Curriculum

Year 9 Examinations and Year 11-2024 Subject Selection

Year 9 will commence yearly examinations on Monday 17 October and conclude Friday 21 October. The examination timetable will be available on the Year 9 Canvas page before the end of this term. The assessments will all be written examinations.

The results of these examinations, along with next year’s Year 10 examinations during second term for this cohort, will provide performance data to inform subject selection recommendations for Year 11 in 2024.

The students will also undertake external diagnostic academic testing by Academic Assessment Services next year to further support and enhance the College’s recommendations.

Further information regarding examinations, diagnostic testing and subject selection for Year 11 in 2024 for the current Year 9 cohort will occur in due course in a timely and sequential manner.

It is hoped that this advance notice will inform Year 9 parents/carers and their sons of the importance to prepare well for the Year 9 examinations as their results, particularly in Religious Education, English, Mathematics, and Science, will contribute to the College’s recommendations.

Michael Cutrupi 

Director of Curriculum

Kill Painting Exhibition

Year 11 Photography, Video and Digital Imaging bring you the latest Visual Arts Exhibition Kill Painting. A curation of photographs whose subject matter and making process blur the lines between the expressive forms: photography, painting, and sculpture.

After seeing the first daguerreotype in 1839 (the earliest and publicly available photographic process), French painter Paul Delaroche declared “from today, painting is dead!”

Throughout history, the invention of photography has long been considered by some as a disruption to the artworld since, at that time and for centuries beforehand, painting was the main art form through which images were recorded. On the other hand, since its invention, many throughout art history have argued photography is NOT an art form. Art critic Arthur Danto stated “Photography can fully be art, but in some ways, it falls short of less technical pursuits, such as painting. The photographer can represent only what is there, whereas the painter is free to use his imagination and show things in ways other than how they are or were.”

Interestingly, the postmodern artworld continues to challenge traditional ideas, and within the context of photography, video and digital imaging, the lines between art forms and photographic processes continue to be blurred. In 2018, writer for The Guardian, Sean Hagan wrote “increasingly though, contemporary photography is all about ‘interrogating the medium’, which often means shifting it away from documentary towards other, more conceptually driven art forms – abstract painting, sculpture, performance, video installation.” Today, the rise of social media platforms such as Instagram means the role of the photographer/image maker constantly evolves; they not only move beyond simply recording what they see, rather create what audiences should see. This is particularly prominent in the real world/industry practice of content creation; now a significantly advertised employment position in Marketing and Communications.

With this context in mind, the students engaged in a making process which pushed their traditional understanding of ‘photographer as documenter’, and created, manipulated and arranged still life subject matter just as a painter would before applying brush to canvas. Given an assortment of silk flowers, students sprayed, marbled and dripped paint mediums prior to coordinating and capturing their content with sophistication and resolution.

Kill Painting will be on view from Week 3 in the Visual Arts Common Area (Mary MacKillop Art Building).

Please view the accompanying Exhibition Catalogue for a closer look. College staff, students, families and friends are invited to pre-order fine art prints of their favourite works with all proceeds going to the Year 11 Charity Partners.

Complete the Pre-Order Form below and use this is as a fantastic opportunity to acquire an outstanding artwork, professional print and build your own art collection!

Adriana Lazkin

Visual Arts Teacher