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Specialist Feature News -  Visual Arts

Selamat Siang, 

We have had a busy time in specialists this week with it being planning week. Students had all of their specialists packed into one day whilst their teachers planned, and all did a fantastic job being flexible with this change in timetable.

It has been a fun and colourful term in the art room as students have created artworks that will be a part of their costumes for the school musical next term. Senior students have also been helping with creating props for the musical during Senior Art Club at lunch time on Mondays.

Here is a quick look into what the students have been up to in visual arts this term:

Foundation: Students have been given lots of opportunities to explore the different resources in the art room. We have spoken about creating artworks, the different ways we can be creative and  the expectations in the art room. The foundation students have created lion artworks using crayon and pencil, decorated crowns into birds for their musical costume and explored colours of the rainbow and our features when creating self portraits.

1/2s:  Began the term creating a big class collaborative artwork in the form of a paper chain snake. They used markers, pastels and pencils to decorate their own chain link that they then added to their class snake. These are on display in the creative hub. The students have created animal masks to wear in the musical as they are jungle animals. They also created watercolour artworks to match their chosen animal.

3/4:  Students have explored mixed media collage when creating Eric Carle inspired, water colour snake artworks which can be seen on display in the creative hub. 3/4 Students have spent time creating t-shirts for the musical. As who's, they have decorated them in bright colours, including motifs from Dr. Seuss' stories and a letter W to represent Whoville.

5/6: The students started of the term creating monochromatic self portraits using oil pastels, water colour and fine liners. For their costumes, the students created t-shirts for their role as jungle people. Students started with experimenting with tie-dye to colour their shirts. Students then used a variety of fabric paint and markers to decorate their shirts.

Important Specialist Event Dates:

Year 5/6 Gala Day - Thursday 3rd April

Students should wear their sports uniforms and bring their hats, water bottles, lunch and snacks.

Seussical Jr. Performance:

Night 1 – April 28th

FT, FE,1/2CS, 1/2K, 1/2G, 3/4J, 3/4W, 3/4A, 5/6N, 5/6S

Night 2 – April 29th

FA,1/2E, 1/2S, 3/4SF, 3/4R, 5/6E, 5/6C, 5/6G

Seussical Front Cover Competition Closes

Term 2 - Week 1 - Wednesday 23rd April

Terima kasih!

Bu Yana - Indonesian                Sam - Visual Art

Sarah - Performing Arts            Steph & Kate - Science

Eryn - Physical Education

Specialist Awards:

SCIENCE

Junior - Freddie V (1/2S)

For being a responsible and investigative member of the class and trying new things during Science rotations. 

Senior - Ryan H (3/4W)

For using creativity to design an elaborate catapult in our forces lesson on levers.

INDONESIAN

Junior - Chishuwo M (1/2E)

For demonstrating a love of learning and curiosity during the Indonesian Colour song. Hebat!

Senior - Maria M (3/4R)

For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning in Indonesian! Bagus sekali!

VISUAL ARTS

Junior - Elisa T (1/2CS)

For demonstrating curiosity and creativity when creating your paper collage ice cream cones!

Senior - Emma V (3/4R) 

For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when using the painted paper to create your collage ice cream.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Junior - Miller H (1/2CS)

For demonstrating a love of learning and showcasing his abilities during Running Club.

Senior - Skylah M (3/4A)

For demonstrating enthusiasm and a love of learning during sport. 

PERFORMING ARTS 

Junior - Liam M (1/2S)

For demonstrating a positive attitude and rehearsing the class songs with confidence while showing kindness when helping his peers.

Senior - Nolan T (3/4W)

For demonstrating a love of learning and positive attitude when engaging in class discussions and rehearsals for Seussical Jr.