Get started on a creative end of year celebration this term! You can plan a fun and meaningful end-of-year performance or classroom celebration with help from ARTS:LIVE. ARTS:LIVE makes it easy with ready-to-go resources and expert tips to help you finish the year on a high note.
Top tips for success:
- Keep it simple – choose a format that suits your students’ confidence and creativity.
- Start small – a short skit, group song or class artwork can be the spark needed to get everyone involved.
- Make it memorable by mixing up performance styles – from solo or class to whole school contributions.
- Add visual interest – use colourful costumes, simple instrumentation or body percussion, projections of student artwork as backdrops.
- Celebrate everyone – create space for all learners to shine.
- Practice – do a run in the performance space to get everyone familiar.
- Have fun! It’s a celebration after all.
Great resources to get started:
Painting the Music
Create an immersive, whole-school art show.
Parents will love to come along to a creative student showcase of visual art and sound. Each class can explore a different music genre—jazz, classical, hip hop—to produce a unique body of visual artwork inspired by sound. At the end of the year, transform your school hall into a gallery and performance space where families can walk through and listen to the music that inspired each artwork.
Designosaurs
Bring puppetry and prehistoric creatures to your final assembly!
Students design and construct their own dinosaur (or endangered animal) puppets, learning about the creature’s features and habitat along the way. Then, take the fun to the stage! Use the built-in performance tips to create a narrated puppet parade or an imaginative class skit for the final assembly. A hands-on, theatrical way to engage students in science, design, and storytelling.
An Introduction to Hip Hop
Get everyone moving with easy-to-lead choreography.
Perfect for energising your end-of-year show! This resource introduces students to hip hop through fun, accessible dance routines. Great for upper primary, it includes group and solo activities that can be easily rehearsed and performed. Whether you’re doing a themed show or just want to open or close the event with a bang, this is a surefire crowd-pleaser.
Stories from Home
A complete toolkit for putting on a student-led performance.
Let students take charge with this step-by-step guide to devising and producing a show. Ideal for upper primary (but adaptable for year levels), it introduces drama elements like space, character, and tension, guiding students from concept through to rehearsal and final performance. Whether you’re staging a play, a showcase of student stories, or something completely original—this resource empowers students to make it happen.
Register for free at ARTSLIVE.com and start planning today!
Want more support to create a whole-school celebration?
If you’re looking for help planning an end-of-year event, The Song Room’s in-school programs give you the support, skills and confidence to make it happen. An expert Teaching Artist will work alongside teachers over a Term or Semester to ensure your event is a huge, creative event.
Bring your whole school community together with music, movement and joy.
Contact The Song Room or email [email protected].