How does the interactive virtual incursion work?
The live production is cleverly adapted to make it work more effectively for a professionally filmed & edited performance that students can stream & interact with:
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at a school assembly;
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in their classroom;
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or even individually by students at home if they are away sick that day.
"All went well and excited about this morning's (second) performance. Thanks, as always, for your creativity and passion - bringing joy and a love of reading to students... We all enjoyed the performance. Many thanks... thanks again for sharing your creativity with us."
St Patrick's PS, Latrobe, TAS for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"EVERYONE LOVED IT! They thought it was fun and colourful and the students were all so engaged... It was such a fantastic show, I certainly enjoyed it just as much as the students did"
Mount Waverley North PS, VIC for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"Loved the live-action engaging and interactive nature of the show. It actually felt like we were at a live theatre show even though it was virtual!"
St. Augustine’s PS, Frankston South, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
Everything from the live show & more is captured with:
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multiple top-end 5K cameras;
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full DMX stage lighting;
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pro sound;
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plus several additional visual technical elements & green screen technology integrated to enhance the live production.
"It was great! It was fantastic! Really enjoyable. You've done a terrific job again!"
Swifts Creek PS, VIC for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"Thank you so so so much for all your valuable resources and an amazing brilliant 'virtual show'. Our students were engaged throughout the performance and thoroughly enjoyed watching it, from our Prep students right up to our Year 6 students. The teachers enjoyed it too and gave it a thumbs up. Thanks also for the FAQ video which we will be coming back to. Everything worked well and was seamless which was fantastic. The quality was spot on - so clear that it made you feel that you were actually in the room... I will certainly be recommending you to my other teacher librarian colleagues as a 'must have' performance for their schools."
St Leonard's PS, Glen Waverley, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
"After having you perform at our school in previous years, we knew the show would be good, but with having to perform a virtual show, we could never have imagined it would be incredible. Your show exceeded all of our expectations and both staff and students absolutely loved it... Even through a screen, you have the ability to engage, entertain and inspire our students... a truly amazing show - a highlight of our Book Week."
Caulfield Grammar, Malvern, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
Filmed with multiple camera angles & sparkling 4K clarity gives every student the very best seat in the house & make them a part of bringing books to life.
"Loved the positive feedback from staff, so thanks for the performance. Senior class loved the silliness of the play. Good teaching point for Year 3/4s... Overall the teachers said the students loved the performance... Great!"
Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School, Glen Iris, WA for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"The kids really enjoyed it and were quite captivated by it. They particularly enjoyed the change of character and how he made them feel like he was in their home. Great show!"
Marist Catholic College, North Shore, NSW for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"The staff and students loved the show... extremely impressed with how you made the illustrations come to life and were able to put yourself into the illustrations. Everyone from Foundation to year 6 thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and were extremely impressed by how life-like everything was... Congratulations on a fantastic performance. I hope to book the performance again next year."
St Fidelis' Catholic PS, Coburg, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
The pre-recorded performance is professionally edited to add in a host of special digital effects to make full use of the green screen technology & create opportunities that the live show just can't offer.
"The show was great... it held them until the end... We enjoyed the presentation... What a great day we have had. Dress up and a virtual Book Week show."
Bonshaw PS, NSW for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"The students loved the show! We showed it to K - Year 4. They were all engaged... I used 4 Year 6 students (to run the props & activities in the show). They did great. Took the role on proudly and did great engaging the audience... Thanks again for the show"
Sathya Sai School, Murwillumbah, NSW for 2021's "Littlelight" VIRTUAL
"Grades enjoyed (the show), teachers enjoyed your jokes! Looking forward to seeing you again... Even though it was on the tv it was great that you found ways to interact with the kids... The green screen effects were great... The show was great, loved that even though it was virtual, it was still interactive"
Morang South PS, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
Multiple interactive activities are included in the filmed performance for students to participate in from the hall, classroom or at home. These are designed to get the students up & moving to be part of the action, making the audience feel as if they are actually in & around the characters in the show.
