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Valkstone Primary School
Food, Glorious Food...our amazing school art show.
What a night! Our school art show was a huge success, with hundreds of families coming through the doors between 3:30pm and 7:30pm to celebrate the creativity of our students.
With thousands of artworks on display and multiple pieces from every child, the show captured the incredible range of mediums our students have explored and the skills they’ve built as they move through the school.
Our basketball gym was transformed into a gallery space for the evening, complete with food-themed music playing throughout. It was wonderful to watch families hunting around the room to find their child’s many artworks, and the positive feedback from our parent community was overwhelming. Everyone who came along was also invited to add to collaborative artworks (see my banner picture for one example - I loved adding my sprinkles to the cupcake!) and it was very cool watching the pieces come to life over the course of the night.
A huge thank you to our art teachers, Rochelle Hunt and Melissa Nguyen, for guiding our students to create such a wide variety of high-quality artworks. The pride on our students’ faces said it all.
A special thank you to Rochelle, who led the entire show and spent the whole year preparing for it. Setup took three full days, with the final pieces placed just half an hour before the doors opened! Rochelle also hosted the night from start to finish.
We are also very grateful to the band of volunteer parents who gave their time to help with setup and pack down. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Our cookie stall raised $833, so thank you to every family who bought a cookie, and a big thank you to AJ’s Bakery for generously donating the cookies.
Also held that afternoon was our second-hand uniform stall, led by our amazing volunteer Emma and her team, which raised an amazing $705!
All money raised from both stalls will go towards helping to cover the costs of putting on the art show.
Thank you to everyone who came along and made it such a special evening.
