranging anywhere from issues in education to fitness and health. There is also a debating club here at school which is an ideal way to introduce structured debating coaching. Masters Academy is the leading provider of debating and public speaking services to schools in NSW and they have offered extra-curricular, parent-paid debating programs to us, delivered on school grounds, for the last two years.