How We Express Ourselves

In our year long unit (How We Express Ourselves) Grade 3 and 4 are exploring the Central Idea that we use dramatic tools to deliver aesthetic performances.

Having successfully produced the Lion King last year, there were BIG plans at DSKI to stage a performance of Aladdin this year. We were in the midst of early stage rehearsals when our learning environment was dramatically changed (pun intended). We shifted to virtual learning and we had no idea when we would be able to collaborate together again in person.

There are meany reasons to be proud of all Grade 3 learners and the way they responded to the changes in learning. One is this rendition of A Whole New World.
While dealing with the loss of the originally planned stage show, the uncertainties of life during a pandemic and the many new technologies of the virtual classroom these learners are a testament to resilience. They elected to work as a group, planned their own practice schedule and managed their own practices through Google Meet. The faced internet connectivity challenges and spotty sound and this was the first time they performed together in the same room. 
What a good effort under difficult conditions.