This week in the 3/4 neighbourhood we have been exploring perspectives. The students were inspired by our artist in residence Darren as we explored how photos tell a story. The stories we can tell through photography also include the perspective of the photographer and often include many clues, emotions and context. Students have been bringing […]
As part of our Artist in Residence programme we have been very lucky to have photographer Darren James working with the children. Darren has a strong interest in humanitarian aid and development, healthcare, cultural identity, climate change, education, environment, hard waste management and sustainability with a focus on Pacific island nations and South East Asia.
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What characteristics or motivations inspire people to continue… This week we welcomed our Artists in Residence, and also extended our thinking, discussing what types of characteristics people have to face disasters or catastrophes and then continue to face a new day and keep going. As a result of our discussions, we began to unpack other
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Last week, interesting theories, questions and wonderings with authentic potential were uncovered in our neighbourhood in connection to provocations connected to the artist in residence program. These artists have been specially chosen from our local community as part of our whole school wellbeing project and include a photographer, musician and dancer. We were able to
Maybe if we were all quiet enough we could hear the Coronavirus Read More »
“Instead of you going really fast when you can’t focus on things, it’s going a bit slower and it helps you to have a look at it and notice more things. Claudia I This beautiful observation was in response to work the children have been engaged in with artist in residence, dance teacher Toni
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Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas and cracks with gold. They do this to honour the cracks, dignify the scars and not hide them but most importantly to make the fractured object more beautiful and unique than it was before”. The journey towards the Princes Hill Wellbeing Arts
Hi everyone, Here are the links from today’s science wondering. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-10-20/nasa-osiris-rex-landing-on-bennu-explained/12745804 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/bennu-top-ten Enjoy!
‘Trees are the largest manifestation of the life-force we see. No two trees are the same, like us. We’re all a little bit different inside and look a little bit different outside. You notice that more in winter than in the summer… Trees become friends.’ David Hockney Last week we realized that many students held
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Dear Elise, We would like to thank you for helping us to build a character and inspire us to write stories. Essentially, we learnt that starting with a simple character and adding interesting details is a great way to build a character and a story. We learnt to draw characters in a simple way using
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