Oxley High School Creative and Performing Arts

On Thursday some of our Oxley Dance students competed in the 76th Tamworth Dance Eisteddfod. They were fabulous, demonstrated great dancemanship, supported each other and made memories.

Oxley Dance Company - Yellow 1st place
Oxley Dance Ensemble - 1st place with their contemporary work Mannequin
Oxley year 9 Elective Dance performed beautifully with Murder on The Dance Floor and
Oxley year 11 Elective Dance - 1st place with Swim

Jaydah McKnight of year 12 performed her Core Performance with grace and precision and received really valuable feedback from the adjudicator who was previously a HSC marker

The competition was fierce and Tamworth is lucky to be able to have this opportunity. The adjudicator made special mention for all our dance works successfully modeling dance as an artform and and following processes of the syllabus. Our Oxley Students were a credit to our school and dance program. Well done. 💫🩰

Hugest congratulations to Ciana Mann for being selected in the NSW Public Schools Dance Ensemble! Oxley is so proud and excited for you and can not wait to watch your journey. 🩰💫

The NSW Public Schools dance ensembles provide expert dance tuition to students from across NSW public schools. Students learning dance across NSW are guided by tutors drawn from Arts Unit experts and industry professionals. Members are provided with opportunities to perform in events such as State Dance Festival and Schools Spectacular

Super proud of our Oxley Dance Students performing in the 40th Schools Spectacular FabuloUS. We have 6 dancers in the NSW State Dance Ensemble, 5 Dancers in the Aboriginal dance Ensemble and 11 in combined Dance. 💃🏼

Dance News
Recently we had some of our dance students participate in the NSW Public Schools State Dance Festival 🩰

The Festival was held at the Seymour Centre and showcased choreographic dance work from public schools across NSW.

Our OHS ensemble performed their work Colour Wheel, with special guest Mrs Hill in the audience! Whilst Tayla, Lucy, Daisy, Jess, Zara and Mia performed with the NSW State Dance Ensembles.

Huge achievement for these students. We are all so proud here at Oxley

In other exciting news Jessica was selected to co choreograph a flash mob for Spec Fest an initiative from the Schools Spectacular! Go Jess! 💃🏼

Last friday was National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. The theme for 2023 was 'growing connections'. This theme supports research findings that strong school community connections and social skills are protective factors in the prevention of bullying and help enable positive, help-seeking behaviours in students. We had a great turn out of students wearing orange!

Dance news! 🎙️
We have been so busy here at OHS with all things Dance
- Our dancers participated in the Rural North Dance workshops to create ensembles for CAPERS
- Our state Girls are away representing us and learning their works for State festival
- Our troupe was successful in gaining a position in the Schools Spectacular 💫
- Most recently our Ensemble was successful in auditioning for the NSW Public Schools Dance Festival in September!

SUPER PROUD OF OUR DANCERS
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Ms McIlrick’s Year 11 Visual Arts class have been Making and Collecting this Term. Here are our Junk Sculpture Assemblages and some pages from Visual Arts Process Diaries. Currently on display on the front foyer.

Today some of our Oxley Dance students competed in the 75th Tamworth Dance Eisteddfod. They were fabulous and demonstrated great dancemanship.
Oxley Dance Troupe 1st place with their lyrical work Gravity
Oxley Dance Ensemble 1st place with their contemporary work Colourwheel
Oxley year 10 Elective Dance Highly Commended with their work Giant
A credit to our school and dance program 💫🩰

Our state girls had their first ensemble rehearsal today! What a fantastic experience for them. We can’t wait to hear all about it when you return! pictured: Daisy, Lucy, Jess, Zara and Mia ( Tayla missing) 💫🩰

✨🩰ATTENTION DANCERS and FAMILIES🩰✨
Here are two amazing opportunities for your students who are keen and interested and excited to dance. Please pass on the information to your students so that can participate.

https://artsunit.nsw.edu.au/local-arts-programs/new-england-dance-workshops-and-ensembles

Students who attend these workshops will form the Dance Ensembles which will perform at CAPERS in November 2023.
For any student who wishes to audition as a Dance Featured Artist please see your school CAPA staff.
Looking forward to extending the skills of our students and showcasing their talents

New England Dance Workshop and Ensembles | The Arts Unit A 4-day non-residential workshop providing an opportunity for regional and rural students to collaborate, connect and participate in a variety of dance workshops led by professional dancers, choreographers and teachers.

Hugest congratulations to Tayla, Lucy and Jess (10) and Mia and Zara (8) for being accepted into the NSW Public Schools state dance ensemble. Daisy (8) is also to be congratulated for being accepted in the reserve list! Oxley is beyond proud of you all and can not wait to watch your journey. 🩰💫

The NSW Public Schools dance ensembles provide expert dance tuition to students from across NSW public schools. Students learning dance across NSW are guided by tutors drawn from Arts Unit experts and industry professionals. Members are provided with opportunities to perform in events such as State Dance Festival and Schools Spectacular

Ms McIlrick’s Year 11 Visual Arts class has been exploring Still Life as a starting point for Artmaking.

This is a sample of the outstanding works that were submitted this week for their Assessment Task.

A dynamic and diverse range of expressive forms that explore Still Life as a broad subject matter for Artmaking!

Well done Year 11!

I’m very proud of all of your efforts!

Ms McIlrick
Year 11 Visual Arts Teacher.