Visual Arts Term 1
V I S U A L A R T S
Welcome back to Visual Arts for 2024 and a big welcome to our new families. The children have been excited to be back in their creative space, the art room! Our new Preps are mostly familiar with the room from the playgroup last year.
I look forward to a year of creativity, fun and of course a bit of mess!
2024 is Art Show year. We are very excited to showcase our students’ incredible creativity to our school and local community. For now can all families please save the following dates.
- Thursday 17th October 5pm (school community evening)
- Sunday 20th October 10am - 12 pm (Art show community open day)
Here is an overview of my program for Term One.
| Year Level | Unit of Work |
| All | Art Room Tours Art Room Organisation (sketch books folios setup) Star Artists Whole School Display ‘A sky full of stars’ |
| Prep | Me, my family (oil pastel, dyes) |
| Year 1/2 | My Place (acrylic paints) |
| Year 3/4 | Treasures from the past (still life observational drawing) |
| Year 5/6 | Australia Post and the Past (watercolour) |
STAR Artists & Awards
One student from each class will receive an art award and art prize at the end of each term. These awards will be given to students who consistently display the STAR values in the art room. Along with a certificate, there will be an art prize to encourage creativity.
HOW TO BE A STAR ARTIST
STAY SAFE | TRY YOUR BEST | ACT RESPONSIBLY | RESPECT
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We walk
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Use a growth mindset
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Ask the teacher to leave the room |
Listen to others |
4 legs of the stool on the ground
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Draw light until you get it right |
Be responsible with your equipment |
Leave the room tidy for the next class Pack away your equipment
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Art Captains
Congratulations to our Year Six Art Captains for 2024 ‘Peter and Tom’. Our art captains are excited to lead and promote the arts across the school. Our creative superstars ‘Tom and Peter’ will assist me with running our Tuesday lunchtime art club sessions. To begin with, Tom and Peter will assist the younger students. Next term our art captains will have the opportunity to plan and run creative sessions for the students across the school to enjoy.
Art club is on Tuesdays at 11:05. Please encourage your child to come along and join in the fun.
Art Classes outside of school
We have many talented artists at St Joseph’s! I love to hear about any art making students are doing outside of school. For students who are wanting to pursue art classes outside of school, I can highly recommend the following.
The Malvern School of Art
http://www.malvernschoolofart.com.au/
The Melbourne Studio of Art
https://www.melbournestudioart.com.au/
Ceramiques
These two airy studios in Kew and Elsternwick offer students the opportunity to work with clay both on the wheel and hand building. Each session students select one piece for firing. Classes are both ongoing along with holiday programs. Highly recommend it, as my daughters loved it!
https://www.ceramiques.com.au/
Marta Cummings
Art Teacher
marta.cummings@sjmalvern.catholic.edu.au