Year 8 students study Aborigine art Students then went on to produce an Aboriginal lizard in pottery with traditional aboriginal patterns and symbols painted on them. This allowed students to tell a story of the lizard’s journey using aboriginal stories. Here is an example of the journeys the students made up for their lizard:
Aborigine art Well my story begins at Ayre’s rock. Rocky, the lizard is asleep when loud footsteps awake him.
There is no better way to inspire young people about sport than the 2012 Olympics in London. We have been giving assemblies to primary schools all across the area (a few are Meldreth, Melbourn, Fowlmere, Barrington and Hauxton) talking to them about what the Olympics is, what it means and why we can learn from the games. For example, as we regularly say to the children, it’s not about being the one who can throw the ball the furthest or be the one who scores the most points/goals. When you strip away the competing, all the skills and practice; it’s all about having fun and enjoying what you do. That’s why I started up the basketball club after school with another sport’s leader (Matt Davis) to try and get people to try something new and see if they enjoy it. So, to those of you who came and enjoyed it well done on finding a new sport! To those of you that didn’t, it’s never too late to try. Sam Robinson
He sees a tribe of people which lead him to a stream around which are huts and children playing and training at night. They all sit down at the fire and tell stories about where they have been. Rocky finds a nice tree and goes to sleep. He starts to dream about ancient Tingari settlements of the ancestors of the aboriginal people. He sees himself going there and in the middle of the temple He sees his own ancestor. He follows her and does not wake up. As he floats above the earth he looks down on his own still body and realises that it was his last day on earth. Connor McCormick and George Way
Art Year 10 students watched the video of Anish Kapoor show at the Royal Academy in which wax was shot out of a canon onto the walls of this historic building conjuring up images of war and aggressions. Students in textiles responded in a variety of media including fabric, paint and hot wax to try and replicate the energy and speed of the wax shooting through the air and hitting the wall. Students in Year 9 have been producing self-portraits inspired by the woodcut portraits created by the Expressionist artists, such as Kirchner and Heckel. They have also looked at how cartoon art is inspired by the use of line and shading similar to woodcuts of the Expressionists. melbournmagazine
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