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This term we will make links with the NGV Exhibition WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture. Self Portraits and Portraits: Children’s self-portraits can be windows into how they see themselves and can reveal certain aspects of a child’s world and his or her experience of self. Self-portraits provide a visual means through which children’s deepest feelings …
After completing and celebrating our running/Cross Country focus, students later reflected and discussed what skills and goals they were proud of achieving so far this year in Health & PE. It was also a chance for everyone to reset and think about setting new goals moving forward into Term 2. Two particular components students voiced …
Week 8 and 9 Over the past few weeks, students created a new work reflecting on the main themes and understandings we have drawn from the Bark Ladies exhibition at the NGV. Students reflected on the work of the Yolŋu artists, their use of materials sourced from the country and their connection to country and …
‘It is customary for Yolŋu artists who paint Country and the stories it holds to use materials collected from Country… In recent times, some Yolŋu artists have begun working with discarded printer cartridges recycled from the rubbish tip, an innovation sparked by Madarrpa artist Noŋgirrŋa Marawili that has opened up an array of technicolour pigments …
Hello to everyone. We are joyfully inspired to experience all the areas of our school’s musical spirit return through instrumental performances and singing. A well earned BRAVO to our IM students who performed last Friday in our first Assembly for this year. After just 2 lessons with your teachers this year, you delighted and impressed …
As we continue our skill development of hand and eye coordination through the code of tennis and bat-tennis, the students expressed they wanted a little home group competition! Therefore, through student agency, I worked with our health and wellbeing leaders in 56 to create a mini tennis round-robin! From setting up the tennis nets at …
‘It is customary for Yolŋu artists who paint Country and the stories it holds to use materials collected from Country…’ Last week students explored their immediate surroundings and collected natural materials to make their brushes. Their aim was to further explore the idea of mark making and pattern and experiment with a range of materials …
Hello to everyone. This Term is romping along and I am loving how our music sessions are unfolding across the Neighbourhoods. The question above has emerged as an observation from the Yr 5/6 students as they were watching an animated response to Ligiti’s 1958 electronic sound piece ‘Artikulation’. There is a resonance with the Yr …
Week 3 saw the senior students engage with the annual Swimming Carnival, which was held this year at Fitzroy Pool. It was a fantastic occasion which allowed the Year’s 4-6 to challenge themselves in four different swimming events; Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke as well as Butterfly. There was also the opportunity for our Freestyle Relays, which …
This week, students were inspired by the artists’ work in the Bark Ladies exhibition and were interested in developing the potential for story telling and also developing their own visual language through the exploration of line and pattern. This week we worked simply using white pencil on black paper. Students were interested in accessing their …