Student opportunities and activities

At Excelsior Public School, we offer a variety of programs in the classroom and across the school to help students build new skills, make friends and explore new interests.

Our programs include:

• school sport, athletics and inter-school competitions
• creative and performing arts groups and showcases
• excursions and incursions
• public speaking and debating
• lunchtime and interest-based clubs
• student leadership opportunities.

Contact us to learn more about what’s available and how your child can get involved.

Our extra-curricular highlights

BAND

Excelsior Public School has THREE Bands:

• A Training Band where all  new  band members start.
• An Intermediate Concert Band which students usually join after a year in the Training Band.
• A Senior Concert Band which caters to students with more advanced skills.

If your child is interested in joining the band program, watch out for notes about this towards the end of the year, for the following year. The minimum commitment is participation for a school year.

• The Training Band practices on Thursday 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• The Intermediate Band rehearses on Monday morning from 7:45 am- 8:45 am
• The Concert Band rehearses on Thursday mornings from 7.45 am – 8.50 am.

Tuition occurs at lunchtime - instruments are grouped together in either the first or second half of lunch . The aim is to group students, based on similar experience and ability.

The instruments available are:

• Clarinet
• Bass Clarinet
• Saxophone Tenor and Alto
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Flute
• Drums and other percussion
• Tuba Baritone
• Oboe, positions are available to those who have their own music lessons and own instrument.

Band rehearsal and group lessons incur a fee of $170 per term.

COST

There is an instrument hire and service fee of $280 a year .

At the beginning of term 4, children in Year 2 are given the opportunity to try the various instruments and given direction about the instrument to which they are most suited. Children in older age groups make a private arrangement with Mrs Cherlin to talk about the availability of instruments.

The Excelsior Band Committee are a group of volunteers who work with Mrs Cherlin to run the Band Program. This committee also comes under the umbrella of the P&C. Professional conductors and specialists who tutor specific instruments are contracted for their services and we are so lucky to have their expertise at Excelsior! This makes the band program very worthwhile and increasingly popular.

The committee can be contacted at:

theexcelsiorband@gmail.com

Mrs Cherlin at:

catherine.cherlin@det.nsw.edu.au

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