MIDDLE YEARS
Year 7 - Collaborative Paintings
Since the start of the term, 7E Art students have worked very hard on their collaborative paintings. Three groups of students had to re-create the Post-Impressionist painting style of the artist Vincent van Gogh, using the painting they were given. The paintings were "Sunflowers"; "Terrace of a café at night (Place du Forum)"; and "Road with cypress and star (also known as Country Road in Provence by Night)".
Each student had a section of the painting to produce. Groups had to make sure that their composition fit together evenly and also that they matched their paint colours with each other. The end results were fantastic! Students from 7E, Mr. Easton's Year 9 Visual Communication Design class, Mrs. Priest and Mr. Kruger all voted on which collaborative painting they liked best.
The winners of the Freddos were the artists who painted... "Terrace of a café at night"!
Well done to 7E - you deserve to be very proud of your achievements!
Tina Fiorentino
Art and Drama Teacher
Year 8 - Challenge Week
Challenge week was a new idea this year, it was designed to challenge year 8 students and it achieved that goal very well. The challenges lasted all week and were available to the entire year 8 cohort. The main ones that people enjoyed were the trees adventure and the Escape room because these were those that scared and challenged people the most. There was also KIOSC where we were enlisted to develop a method with which to treat a disability. The only obvious solution make the dinosaur game on a micro bit! The bike ride was challenging, and the canoeing was rather fun, especially the game at the end. Overall, it was generally worth the completing and year 7 students should look forward to it next year!
- Tulio Iotti Tapper 8S
Challenge week was a group of activities that expanded over 5 days, these activities were chosen not only to be fun but to challenge us physically, Mentally and Socially. The activities we completed were Canoeing and Amazing Raze, Trees Adventure, Escape room and Raft building, geocaching and bike riding and finally a design challenge. Two of the things i enjoyed the most was how we had to work together and how we had lots of spare time to be with our friend. Overall, Challenge week was really fun and i recommend you to try these activities.
- Tom Edwards, 8E
Challenge week was a week filled with fun activities designed to challenge and put students out of their comfort zones. The activities included were bike rides, trees adventure, escape room, raft building, canoeing, amazing race and geocaching. All these activities have some element of challenge in them, whether that’s concurring a fear of heights or problem solving in the escape room. Some highlights from challenge week was seeing people do things that they normally wouldn’t do and seeing my home group work together as a team. It was great to see students bonding over the week and seeing everyone participating and encouraging each other in all of the activities. A challenge for me was the tree adventure because I have a fear of heights. It took me a lot of courage and perseverance to get over this fear. Many other people have a similar fear to me and challenge week would have helped them concur their fears as well.
- Chrystin Gosios, 8S
Darren Hoogkamer & Daniel Brooks
Middle Years
Year 9 - Textiles Young designers
During semester 1, Year 9 textiles students have created a range of products including shorts and hoodies. Students use pattern pieces to construct their garments and we are very proud of the outcomes. In addition, this term students have learnt how to illustrate their fashion ideas using croquis and applying their knowledge and understanding of proportion and size of the body. Some students have applied their Computer Aided Design skills and used the laser cutter to cut their design out of fabric.
Vicky Rumble
Leading Teacher of Visual Arts and Technology