St George Preca Primary School pupils have taken out a slew of awards at the state finals of Wakakirri, an Australian national story- sharing festival for primary schools.
At the Victorian finals in Hamer Hall, the Caroline Springs school won the categories of division one best story, best original story, best performance on awards night, best school in public, and awards for set design, soundtrack, staging, storytelling, dancing and acting.
The pupils now have to wait until October 16 when the national winners will be announced on Wakakirri TV.
Wakakirri involves schools creating stories based on true events using dance, creative movement, acting, song and film.
About 60 grade 5 and 6 pupils from
St George Preca performed a piece called
The Lost Children of Sudan, which charted the stories of the tens of thousands of children who were left orphaned and homeless when civil war ripped through Sudan.
It’s the third year the school has taken part in the Wakakirri competition.
“To win was just amazing,” teacher Annalisa Seville said. “[The performance] was part of our migration unit, where students were studying where they came from … We had a guest speaker come out who was one of the lost children from the story.”
Charlene Macaulay
