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Visual Arts News
Our Year 3 students are working on making artworks representing their personal journey from home to school. They are using symbols to represent landmarks and features they see along their way each morning and afternoon. Symbols can be universal or personal and help artists to communicate with an audience. Understanding symbols is a key component of visual literacy and helps us make sense of our world. Students also learned about 'artistic licence' and how artists are not restricted to realistic depictions of their subject matter. Artists can alter reality to make their artworks more visually interesting!
Their Journey artworks will be exhibited in the main playground later on in the term.
Students are encouraged to develop their creativity skills at home and are invited to make artworks for possible inclusion in network and community art competitions:
Wild At Art
Wild At Art is Australia's biggest wildlife art competition for kids. It's an opportunity for
children to unleash their artistic creativity while learning about Australia's threatened animals and plants – and the threats facing them
Sydney Catholic Schools Portrait Prize
Sydney Catholic Schools Portrait Prizeinvites students to make a portrait of a person who is unique to the entrant, who is known to the entrant and who plays a significant role in their life. Get some inspiration from the works in The Young Archiesat the Art Gallery of NSW.
Students who would like to participate in these competitions are able to see me for advice and equipment and are reminded to get their finished artworks to me by Thursday 18th September.
Ms Vicki Armstrong
Visual Arts Teacher
Science Week
Dear Parents
This week at St Francis Xavier, we celebrated National Science Week with an exciting Science-a-viva incursion!
All our students had the opportunity to take part in hands-on experiments exploring a variety of fascinating scientific topics, including forces, energy, light, and so much more. The curiosity, wonder, and excitement in the room showed just how much our students enjoyed discovering the world through science!
