Sarah Orton's Assembly items
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About the store
I have taught drama and music for twenty years and have worked at a variety of schools across Australia and England. My passion is for the Performing Arts and have worked in Schools across Australia and England. in my spare time I have run other classes - Funkymunk Music, a music, dance and drama school for toddlers and Sarah Orton Performing Arts School, teaching Drama and film making. Over the years I have created hundreds of assemblies and performances and always write my own material, based on healthy values and minds. I have stage five whole school Musicals and have written one, titled the "Big Time", which was a time travelling adventure back to the 80's.
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Contemporary Ukulele program for beginners
11 songs, which use only three chords C, F Am. These are the songs that kids want to play and the links and video play alonsg makes it easy for the students to succeed. It worked so well with my year 4-6 students and now they are capable of playing a whole variety of songs on their own. It works.
3rd - 8th
Instrumental Music
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
CCRA.L.1
, K-ESS3-1
, LA.K.1.A
 +1
Contemporary Ukulele program for the beginner
11 songs that I used last year as my Ukulele program. They wanted to play these carefully chosen songs. Three chords (C Am F), 11 songs. Links to all songs can be found on the PDF. All the work is done for you.
4th - 8th
Instrumental Music, Music
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
CCRA.L.1
, K-ESS3-1
, LA.K.1.A
 +1
Simple two part arrangement of Pachebell's Canon in C with audio files
Simple and effective arrangement of Pachebell's Canon in C major. Attached is isolated audio parts, drum play along, audio arrangement and garage band file. The kids loved it!
3rd - 8th
Instrumental Music, Music, Other (Performing Arts)
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
CCRA.L.1
, K-ESS3-1
, LA.K.1.A
 +1
Xylophone arrangement with play along Audio Parts - Please Please Me.
A three part easy arrangement of Blinding Light by the popular band The weeknd. Isolated audio parts, play along version, drums and score. So easy to do and it sounds great. Garage band file included. This has been a really helpful way for me to achieve a performance level instrumental piece that the students want to play.
3rd - 8th
Instrumental Music, Music
Xylophone Blinding Lights (Diatonic) play along audio and score
A three part easy arrangement of Blinding Light by the popular band The weeknd. Isolated audio parts, play along version, drums and score. So easy to do and it sounds great. Garage band file included. This has been a really helpful way for me to achieve a performance level instrumental piece that the students want to play.
3rd - 8th
Instrumental Music, Music
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
CCRA.L.1
, K-ESS3-1
, LA.K.1.A
Crash Landing - A Christmas Play or Assembly
A hilarious Rhyming play with accompanying musical exerts and sounds effects to create the magic of Christmas. The students and audience will love this story, bringing to to life animals, a family and Santa and his merry friends. When Santa's Fuel activation Pump fails, there is a mighty crash into the Johnson family front yard. Not all is lost as the Elves quickly come to the rescue, the family all rally around and Santa makes a welcomed recovery to ensure Christmas will continue. Loads of fun
2nd - 6th
Drama, Instrumental Music, Music
6:32
Movie to accompany "When I Grow Up"
This movie shows the melody, vocals and dance moves to accompany songs for the assembly item package.
1st - 4th
Dance, Instrumental Music, Music
Drama Script - When I grow Up - A Musical assembly item package.
A musical assembly item about dreams. A small classroom is discussing different "occupations" and each child reveals what they would like to be when they grow up. The package includes edited audio with hits such as "Fame", "Carwash" and "Taking Care of Business" as well as transition and dream music. This assembly is so much fun and the kids will love it. Included is a detailed script, audio edited karaoke files, lyrics to songs, an extra song titled "Starfish" which can be included and for the
1st - 4th
Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music
Audio Drama Adventures
Drama Adventures Audio recorded vocals and accompany music. Students take a wild adventure surfing, acting as superheroes, walking on the moon, becoming a circus performer and sailing the seven seas as a pirate. All you need to do is press play and let the fun begin.
1st - 7th
Dance, Drama, Other (Performing Arts)
Drama script - The Magic of the Five Keys to Success - An assembly item package
Jack has a bad day at school and after talking with his grandfather, he is presented with five keys, which he later discovers as the five key for success - organisation, persistence, getting along, resilience and confidence (from the You can do it program). Grandad promises Jack that these keys have magical powers and will lead to a successful life. Jack takes his keys for a test run at school and although getting himself into some difficult situations, we see the power of the keys and how they
3rd - 7th
Drama, Instrumental Music
Drama Script - The Insects - an assembly item package
A delightful story about team work and collaboration. The insects are called for a meeting regarding Mr Johnson's garden and it is a mess. The insects blame one another for this and believe that each are the most important insect in the garden. With an address from the Queen Bee, they soon realise that they all possess something special and unique and if they learnt to share in each others gifts and work together they can find a solution and happiness. This package includes a script and stage ma
1st - 4th
Dance, Drama, Music
Roll up Roll Up - A Drama and Music Experience
Roll up Roll up and welcome to the circus. A drama and musical experience for the early childhood. The children are taken away to the magical land of the circus where they get to perform as clowns, elephants, tightrope walkers, strongmen, acrobats and horses, accompanied by 7 audio tracks and narration. Just press play and let the magic begin. Guaranteed to be loved by the children and to be used over and over again.
