This week students in Year 5A went to the farm as part of a creative writing activity. The girls were able to spend some time walking around the farm, taking in the lush scenery with the sounds of the birds, chickens and goats. They reflected on how lucky we are to have the farm as part of our School and the peace and serenity it provides. The students spent time on their own reflecting, and wrote short pieces based on the five senses (see, hear, smell, taste, touch/feel) about their time at the farm (pictured above).
The students loved visiting the farm and are looking forward to returning to draw inspiration for other writing tasks!
Explorations in Art
All students have been exploring a variety of media such as painting, ceramics, paper mache, watercolour and printmaking to showcase their skills in preparation for their gifts for Father’s Day. Preps, Year 1, Year 3 and Year 4 have been focusing on ceramics and have been taught a variety of skills such as applying texture to clay to create pattern, joining clay and applying colour. The Year 2 students have thoroughly enjoyed their journey in paper mache, creating 3D artworks and painting their constructions using metallic paints. The Year 5 students displayed great sophistication while experimenting with soft-carve lino to create lino-prints based on a botanical theme. Both the cutting and printing process require great skill, and the Year 5 students have flourished with the challenge. The Year 6 students have been exploring tonal painting techniques in landscape to produce some amazing work. The students’ confidence in their skillset continues to grow which is reflected in their artistic endeavors.
Jenny Kerr | Girls’ Junior School Art Teacher
Year 3A
The Year 3A Learning Community have had terrific time, here are some of our recent activities.
Last week we held our Class Captain speeches and voting procedures. Each girl who chose to nominate was required to write a speech highlighting why they believed they would be a good representative of our Year 3A Learning Community. I congratulate Emma, Briana, Isla, Olivia, Lucy T, Lucy F, Kayla, Deni and Jonti for being brave and putting themselves forward for this role. Our Class Captain for Semester 2 is Olivia. We congratulate Olivia on being elected by the class for this role. Olivia was acknowledged and received her badge at Assembly this week.
During our Assembly this week the girls had the opportunity to celebrate and share their learning. We shared our learning in STEAM, PE, Strings, the Writing Process and Maths. We had a combination of speaking and demonstrations. The girls all did a wonderful job of putting together the presentation, including preparing their individual elements and combining this as a shared presentation.
During STEAM sessions the girls have been using the ‘Stop Motion’ Movie Maker program to make movies. Taking photos of a small figurine, each photo was a slight adjustment. For each one second of time, they required 15 photos. Working with a partner, the girls created a background. Using paper, a clear frame, and blu-tac to enable the features to be easily moved to change the background visual. Using the ‘Stop Motion’ app, the photos were converted into a short movie.
In our other STEAM session the focus was on Coding. The girls use the GROK Academy Program, ‘Monster Maker’ and ‘More Monster Maker’ to code their own unique Monsters, including features and colours.
Miranda Price | Junior School Curriculum Co-ordinator
