Visual Arts

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2024, and welcome your input:

Danielle Haines (Visual Arts)  danielle.haines@education.vic.gov.au 

Foundation students have been busy taking their custom paper to learn how to weave. This skill helps to further develop fine motor skills and pattern recognition as they weave the paper over and under in their loom. When finished, students had the opportunity to use their left over pieces to create 3-dimensional sculptures, figuring out ways to make the pieces stand up.

This week we got our hands dirty to finish off the term with some clay. Students were all very excited to manipulate the clay into a pinch pot and add their own decorations. 

Year One and Two students have completed their sewing project. They have all successfully sewn a running stitch border and designed their own fish. Students continued to practice their running stitch, threading the needle and tying knots. Many were able to sew on a button for the eye and even experiment with different types of stitches to add decorations to their fish and background details. It was fantastic to see the students develop their skills over the course of this project and grow in confidence each week.

Year Three and Four students have completed their Pete Cromer inspired softies and they look amazing. Each one is a unique creation that is a test of patience, resilience and perseverance. Students had to overcome the challenges of running out of thread, rethreading their own needles, tying knots and navigating the large fabric scissors, not to mention undoing many tangles.

Year Five and Six students have completed their relief sculptures and they look stunning! Each one is completely unique. Students were taught how to create 3 simple folds and used these to create their designs. Some chose to experiment with other additional folds, while others used these three folds and experimented with different ways they could interact with each other to create dimension in their work. 

When finished, students chose from a variety of activities including more complex origami folds, drawing origami or completing the CD symmetrical designs with puffy paint.