St George Preca Primary School in Caroline Springs is teeming with musical talent and dancers.
Earlier this year, the school took part in the song-writing section of the Wakakirri festival.
The annual contest searches for the best stories created by Australian primary and secondary schools.
St George Preca Primary School entered a song called ’Earth To Us’ in the competition.
Written and performed by a group of Grade 5 and 6 students and their teachers, their tune placed second in the national festival.
Wakakirri also includes a dance category, which 120 St George Preca pupils from Grades 3 to 6 participated in.
The school told the story of well-known Aussie comedian Anh Do, ’The Happiest Refugee’ for its showcase, and performed in the Wakakirri State Finals at Hamer Hall.
Performing arts teacher, Colleen Azzopardi, said pupils also recently took part in the Count Us In event which is staged in schools across the country, as part of the Music Council of Australia’s national campaign to involve more citizens in music.
Youngsters across Australia all sang a song at the same time during the project.
“At our school, we value music education because it helps us work, relax and play,” Ms Azzopardi said.
“By performing the song ’Keep On’ with 600,000 other students this Thursday, we are making a statement that music education is important to all Australian students – regardless of wealth, religion or race.”
Another recent creative endeavour at St George Preca Primary School has been the ’Marvellous Musicals’ concert.
All classes presented songs from different musicals including ’Lion King’, ’Annie’, ’Wizard of Oz’ and ’Hairspray’ at the Quin Auditorium in Braybrook.
