By NICOLE VALICEK
ALTONA North Primary School could have created the story of the year.
The school is preparing for their upcoming performance in the Wakakirri primary school story dance challenge on 29 July.
Wakakirri celebrates learning via the creation and sharing of stories.
To be in Wakakirri, schools create stories using dance, song, film, art and writing to be performed, screened and displayed to audiences across Australia.
The school will then wait to see if it is crowned ‘storyteller of the year’.
The Altona North Primary School has participated in the event for the last 10 years.
This year the school’s seven minute story focuses on the choses surrounding the decision to wear fur.
One of two music performing art teachers running the show is Jedda Davis.
Ms Davis said Wakakirri was about sending a positive message to the audience, and thinking about issues relevant to the school in terms of sustainability.
“Our school strongly values sustainability, we feel it’s a great organisation and a valuable performing arts competition to enter,” she said.
“We really enjoy the process of connecting sustainability into the performing arts.”
Ms Davis said audiences can expect to see “a lot of colour, lots of magic and some really funky dance moves”.
Approximately 60 students aged 11 to 12 years old will take to the stage after the last four to five months of preparation.
She said that with a good track record, that includes the school being announced as the national winner of the competition in 2007, this year’s performers will do their bit and hope for the best.
“I think they will go really well, they’ve been rehearsing really well, working really hard towards it and ultimately I think they will have a successful day.”
