The Performing Arts continues to play a large part in Pt England culture. There were numerous opportunities for every student to be involved in a variety of thespian activities through out the year. These included:
1) Class contributions to PENN (school TV channel) and for 30 students the opportunity to present the news.
2) School Prefects' contributions to the weekly korero in School Assemblies, including live web casts during Covid L3
3) Occasional class "specials" in Friday Assembly
4) Cultural groups celebrating their Language Weeks
5) Students acting in and editing movies for the annual Manaiakalani Film Festival at Hoyts Sylvia Park.
7) Kapa Haka groups performing at a couple of corporate events.
8) Award Assemblies Team music/dance performances.
9) Fiafia 2023
This year 24 classes and the Extension groups produced 3min movies with the students involved in script writing, videography, acting, editing and post production. The movies were of a very high standard. The students got the thrill once again of seeing their hard work come to life on the Mega-screen at the Sylvia Park cinema complex.
Fiafia
What a wonderful occasion this year's Cultural Festival was. Every student got to perform in the culture group of their choice and while most chose to be in their own cultural group a large number chose to experience performing with another culture. All this in front of a huge audience of 3000+ crammed into every vantage point in and around the performance stage in Te Kapua, our large shade structure. What a night!
Garth Jacobsen