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2011 Production – ‘The Good Old Days’

Wow, Coastal is indeed a happening place! Three sellout shows and an abundance of colour and song saw Okato come to life this week. The school was filled with whanau and love as the show stopping scenes ran their play; a cameo appearance from the Principle Allan Miles made sure the show was an inclusive and exciting event.

Our Year 5-8 Literacy Group took on the challenge of writing a school production. The production told the story of seven entertaining characters living at Coastal Retirement Village and their desire to relive ‘The Good Old Days’. Our school values of Cooperation, Openness, Aroha, Sustainability, Tolerance, Accountability and Leading our Learning have been intertwined within each scene, with key characters discussing values close to their hearts.

This dialogue is cleverly supported by dancing scenes from all Year 0-6 students. The choreography of each of the dances was created by the Year 11 Performing Arts Students. Some of the numbers included Michael Jackson and the Black Eyed Peas.

The main aim of the production was for students to work together as one. Year 9 and 10 Performing Arts students created all the props while Year 7 and 8 finalised marketing and ticket sales, as well as providing gorgeous voices to the sound tracks. Year 11 to 13 students happily took on the make up and costume duties. This whole school approach allowed all students to play an active role within the production itself. We also included a kapa haka performance and had a group of musical senior students singing and playing piano.

Working together as one has helped students realise that, with the support of one another, we can make amazing things happen. The students should be incredibly proud of the hard work and commitment they have put into this. Huge thanks and praise must be gifted to Brigitte Luke, Head of the Arts Faculty for all the energy, creativeness and passion she has bestowed upon the students and show. She has coordinated this Production from its genesis with ease and artistic flair while working with and including the whole school and community .

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School Production – ‘The Good Old Days’

Production preparation is well underway. All students are working hard to ensure this is a whole school production. Seniors are involved in choreography of dances, prop making, stage directing and technical aspects, alongside junior students dancing and acting.

Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased from the School Office – Adults $5, Children $2, Family $15.

It is great to see students arriving with necessary costumes. If you are having trouble sourcing anything please touch base with your child’s teacher this week. In order to keep costs realistic, we have sourced props and costumes at the Hospice and Savemart.

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Wearable Arts Show

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Hairy hats, mad masks and formal frills were just some of the categories at Coastal Taranaki School’s whanau wearable arts show last week. With 87 entries and 90 models, the event was a hit among students some of which were focused on winning points for their whanau or house.

The whole school was involved with teachers in charge of groups of about 30 students. Whanau activities such as the wearable arts show promote the relationship between junior students, as young as five, and seniors aged up to 18, at the area school. “It’s really special because we have five year olds working with 15 year olds; we are one of the few schools in Taranaki that can do that,” said Whanau Coordinator Ruth O’Connor.

About 60 parents and members of the community attended the wearable arts show, paying a gold coin donation to the Red Cross fund for Christchurch, and got to see what the whanau system was all about. “It was great working with the younger students of the school, in a bit of whanau rivalry,” Marion Richardson, senior teacher said.

Students sourced the majority of materials for their creations, ranging from newspaper to fallen leaves, from within the school ground, in keeping with a school value – sustainability.

“We liked that we got to make stuff and work together, even though we were in different whanaus,” said Beni.

By Rebecca Gibson
Rebecca Gibson is a WITT journalism student

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Wearable Arts Fashion Show

Whanau Term 1, 2011

Where: Coastal Taranaki School Hall
When: Wednesday, April 13

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Art News

I would like to thank Brigitte Luke, Sandi Hickey and Karla Jorgensen for the effort that they put into our wonderful exhibition at the end of last year.

Both Junior and senior art blocks looked wonderful. A special thanks also to the many parents, students and community members who came along to our opening night to view and purchase art works.

There are still some art blocks at school, if you missed the opportunity to purchase work made by your child these can still be made available to you for $10. Please see Sharleen Valentine or Brigitte Luke.

Any works un-purchased will be displayed in our school as we are very proud of the work done by our students.

Thank you,
Sharleen Valentine
- Head of Faculty, Arts

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Off The Wall Disco

On Friday night, our school got together for an ‘Off The Wall’ disco. We would like to thank everyone who helped to make this event successful, especially our student leaders, an enthusiastic bunch of Year 12s, and the group of teachers and parents who supported us. This was a fun night – it was great to see plenty of great outfits and dancing, and a huge turnout of senior students. All of the proceeds from school discos are contributed to our School Council, and are used to support our students, community, and organizations we care about. Thanks to the people involved for their huge effort, and we hope to see everyone at our next event!

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