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Year 7 English

Students have been engaged in the study of Visual Literacy and the power of images.  The following student responses use symbolic indigenous images to portray a personal story.

One day, a man and a woman were camping in the forest. They were trying to find a waterhole and get some water from there to cook food. They explored the forest but faced many challenges, like heavy rain, not knowing where to go, and animals. Finally, they reached and attained water for their food. They also hunted some animals with boomerangs and defended themselves with shields. Back at the camp, they cooked their delicious food and camped overnight in the forest. 

Veer Soni

I drew the contrast between day and night. In the day there are all the people working and finding food, whereas at night, everyone is resting and sleeping. To show the difference between the two I drew rain in the middle. The day is on the verso side and night is on the recto side. I mainly used brown, red, orange and yellow because they are the colours of the Australian outback. For rain I used blue since rain is sad and blue. I mainly tried to use warm colours but there are still warm colours. 

Emilie Woolnough

As you can see, in the middle of my boomerang is a symbol that I used to represent my nonno. Surrounding it are my nonna, my parents and siblings, my zias and zios, and all of my cousins. Around my family are suns to represent how when I am with my family everything in life is clear, bright, and shining. Once again, further down the boomerang are lines, dots and waves showing the barrier that keeps us together no matter what. Lastly, the butterflies symbolise all the memories we have created as a family, and throughout life, those memories, especially with our nonno, is something that we will cherish forever!

Sofia Agresta

Ms Rose Turunen

English Teacher