2010

Girls from Oz in Halls Creek - pilot

March 2010 sees g-oz members Sonia Dunn, Laura Knowling, Kylie Lee-Archer, Dale Pope and Siobhan Poynton delivering the first of two weeks in our Halls Creek program pilot; in May the team returns to continue to build a sustainable program with the help of community members. The team of five will:

• sing and dance for, and with, students from years 5 - 9 at Halls Creek District High School; students include those girls and boys participating in mainstream education and girls in the re-engagement program
• encourage the development of participation, self esteem, confidence, team work and risk taking through drama, get-to-know you, song, dance and leadership activities
• participate in quarantined literacy and numeracy time each morning as mentors and tutors for High School students
• lead Performing Arts workshops at the local Shire each afternoon after school; between 40 and 120 children and youth participate in youth services activities after school into the evening everyday
• identify potential community leaders in the arts and those interested in mentoring teenagers and young girls and build the capacity of community members to take shape the direction of the project into the future

Sonia, Laura, Kylie, Dale and Siobhan (4 of whom are AGC alumni) are committed to sharing their own love for singing and dance and their own belief in the positive and powerful benefits of participation in the arts. Check out the blog of their experiences!