Art and Technology @ PSC

Exciting cultural Design Technology project with our Indigenous Artist in Residence

We are thrilled to welcome back Indigenous Artist in Residence, Sam Richards, to our school community. Starting next week, Sam will be working closely with our Year 7 students on a very special Design Technology Project focused on boomerangs.

The boomerangs, which have been ethically sourced from the Native Art Company and crafted in Australia using sustainably grown plantation timbers, will serve as a unique canvas for both creative expression and cultural learning.

Sam will begin by introducing herself and sharing the significance and traditional uses of boomerangs in Indigenous culture. She will also guide students through the 12 traditional Indigenous symbols and their use in storytelling, helping them understand how visual language has been used to share knowledge, history and connection to Country.

Following these lessons, students will begin creating their own designs for their boomerangs. They will sketch their ideas on templates, drawing inspiration from the symbols and stories they have learned. Once their designs are finalised, students will transfer their artwork onto the wooden boomerangs themselves.

This meaningful project will culminate in a display of the finished boomerangs at our End of Semester Art and Technology Exhibition, where families and friends will have the opportunity to view the students’ work before the boomerangs are taken home as a keepsake.

We’re excited to see the creative ideas and cultural learning that will come from this project with our Year 7 students.

Year 10 Photography challenge on focus and perspective

Our Year 10 photography students were asked to take photographs of subject matter around the school, practising their focus techniques and experimenting with perspective. The students photos have been compiled together to be displayed for the class to guess where in the school the subject matter is located.