Students 2021

FRENCHLIBRARY

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Barbreck Library was a hub for our School community during onsite learning in 2021. Every morning our beautiful library space was filled with activity with girls from Prep to Year 6 excited to borrow new books, recommend and share their readings and discover new authors or series.

Participation in library competitions was also widespread. The ‘Unjumble Me’ word was a popular dinner conversation with families along with ‘Guess the Book’ – a jar filled with a shredded popular fiction cover. We were fortunate to have published author Katie Jones (Bartley ‘00) visit, where she generously shared some writing tips and strategies. Katie, an Old Girl of St Catherine’s, stressed to our Years 5 and 6 girls the importance of setting time each day to write. The girls were so inspired by Katie, with some entering local writing competitions with great success. Our Library Captains Mirabelle Thomson and Nina Portnoy consistently displayed values of dedication and leadership, presenting Library News at assembly, supervising lunchtime activities, assisting with the organisation of competitions and helping with the circulation of books. Online learning meant ‘Dress Up as a Character Day’ for Book Week took place at home, where the girl’s creativity and enthusiasm shone through with their costumes. During Book Week, all students enjoyed a performance of the CBCA shortlisted book, Your Birthday was the Best.

Mrs Cindy Requin Barbreck Librarian

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1 Library Captains – Mirabelle Thomson and Nina Portnoy 2 Catherine Barry as Ruth Bader Ginsberg 3 Grace Chatfield as Willy Wonka and Alexia

Chatfield as Anne of Green Gables 4 Salina Zhang as Marie Antoinette 5 Angela Pop adding Library books preparing for ELC take home packages 6 Eva Franes Cid as Tashi

7 Amelie Lane as Harry Potter 8 Louisa Liao as Mozart 9 Olivia Grasso as Queen of Hearts 10 Ruby Figiel as Klee from Manga 11 Author Katie Jones (Bartley ‘00) sharing her first novel Storybook House 12 Mrs Cindy Requin as Woody from Toy Story 13 Liana Lam as Katniss from Hunger Games 14 Author Katie Jones (Bartley ‘00) sharing her first novel Storybook House

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FRENCH MUSIC

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In Term 1, Junior School students gathered at St John’s Anglican Church to celebrate Easter through singing, prayers and instrumental music. The service included contributions from our auditioned Choir, the Epstein Singers, and the Years 5 and 6 String Ensemble. The Special Visitors’ Day in Term 2 was a highlight, providing our Prep to Year 3 students the opportunity to perform to an audience. The concert opened with the African greeting song, Funga Alafia, accompanied by Prep students playing the djembe drums. The Choirs loved sharing their songs, and enjoyed the audience singing along to some well-known favourites. The concert drew to a close with the Percussion Ensemble.

To accommodate the increasing number of Junior School performers, additional Music Recitals were added each term. The online platform enabled a wider audience, with friends, staff and families logging on to enjoy these concerts. This show of support and connection has been a great source of encouragement for our young musicians throughout 2021. The classroom Music program and the range of Co-curricular ensembles on offer have continued to encourage our students to extend their skills and performance experiences. While online learning was not the same as face to face, it did provide an opportunity to connect and explore new and creative learning together. The Wizard of Oz production for our Upper Primary students was an example of this. The girls had a great deal of fun finding places around their homes to film segments of the show. Congratulations to the whole cast of The Wizard of Oz.

Music has the power to uplift, inspire and recharge our minds, so a big thank you to the Barbreck students for sharing your music with us in 2021.

Mrs Melissa Dods

Junior School Music Coordinator

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1 Langley Choir share their singing at the Special Visitor’s Day 2 Ella Pattison, Grace Chatfield and

Amelia Wood perform as part of the Year 2 String Program 3 Catherine Barry and Ashley Siswanto celebrate the Easter story through singing at the Junior School Easter Service

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Amelia Guo enjoy playing the marimba 5 Years 5 & 6 Strings perform at the

Junior School Easter Service 6 The Langley Choir love singing to an audience 7 Samara Grinsell performing from home as part of a Junior School Music Recital 8 Filming The Wizard of Oz online 9 The Epstein Singers perform Angels by Ian Jefferson at the Junior School

Easter Service 10 Annika Gill performing at an online

Music Recital

11 Breakfast with Epstein –our online rehearsal

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