"The virtual performance was thoroughly enjoyed by staff and students, particularly with the added props /4D type experience. Thank you for offering this.
Eltham PS, NSW for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"As a teacher, it was brilliant. The story that we had been focusing on all week was brought to life and was wonderful. From a students perspective, they loved it. We had students up out of their chairs and engaging in the many interactive moments, singing, dancing, speaking strange languages and using what we had gathered as props."
Melton CC, VIC for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"I received a lot of great feedback on your show this year. Although they love having you in person and the wonderful theatre vibe that brings, this year's virtual incursion had so many pluses! It was great being able to have 3 shows in our Hall... It meant there was a lot more room to move about when you had the interactive parts. These were really enjoyable and the students commented they wanted more! They particularly liked the signal flags and by you pointing out into the audience, the students organised who came out the front without any direction/instruction from the teachers whatsoever!... Thanks again for the great show you put on this year."
Gilles Street PS, Adelaide, SA for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
We also provide a list of optional props to be collected that can then be used by students within the show in their own classroom to enhance the interactive virtual experience. Many schools get their Year 6 students to be in charge of running these props in the shows as a fun leadership activity for them to share with their schoolmates.
"We have had a brilliant time with your show! On the first day our Senior teachers were on props with our senior classes, which then led to our student senior leaders on props for the following two shows... which they did a fantastic job of!... Thank you very much Tony, it has been a blast!"
St Mary's Catholic School, Tauranga, New Zealand for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"It was amazing! We used the sets & props run by the senior students and everyone absolutely loved it... Thank you for a fantastic virtual performance. For 2 days the library was transformed into the town of Littlelight and generated much excitement with students from Prep to Year 6 attending. They all loved it and enjoyed being part of the show. The information you provided on your website regarding the interactive components of the performance including the optional props was comprehensive and extremely helpful. We took full advantage of your suggestions, involving all the year 6 students in running the interactive activities. It enabled all the students to become part of the show making it a much better experience. We ran 3 sessions over the 2 days and having the virtual performance enabled us to work around the other specialist lessons making it less disruptive to the scheduled learning. The year 6 students provided some feedback: They wanted to know if they could run the show again next year... They thought the interactive activities really made the show."
Chinchilla CC, QLD for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"Our students were so highly engaged for the whole show, and erupted into applause at the end!! It was, as always, a very cleverly structured show with student needs in mind and appealed to absolutely everyone. We appreciated being able to pause it a couple of times when needed. And the props were a wonderful way to create interaction. I prepped our year 6/7 class on the day before to be prop managers. They sat down the sides and supported and encouraged all the other students while each having a job such as choosing a student and coaching them to do the Northern Lights or spraying water everywhere! It was a fantastic way to fully engage those older children and have them being responsible and generous. Thank you so very much and congratulations on your successful adventure into virtual incursions!”
Newbery Park PS, SA for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
Teachers have the ability to pause the show during these activities to organise students in the room to participate safely & join in the fun.
"Thanks for being flexible and giving me the codes for the different days so that I could 'manage' things. Feedback was very positive, and it was interesting seeing the reaction from one school to another. The more enthusiastic the teachers/me/Year 6 students were in getting 'the crowd' involved the better the result. Your songwriting is excellent, and I will be showing some of the students how you created the performance because it is so well done, I don't think they appreciate the skill and effort involved... I thought the time the performance took was excellent, generally enough time to give a few kids a go at the games and still finish in the hour... Thanks for all your hard work and good luck touring the show."
Otways MARC, Beeac, VIC for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"Great for teaching and observing the aspects of Drama. Props and Sets were effective. The links all worked perfectly. We had all of the props ready to go. We had watched the reading by Kelly Canby and the YouTube preview on Tuesday, which really helped. The interactive segments were engaging and quite funny at times... Many references were made to Australian authors and children’s books, which could flow on to literacy. This performance could effectively be used with different age groups across primary... The Q &A link provided interesting information about props, costumes (cheap easy ones!) etc. It would be useful if you are trying to design and create your own performance. All-in-all it was very well done, and could easily be used in many KLA’s, and as inspiration for a performance."
