Creative and Performing Arts

STEP Dance

Step Dance is making great progress on their first piece ‘borrowed eyes’ the students are composing and collaborating with Ms. Tomic and this piece will form the first in their performance repertoire. Students will be using this piece to audition for festivals and performances later in the year.

Year 11 Visual Arts

Year 11 VA students began the year with a mini Body of Work project so that they can sample different ideas and material practices in preparation for year 12. Students have developed some wonderful drawings in their process diaries while reflecting on a theme about self and identity. Students used a variety of art mediums and techniques in the creation of their final artworks.

We are currently studying a unit of work on art and war. Year 11 are experimenting with the mixed media techniques of war artist Henry Moore, with fantastic results.

Year 12 Visual Arts

Students continue to work hard on their Body of Work, drawing close to the finish line of their HSC. Reva (pictured) experiments with different drawing styles, surfaces, and materials to understand the most aesthetic composition for her large-scale Body of Work.

Year 11 Visual Design

Students have just completed their first unit in Visual Design. Students focused on creating simple Egyptian-themed jewellery to explore different elements and principles of design, following a design brief for their first Assessment task (see pictured), and have done a great job. Students are now eagerly working on a new unit that focuses on Comics.

Year 12 Music

Year 12 has been working hard in Music during Term 1. The topic of focus was Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries and students have been completing performance, listening, and musicological activities to prepare them for the upcoming HSC Trials. All students delivered a Viva Voce on an artist or genre of their choice, as well as a performance, for the Term 1 Assessment Task. Congratulations Year 12 on your hard work – keep it up!

Year 12 Drama

Students have completed their Individual Project (IP) Work In Progress and some students have chosen Monologue Performance while another decided on Costume Design. Students have now begun rehearsals for their HSC Group Project, while at the same time, sending their teacher two practice essays which are ongoing, and on four wonderful plays they have studied. Keep up the hard work Year 12 Drama!

Year 12 Dance

Students are working hard to prepare for their practical trial HSC at the end of this term. This has meant holiday workshops, after-school, and lunchtime rehearsals for not only the HSC dancers but also their composition dancers.