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Mandama Primary School, Grade 1/2’s, November 2019

Yesterday the Grade 1/2’s at Mandama Primary School had a great laugh at our show “The Wizard’s Tale” before asking some good questions about how the theatre and puppets worked. The show was then followed up with three puppet making workshops. The first ran yesterday and two more today. They produced some terrific results, thanks for all the help parents and teachers, particularly the wonderful gluers! Here’s just a small sample of the students work. Thursday 14th & Friday 15th November 2019.

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Watsonia Heights Primary School, Grade 1/2’s, November 2019

On Thursday the 31st October the Grade 1/2’s at Watsonia Heights enjoyed our show “The Wizard’s Tale” on Halloween, which seemed quite appropriate. Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th November they also all participated in four of our puppet making workshops.

There are 35 wonderful examples of creations made here, but there were many more that could also have been picked, the students were very creative. Thanks for all the help teachers, particularly the wonderful gluers!

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Our Lady of the Nativity Primary, Grade 1’s, November 2019

Grade 1’s at Our Lady of the Nativity Primary had a great day today. They first watched our show “The Wizard’s Tale” and saw behind the scenes as we gave away all our secrets, and then went on to produce some quality, fun puppets in two of our puppet making workshop sessions. Here are just 18 examples of the works they produced. Thursday 7th November 2019

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Ivanhoe Grammar School, Grade Preps, November 2019

Today the Preps and Grade 1’s at Ivanhoe Grammar greatly enjoyed our puppet show “The Wizard’s Tale” and asked some interesting questions after we turned the theatre around. The Preps then went on to make some fantastic puppets in one of our puppet making workshops. Here are just nine examples of the students works from the workshop. Wednesday 6th November 2019.

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Berwick Primary School, Grade 1’s, October 2019

On Monday the Grade 1’s at Berwick Primary School enjoyed watching and participating in our show “The Wizard’s Tale”. Tuesday and Wednesday all seven grades participated in four of our puppet making workshops.

They all ran very well thanks to the parent/teacher help and the kids produced some awesome puppets. Here are just a few examples from the four workshops. Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th October 2019.

TEACHERS: Check out the puppets from my previous years visits HERE.

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Resurrection School, Grade 2’s, October 2019

Grade 2’s at Resurrection School in Keysborough watched “The Wizard’s Tale” yesterday morning and had a great laugh. They also saw behind the scenes when we gave up many of our secrets explain how puppets are made, how the scenery works and how all the voices and other sounds are created. Today they also participated in two of our puppet making workshops. They made some terrific puppets and all seemed happy with what they had produced. Here are just a few examples from todays creations. Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd October 2019

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St Paul Apostle North Primary School, Grade Prep-2’s, September 2019

Yesterday morning all the Preps, 1’s and 2’s at St Paul Apostle North enjoyed a laugh as they watched “The Wizard’s Tale” puppet show. They also asked some good questions when we turned the theatre around and explained how everything worked inside.

They all then participated in three puppet making workshops. The first session ran yesterday with the Preps and two more workshops today with the Grade 1/2’s. These photos are just some of the imaginative creations. Well done kids! Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th September 2019.

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St Carlo Borromeo Primary School, Grade 2’s, August 2019

Grade 2’s at St Carlo Borromeo School are having a fun start to the week.

Yesterday they all watched “The Wizard’s Tale” and saw behind the scenes of our puppet theatre. The three grades are also participating in three puppet making workshops. The first grade (2D – blue background) created some awesome puppets yesterday, and 2B (pink background) and 2S (green background) created theirs today. You can see just a few of them in the gallery here. Monday 19th & Tuesday 20th August 2019.

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Williamstown Primary School, Grade Preps, August 2019

Yesterday the preps at Willy Primary enjoyed watching and participating in our show “Three Animal Stories”. They saw Sammy the seal, Billy the dog and many other fun animals. Today the four grades participated in two puppet making workshops and produced some well completed puppets. Here are just a few samples form today’s work. Thanks so much to the parents for helping. Tuesday 13th August 2019.

TEACHERS: Check out the puppets from my previous years visits HERE.

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St Augustine’s Primary School, Grade 1/2’s, August 2019

Grade 1/2’s had a great laugh at “The Wizard’s Tale” puppet show on Wednesday and were very keen to create their own puppets today. I ran two workshops, one for each grade and they quickly put together some wonderful puppet characters. Here are but a few examples of todays creations. Thanks to the parents who came to help, much appreciated. Friday 9th August 2019.

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