Lunchtime live radio show a hit with students

ARMSTRONG Creek School Grade 6 students had the opportunity to perform a weekly live radio show in term 2.

They wrote the scripts with segments such as music, karaoke and interviews; and the tech team also gained experience with live performance equipment.

Kiam Linford has been running the performing arts taster program with fellow performing arts teachers Bec Wik and Casey Burrill.

“We’re doing a bunch of different performing arts based lunchtime activities and this is just one of them,” he said.

“We’re doing dance clubs and ukulele clubs and things like that as well.

“But this is the one that is a bit more open to the whole school because the Grade 6 kids get to create their own radio show.”

 

Mr Linford said the students had really taken to the concept.

“It seems to be a very popular thing that we’re doing. We’re probably getting crowds of 100 kids at lunchtime, which is pretty amazing.

“They just all crowd around and are singing along to all the songs. It’s been very good for student wellbeing and student interest in the performing arts.”

The program started this term and the radio show has been run every Thursday at lunchtime.

Mr Linford said the school purchased a PA system and was going to use it for performances before they decided to start the tasters program.

He said the school would run a podcast club, a dance club, and a choir club next term.