When Orange Anglican Grammar School music teacher Priscilla Colgan put together a rendition of Daryl Braithwaite's 'The Horses' for her students on Tuesday, she didn't think she'd be on the phone to the Aussie rock star receiving kudos just two days later.
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With over 90 percent of its students at home trying to adapt to online learning, Mrs Colgan thought now was the perfect time to make her own song about the new teaching platform while using an iconic, Aussie tune to go with it.
The video shows dozens of OAGS staff and students playing instruments, dancing and smiling, while Mrs Colgan's lyrics and Braithwaite's melody booms in the background.
As of Friday, the video has over 60,000 online views on Facebook and YouTube and Mrs Colgan broke down how it travelled from her computer to the eyes of thousands.
"I'm blown away by the reception it's received. I thought the project would just be a bit of fun," Mrs Colgan said.
"I shared the video into a Facebook group and I didn't know one of the members was a curator for the Australian Story page.
"It's totally taken off in the last couple of days and the feedback's just been amazing."
Positive feedback is always good but it's extra special when it comes from the person who inspired the creation and Mrs Colgan had only one word to describe her feelings when Daryl Braithwaite called her on Thursday.
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"Starstruck," Mrs Colgan said.
"He was so gracious and so kind... I was blown away. You can't find a more iconic Australian song."
The purpose of the video was to inspire and help the OAGS students who are at home trying to get the hang of not being in the classroom but Mrs Colgan says the cooperation they've received from the students has been phenomenal.
"Everyone has been amazing," Mrs Colgan said.
"We're very fortunate in the sense that we've already got a solid online learning platform to supplement classroom teaching.
"We haven't had to start from scratch and for a lot of the older students, we already had a lot of it in place already."
According to Reverend Louis Stringer, just seven percent of his enrolled students are currently attending school and while that might be seen as a relaxing time for some of the teachers, Mrs Colgan insisted it's not something they're enjoying at all.
"We all miss having our kids in the classroom," Mrs Colgan said.
"And that's not just the teachers here... that's teachers across the world all feeling like that. This isn't why we're teachers. We don't love it."
Reverend Stringer had the pleasure of not only overseeing the video-making process, but the overall adaption and commitment his teachers have shown throughout a challenging time for everyone involved.
"The project's just evidence of the talent we have here at the school," Rev Stringer said.
"Priscilla's ability to put the film clip together is an example of one of the many talented educators who are the Anglican Grammar School.
"It's an incredible privilege to lead these people and it makes my job not only a whole lot easier, but incredible fun and challenging. I'm indebted to them and very grateful."
With only two classrooms occupied at the school, the remainder of the students are plugging away at home, benefiting from the hard work their teachers have been putting in to get the school work from the classroom to the computer.
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