Year 10 Melbourne Holocaust Museum excursion
By Amelia Luscombe In Week 8, the Year 10 History students went on an excursion to the Melbourne Holocaust Museum. Always a memorable and moving experience, the students had the opportunity to hear from a Holocaust survivor, Peter Gasper, who is pictured with the students above. Hearing from a survivor really helped me understand the […]
Art Camp 2024
Year 8 Ceramics
By Natalie Lysenko This Term, students in year 8G Ceramics have been learning about ceramic vessels designed for everyday use (functional ware). They have been developing their ceramics technical skills including appropriate handling of clay, building techniques (slab, coil and pinch), joining techniques and glazing techniques. Students have created a variety of functional pieces which have been […]
Vocational Major – Work Related Skills
By Dan Norton Students in the Vocational Major Work Related Skills class worked were able to apply knowledge and skills learnt in class to propose, design and construct a 30 meter garden path and an accompanying garden bed in term 2 and 3. Students worked in teams undertaking a variety of roles including foreman, team […]
A note from Musicland
By Judy Bartosy, Director of Music Exciting, high quality and high energy describes Term 3 in Musicland. Students and staff were involved in a number of different performances including: The Jazz and Swing Night at Latrobe Golf Club in Alphington: this was a very successful night and the new venue worked really well; so much […]
Year 9 Printmaking
By Katherine Smith Student create a relief print using a simple design to understand how to use the cutting tools and produce a print showing negative and positive space. Students then printed their design onto calico bags in a grid pattern to create interest.
Year 10 2D Art – Conceptual portrait painting
By Natalie Lysenko This Term, students in year 10 2D Art stepped away from the painterly art of traditional portraiture and into the world of the conceptual. Students explored their identity through mind-mapping, generated several ideas and completed conceptual drawings, selecting one for the basis for their artwork. Students used their knowledge and skills in […]
Year 9 Line Drawings
By Katherine Smith Students created Insect drawings that they are using for their combination final art image, for which they will create their own creature using insects and Mechanical parts. Students drew their insects and practiced using the ball point pens to enable them to get in fine details on their image. Paper choice was […]
Year 10 Health Excursion – The Bean Thief
By Andrew Schnerring In Term 3, Year 10 Promoting Health and Wellbeing students attended an excursion to The Bean Thief Café, which allowed students to experience the Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing in a practical scenario. As a class, students walked to the cafe together, shared healthy food, developed their social connections and promoted a […]
Year 11 Geography fieldwork
By Stephen Barrett On Wednesday 22nd May, students from the Year 11 VCE Geography class went on a fieldtrip to investigate flooding risk in Boroondara. We focused our attention on the area surrounding Glenferrie Road which, although is far from any major rivers or streams, is at relatively higher risk of flash flooding. Indeed, major floods […]
