Program News

Performing Arts

This term NBC’s Performing Arts team have been focusing on Drama, especially the different elements of it such as settings, characters, voice, movement, space and time.

Each campus has provided different learning experiences to enrich the various cohorts of students. 

On the Wexford Campus students have been busy working with puppets, devising characters, and writing collaborative scripts, all in hopes of finishing of the term strong by preforming their very own puppet shows in front of an audience of their peers.  

Colette Brennan 

Performing Arts Wexford

VCE Drama

It has been an exciting start to the combined Year 11 & 12 VCE Drama.  The students hit the ground running beginning work on their devised ensemble performances.  They were presented with three different performance structures focussed on ‘Jack the Ripper’, ‘The Black Death’ and ‘Pandora’s Box’.  Student’s chose their preferred stimulus and formed two groups.  One is exploring Jack the Ripper and applying the performance styles of Silent Film and Comedy, which will surely result in an interesting interpretation of a dark stimuli.  The other chose Pandora’s Box, the Classical Greek myth, and are exploring aspects of the seven deadly sins in conjunction with it.  

It is exciting work that has been coupled with the opportunity to see Dear Evan Hanson and Top Class Drama – some of the best solo performance exams from 2024 – this term. 

Visual Arts

 In Visual Arts, students across the four P-8 campuses have been working with clay. Each year level has built upon their hand building skills focusing on various techniques. Prep students have practiced rolling, pinching and mark making. Year 1-2’s have created shape sculptures and pinch pots. Year 3-4’s have explored simple slab building through designing and creating “funky fish”, while our 5-8 students have created more complex slab vessels, using techniques like sgraffito.

On the whole, most students have really enjoyed working with the medium, enjoying how tactile it is. Many students have stated that clay is their favourite material to use in Visual Arts.  

Clay makes me feel calm. If I make a mistake, I can just roll it out and start again. I feel like I can be really creative when I use it - Maddie (yr 7)  

I can’t explain why I like working with clay..but I just feel I can focus really well and I just feel good when I use it.- Joel (yr 8) 

Extended School Day

Our Term 1 program started of with great enthusiasm, with programs sitting at capacity. 

Programs from many different learning areas are included in the Extended School Day and is provided free of charge to our students, which is a most wonderful opportunity for all of our students. It is an opportunity for our students to learn new skills, mix with other students from other campuses and enjoy doing activities they love. 

Amanda Baulch

Coordinator

Extended School Day

Performing Arts

IMPACT

The SEED (Sport, Empowerment, Education, Development) program provides our students with enhanced skills and opportunities to have happy, active personal lives while at the same time achieving excellent academic outcomes in their school life.

The SEED program aims to provide all Northern Bay College Students with the opportunity to:

• Enjoy both sporting and academic success.
• Uphold our values of Collaboration, Growth, Persistence and Kindness in the sporting environment.
• Experience expert coaching and skill development.
• Foster positive relationships with students, staff and local communities.
• Develop self-esteem and self-confidence through positive sporting experiences.
• Develop lifelong healthy habits.
• Identify clear pathways in the sporting/physical education/health industries.
• Access leadership opportunities.
• Experience a variety of sporting opportunities through access to local clubs, coaches and facilities.
• In addition, participation has positive influences on many other outcomes including improved Attitude, Behaviour and Character (A.B.C.), school pride, communication skills, confidence, collaboration, personal health and fitness.

SEED Supported the 7-12 Athletics Day in Thursday the 3rd of April. A fun day was had by all. 

Steven 'Stoofa' Lewry

SEED Director