Queenscliffe Literary Festival (QLF) has celebrated the achievements of Borough students with a musical performance.
The Queenscliff Town Hall hosted grade five and six students across the Borough involved in the QLF Schools program, Mayor Isabelle Tolhurst, and Member for Bellarine Alison Marchant on May 26.
Committee member Linden McCormack said the event allowed Point Lonsdale, Saint Aloysius and Queenscliff Primary School students to showcase their work.
“This program involves not only their cognitive thinking, but their physical and musical talents. It’s all encompassing,” she said.
“This is theirs. This day, they own it, and that’s the message we’ve been trying to get through to the children during the workshop times that this is their programme. Grab it and run with it.”
Ms McCormack said the “really fantastic program” included full-day songwriting workshops where students learnt about song composition, stagecraft, instrumentation and performance.
“It’s been an absolutely amazing experience for our local students to have this opportunity,” she said.
“They have been exposed to the songwriting process, working collaboratively together with the artists, being able to explore and use instruments.
“While it looks fun, the kids have actually been working really hard each day to manage this whole process.”
Ms McCormack said the program had “been truly wonderful” and provided the students with future musical opportunities.
“This experience is just opening up new doors for them,” she said.
“It’s been really good to see our younger students looking at the older students and realising that this is something they can do in the future when they’re at secondary school.”
Pre-school, foundation, year two, three and four students also participated in this year’s QLF School Program, where they undertook workshops to develop their literacy and numeracy skills.
