15 Sept 2014 – School concert about Forest Creek

Posted on 2 September, 2014 by Connecting Country

Castlemaine Primary School and Chewton Primary School are producing a school concert entitled Still Waters. It is the story of Forest Creek told by all the students from both schools.

The story will cover the geological history, the aboriginal heritage, the gold mining era, and finally the regeneration and revegetation along the creek. The Brush-tailed Phascogale will be a main character throughout the show, beautifully representing the success of on-going environmental restoration along the creek.

The concert will be held at the Capital Theatre, in Bendigo on the evening of Monday 15th September. Time and booking arrangements are yet to be confirmed and will be posted on this website as soon as they are available.

This concert follows a strong focus in recent times on the regeneration of Forest Creek by a number of local Landcare groups (Chewton LC, Castlemaine LC and Golden Point LC) and Connecting Country. The Connecting Country report Forest Creek Action Plan can be downloaded here.

Kids are working with arts and performance teachers at both schools to produce scenes and costumes. As well there will be some activities associated with the Creek. For example on Friday (5 Sept) the grade 3’s and 4’s from both schools will be walking along the creek from the two campuses and meeting for a picnic lunch together. The concert builds on the work done in previous years with programs like “Bug Blitz” where the schools have had field trips to learn about the environment of the creek. The school communities and local Landcare groups hope to build a better sense of place for the kids, and to build a sense of ownership of Forest Creek and its history (and its future).