Lower First News (Kindy)
Mother’s Day portraits
Lower first have hit the jackpot this year for as well as having art with the specialist art teacher they also have an art class with Miss Marley who, as well as having her degree as a teacher has a Fine arts Degree and loves teaching art. In the Lower First rooms you will find many fabulous works taught by Miss Marley: Georgia O Keefe flowers, Kandinsky patterns, The very hungry caterpillar paintings to name a few. She loves working with pastels and watercolour. One of her projects was a Mother’s Day painting as a gift for the lower first Mum s. Of course it’s hard to believe that L 1st produced these art works but she has taught …
5 year olds learning Shakespeare, no drama!
This week in drama classes, our infants students start learning their lines in earnest as they start rehearsing for their Shakespeare Festival in August. Their first term drama classes focused on expression, vocal clarity, gesture and making interesting shapes with their bodies. “We’ve been doing exercises to get them connecting with the language,” says drama teacher Zoe Emanuel. “And because they say quite a few lines in unison, team work and acting in chorus has also been part of the mix.”Our Lower First students (Kindergarten) will present “All the world’s a Stage”, Upper Firsts will be doing “The Tempest” and 2nd classes will do “Macbeth”.The Primary students have their Shakespeare Festival later in the year. …
Ceramic artists at work
All our Infants students had the chance to squish, roll and mould clay in ceramic art classes this week. The lessons were lead by Krystan Taylor from Ceramics in Schools and the children listened hard to each step-by-step instruction.Upper First C (pictured) each made crocodiles, which fits in with their aboriginal art work studies, while 2nd classes are making rainforest trees. Lower First (kindy) classes are making wall hangings showing their family members.The works will be fired, then painted and glazed at the start of Term 2. Come and see the final results at our Open Day (Sunday 26th May). …
From the Stage Coordinators: 28/3/13