St Francis Xavier's PS, Urana, NSW for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"Students of all year levels enjoyed the performance... the ability to stop the performance to explain aspects to the students and to organise the students for interacting with the performance was a bonus... the students just loved the way the use of props helped them to interact with the performance. The props really made the whole experience something the students will remember and talk about"
Otways MARC, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
A filmed in-depth student FAQ session is included where “Tony Bones” takes the students through the creation of the show, the content & messages in the book, plus where he provides answers to common questions. Check out the 2021 version of this here. Teachers then have the ability to email through their students’ additional questions which Tony will reply to via video clips that can be played back to the students within 24 hours. If scheduling allows these extra questions can even be done as a live video call with your school group via Zoom, Webex, Google Meet or Skype at no extra cost. Also included are easy to follow teacher notes & guided discussions for teachers to run before & after the virtual performance to give the students a greater understanding of the content & a more meaningful interaction with the show. This is in addition to the extensive teacher resources & lesson plans already available for the live performance.
"I was blown away! It’s obvious you’ve put so much time and effort into the production value of this virtual incursion and I appreciated the quality as well as the content... It was surprisingly interactive and adaptable to the online ‘zoom’ classroom as well as projected for the kids of essential workers at school and it worked well in both environments. The extra classroom resources were abundant and could span several weeks so I’m looking forward to revisiting this book and using your video, songs, resources and the memories the kids made today."
Melton CC, VIC for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"Wonderful entertainment for my class... Students were excited to participate in the actions and sat and watched your portrayal intently. I also provided as many of the props as possible which added to the student's experience. They particularly liked it when they were splashed with water during the turbulent water/sea scene!... We watched the Q and A later that afternoon. I wasn't sure whether my class would be able to sit through this due to their age and concentration span? Surprisingly they were most interested. We watched this for about half an hour and will come back to watch this further in the coming week. This deepened the student's experience of the production. A plethora of further resources was very much appreciated for further and future learning. Overall, the portrayal was magnificent... We all enjoyed this sooooo much!"
S.S. Peter and Paul's PS, East Doncaster, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
Schools will be provided with a hyperlink & a unique password to unlock the virtual performance on the specific day of their booking. They can then share that link with all teachers at their school who have a class booked for the performance.
"The incursion last Thursday was also another great opportunity to develop our love of storytelling and books."
Birregurra PS, VIC for 2022's "The Imagineer" VIRTUAL
"I’ve seen a live performance of yours as well and have to say that while the kids obviously miss out on so much in remote learning, they haven’t missed out on this special experience. It was genuinely comparable to a live show and that’s quite an accomplishment!"
Melton CC, VIC for 2021's 'Littlelight' VIRTUAL
"It was so well done... The link worked perfectly and there were no issues regarding set-up… I could tell the kids really enjoyed it… as did (the other Year 6 teacher) and I! The students were really engaged throughout"
Chatham PS, Surrey Hills, VIC for 2020's 'Hello Lighthouse' VIRTUAL
Virtual show (50% off the live show price with minimum student numbers to suit any school):
Within "Book Week" itself: $4.98+GST/student (minimum 120 students or for schools with less than 150 students then the minimum student number is 80% of the entire primary school enrolment plus a $25 booking fee)
Any other week outside of Book Week: $4.48+GST/student (minimum 120 students or for schools with less than 150 students then the minimum student number is 80% of the entire primary school enrolment plus a $25 booking fee)
The price for the interactive virtual performance is 50% off the live show price +GST.
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Within "Book Week" itself just $4.98+GST/student;
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Any other week just $4.48+GST/student;
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Minimum 120 students or for schools with less than 150 students then the minimum student number is 80% of the entire primary school enrolment plus a $25 booking fee.
Simply indicate in your enquiry whether you'd like the live show or the virtual incursion option.