A fairly short news week this week now that students and parents are starting to get into class routines and operational procedures. Once again, we cannot stress enough that it’s so important for families to read the newsletter each week to ensure you are on top of things. This is our main form of communication.

We hope your child has had another great week at NAPA and that our new students are starting to settle in well. Parents, for all your support and sacrifices you make for your child to attend NAPA classes, rest assured you will be well rewarded when you see the development your child will make over the year. In the past, many parents have been so overwhelmed at the improvements made by their child, as seen in their performance on stage, it has brought tears to their eyes. We all love seeing those happy tears and the joy it brings families at the end of a show. Exciting times ahead. This newsletter is filled with achievements and opportunities you may want to also embrace.

I hope your children have had a fabulous first week of NAPA classes. Thank you to those of you who gave wonderful feedback on their child’s NAPA experience; it’s great to hear so many have found their happy place. First week can be very daunting for new students, especially the younger ones, but once they get into class routines, they can relax and embrace this amazing experience.

We are NAPA READY to start off on Monday for another year of incredible training and performances! May your child enjoy the NAPA experience that will bring them an abundance of joy and development in so many ways.

Happy 2024!

Our last week was a great week of celebrating all of our students’ accomplishments over the year and farewelling our 2023 graduates. We can’t thank our teachers enough for going above and beyond to ensure our children get the best teaching strategies to suit their needs and support them in productions, concerts and competitions. Thank you teachers for your talent, time and energy. Thank you parents for all your support of your children and NAPA. Your assistance in helping in so many areas in the work required to provide the experiences we do for our students, is greatly appreciated.

What a spectacular finish to our year of performances, with the magnificent performance of our Dance Concert, On Broadway! This upcoming week is all about celebrating and recognising our students’ for their great work over the year through our Awards evenings. All classes are now finished for the year.

We may be drawing close to the end of the year but there is still a lot happening here at NAPA. I will endeavour to make sure every detail is communicated clearly so no one misses out on anything – unless you don’t read the newsletter. Please also remember that events, dates, information etc are on our website. You can always refer to that. These final weeks are a time for our students to shine and sparkle, so this will be our theme for our awards ceremonies this year.

I am sure you are all very busy with your various end of the year functions and celebrations at work and with your family and friends. Of course, NAPA events will be on your calendars and a lot of information has been sent out in emails and the newsletter for you to get your head around. Although this is a busy time of the year, please take some time to ensure you read the information given to you, so that your child does not miss out on any of the requirements for the upcoming events.

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I need to inform you of the loss of our amazing NAPA Nan - Colleen Reynolds. Colleen, Miss Kim’s loving mum, has been an ever-present member of our NAPA family since our inception, 16 years ago. Her support has been incredible, not only for all the beautiful costumes she has made for our shows, raffle prizes and concerts, but for her love and support of all our staff and children. She has touched so many lives here at NAPA and her beautiful soul will always be remembered. Our condolences goes out to her husband Keith, her children, Robbie, David and Kim, and her grandchildren, Ethan, Evabella, Harrison and Claramina. Colleen, you will forever remain in our hearts, rest in peace dear friend.

So much joy and excitement is happening here at NAPA this week as everyone is preparing for the last performances and events for 2023.

This term is intense with an event or show happening every week. As you can imagine this requires an incredible amount of work and long hours so please be patient if we are not responding or communicating information as fast as you would like. Our priority is always placed on the next event. So let’s take a look at our NAPA activities.

Another big few weeks at the studio with the Mini Concert and RAD and Trinity Guildhall exams all completed! Lots of correspondence going out this week about Finding Nemo and our end of year concert ‘On Broadway’ so please keep an eye on your emails for these.

We hope everyone had a lovely first week back. It’s been a busy one with rehearsals for Term 4 productions and preparations for ballet and musical theatre exams!

Welcome back for Term 4. Wow! How fast has this year flown by? The children have already achieved so much but there is still more to come!

Wow, time flies! This upcoming week is our last week of Term 3. Term 4 will be packed with more great productions and events, so enjoy a restful holiday NAPA cherubs and parents in preparation for a very busy term ahead.

Happy Father’s Day to all our super NAPA Dads and Grandads! Hope you all had a fabulous day being spoilt by your children. Nature certainly turned on the beautiful weather for your special day.

What a busy time this is! With our upcoming production of Frozen there will be a few changes to class times to accommodate the shows. We also have a few things to note in your diaries.

This is a short news week, happy news!

We hope you have all had a fabulous week. This week has seen more successful eisteddfod results for our Performance Teams, and it is also exciting to see the start of the set Laurie is creating for our next production - Frozen. We will try to address the ticket issue with a plan outlined in this week’s newsletter.

We did it! Straight after one successful production, we staged another one! Congratulations to our talented cast of Fairytale Misfits on a very entertaining performance of this comedy. The characterisations were excellent! We are very proud or our Pre-Seniors Tread the Boards for all of their hard work and dedication to their roles. From the laughter of our almost full houses, the audience had a great time watching this show.