Performing Arts, Term 1 Week 9 2026

Save The Date

Term 1

Co-Curricular Updates

Junior School
Reminder that this week (week 9) is the final week of Junior School Performing Arts Co-Curricular activities. These groups will resume Week 2, Term 2.

Middle/Senior School
Next week (Week 10) the Co-Curricular Performing Arts program resumes as normal after several disruptions this week and last week. We look forward to making great use of our rehearsal time as every session is so important.

There is no JOTT 2 rehearsal at lunch time this Thursday. JOTT 1 will have an additional rehearsal at lunchtime as well as after school on this day.

Weeks 1 & 2, Term 2
Due to the ANZAC Commemorative Music Tour returning from Europe on Wednesday 29 April (Week 2), the following co-curricular groups will not run. These groups will resume in Week 3.

Week 1
– Senior Dance Troupe: Tuesday 3.45pm
– Man Choir: Wednesday 10.20am

Week 2
– Senior Concert Band: Monday 3.45pm
– Senior Dance Troupe: Tuesday 3.45pm
– Man Choir: Wednesday 10.20am

“How To Succeed in Business” Musical Production – TICKET RELEASE!

Firstly, a special thank you to all the parents who gave up their Sunday to assist with props and costumes over the weekend. It was wonderful to have so many of you come in and help; we achieved so much. Thank you all.

Tickets will be released TOMORROW (Wednesday 25 March) via Humanitix at 12.00am.

Ticket prices:

• Premium: $45
• Adult: $35
• Child (under 18): $30

Don’t miss what will be another brilliant production from our award-winning Pulteney Performing Arts community. We look forward to seeing you there!

This year, the Friends of Performing Arts are running a raffle for the musical production. We are seeking prize donations, so if you can contribute wine, electronic goods, or other substantial items, please let me know or drop them off to my office in the Nicholls (ground floor). We hope to have all prizes finalised by Week 4, Term 2.

ANZAC Commemorative Music Tour

After a significant amount of work to re-route this tour away from the Middle East (due to the US/Israeli/Iran conflict), we are pleased that it will proceed, albeit with a slightly revised itinerary. The tour will depart on Monday 13 April, travelling to Sydney, then Dallas (USA), and finally to London, where the tour officially begins. Following an extended itinerary of two additional days, we will return via Paris to Perth and then Adelaide on Wednesday 29 April.

During the tour, we will commemorate 12 fallen Old Scholars, five of whom served in WWII as part of RAF Bomber Command, with the remainder serving in the AIF in Northern France and Belgium. It is a profound privilege and honour to commemorate these individuals. To stand at their graves, share their stories of how they came to rest so far from Australia, recite the Ode, and perform the Last Post is a moving and humbling experience that ensures their sacrifice is remembered and honoured.

We will also take part in several significant ceremonies, including the La Flamme ceremony under the Arc de Triomphe, the Fromelles ANZAC Service, and the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate in Ypres. In addition, we will perform at the Chelsea Pensioners’ home for returned soldiers in London, the community market at Villers-Bretonneux, the Old Scholars’ Dinner in London, and the Fromelles Community Hall concert.

Coffee in the Quad

This Friday, we have several of our current SACE Stage 1 and 2 Music students who will entertain you while you enjoy a fresh hot brew from Tony the Barista. Please come along and have a chat. The music starts at 7.50am and concludes at 8.20am. I hope to see you in the Quad this Friday morning.

Dance Soiree

We are very excited to present our 2026 Dance Soirée this Monday 30 March at 5.00pm in Wyatt Hall. It is an excellent opportunity for some of our dancers to showcase solos and duets, along with our Middle School Dance Troupe BLUE. FoPA will also be running a bar at the event from 4.30pm, so we encourage you to come along and enjoy the show.

We extend a special invitation to our current Junior School Co-Curricular dancers to attend. This is a free event, and all are welcome to attend.

Year 3 String and Year 5 Immersion Program – Progress Performance Update

We are delighted to share that our Immersion Programs (Year 3 Strings and Year 5 Band) Progress Performance will take place on Friday 1 May (Week 2, Term 2) as part of the Junior School Assembly. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to showcase the skills they have been developing so far this year.

All students are required to bring their instruments and music to school on this day.

A reminder also of the Immersion Program Performance in Wyatt Hall on Tuesday 16 June (Week 9, Term 2):

• 5.30pm – 6.15pm: Year 3 String Program
• 6.15pm – 7.30pm: Year 5 Band Program

Junior Handbell – ‘Come and Try’ Session Friday 27 March

We invite Year 3 – Year 6 Junior School students to come along to our Junior Handbell ‘Come and Try’ session this Friday 27 March. It will be held in the Music Classroom, Nicholls Buildings, from 8.00-8.30am .

Winter Music Festival – Saturday 13 June

On Saturday 13 June, our three Winter Concerts will take place in Wyatt Hall:

• 3.00pm Choral Concert
• 5.00pm Junior School Concert
• 7.00pm Middle & Senior School Concert

The evening concert will feature the Pulteney School Orchestra, with Lucas Truong performing the Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor (1st Movement), alongside several of our recent Old Scholars who will be joining us for this special performance.

We will announce which student groups will be performing in each concert next week. In the meantime, please save the date to ensure you and your children are available for this important and wonderful day.

Instrumental Music and Drama Program

Pulteney’s Performing Arts Department offers private tuition for a range of instruments as well as voice and drama lessons.

Applications for this year opened in December 2025 and have been finalised, however students from Reception right through to Year 12 can enrol at any time across the year. If an instrument, type of lesson or teacher is already fully booked, we can place your child on a waiting list until a lesson becomes available.

For more information about our program please click here. If you’re interested in enrolling your son or daughter, please complete the online application form.

 Jonathon Rice
Head of Performing Arts