PreK - 2nd
Drama, Music
Drama script - Maths is Beautiful - an assembly item package
Mrs Numero takes her class on excursion to the beach. What appears to be a day off from classroom, results into an amazing day of mathematics, where children discover the beauty of mathematics in the real world. As children build sandcastles, snorkel, eat ice-cream and surf they discover why Mrs Numero is so crazy about maths. Five musical audio tracks accompany this play, if you wish to use them and will suit a class size of many. Fun, funny and easy to stage, the children and audience will lov
3rd - 7th
Drama, Math, Music
Drama script - The Circus - An assembly item package
Roll up, roll up, welcome to the most amazing show in town. This resource is made for junior primary and includes eight dazzling audio tracks, a script, rhyme, circus pictures, stage directions, a map and easy to follow detailed instructions for the performance. Crazy clowns, awesome acrobats, tremendous tightrope walkers, elegant elephants, hungry horses and we can’t forget the ringmaster. Estimated time of 8 minutes. Children will love it and parents and principals will be taken on one memorab
K - 3rd
Drama, Music, Other (Performing Arts)
0:43
Performing Arts and the Curriculum
Performing Arts is music, drama and dance performed through different means. Many students struggle in the classroom, the arts provides another opportunity for success. The Performing Arts is a powerful way to teach life skills and access the curriculum as students are physically, mentally and emotionally engaged. I hope you enjoy my short video.
K - 12th
Dance, Drama, Music
Drama script - Happy Brain - An Assembly package
This musical play is about how we can change our behaviours by managing our thoughts and emotions. This comical script allows the students to engage with different emotions, learn about the concept of a happiness chain and create the same scenario with a different outcomes. I have included seven cool and fun audio tracks to add colour, fun and affect to the performance, if you wish to use them. There is a part for each child.
2nd - 8th
Drama, Health, Music
Drama script - Rules - An assembly item package
A funny story of a child who repetitively comes home from school with bad news for his Mum. With a little imagination, they create humorous scenarios about what just might happen if people did not follow rules. Delightful Characters, fun audio tracks and a really good time. Not only a resource for music and drama, but will tie in well with your health curriculum. Easy to stage with clear instructions on how to make it easy and effective for the audience and a special character for each child.
1st - 7th
Drama, Health, Music
Drama script - Talking with Nature - An assembly item package
A delightful story about mindfulness and nature. This story is of a child who is sent out of the house to explore the forest and find the magical treasures that lay within. Talking trees, magical flowers, flittering butterflies and a hippy water stream, this play has it all. Children will actively engage in concepts on mindfulness, being present, exploring their senses and enjoying the wonders of nature. Accompanied by five musical tracks, to truly take you to the magical forest. The script is i
K - 5th
Drama, Health, Music
Drama script - Nits - An assembly item package
A mini musical about Nits. This is my most outrageous and favourite script to date. Crazy kids, Wild parents and a Royal chemist delight the stage through cabaret music, rhyme, drama and song. Eight audio tracks accompany the musical play and add comedy and entertainment for the audience. It also features audio tracks for the two short songs. Very easy to stage with clear and concise instructions and it is easy. Duration approximately 9 minutes.
2nd - 9th
Drama, Health, Music
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About the store
Experience
I have taught drama and music for twenty years and have worked at a variety of schools across Australia and England. My passion is for the Performing Arts and have worked in Schools across Australia and England. in my spare time I have run other classes - Funkymunk Music, a music, dance and drama school for toddlers and Sarah Orton Performing Arts School, teaching Drama and film making. Over the years I have created hundreds of assemblies and performances and always write my own material, based on healthy values and minds. I have stage five whole school Musicals and have written one, titled the "Big Time", which was a time travelling adventure back to the 80's.
Teaching style
I pride myself on being able to build strong relationships with children to empower them to find a love of performing.
Additional biographical information
For the last 8 years I have been working at Mosman Park Primary School and this year have taken up a day at Cottesloe Primary School in Western Australia. I have a new business, WA School of Performing Arts in which I aim to not only teach Musical theatre, but put all my musical scripts together to make available to other teachers across the world. I have three children of my own, who are heading towards high school and am ready to take on this new adventure.
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