Year 7 Arts Day

Blind experimental ink creations with a mix of observational contour drawings were the focus of our Visual Art workshop. There were toy animals being brought to life on paper across NJ Hall and the creativity was bountiful. Inspirational and talented local artist Deb Mostert demonstrated a range of playful tips to loosen up the drawing techniques of our skilled Year 7’s. Students were enthusiastic, buzzing with boosted imaginations and walked away with new masterpieces.

In Music, students became DJs and created their own tunes using digital music studio software, incorporating sound samples and loops. By the end of the workshop, boys were able to mix down their files to a mp3 ready to share with their family and friends. By linking the work they have been doing in their classroom studies with this new way of working provided real-world connections between their school work and the type of music the boys hear and interact with on a daily basis.

Supported and facilitated by our brave Year 10 Media Arts students, over 200 Year 7 students explored the basics of Adobe Animate (used by Nickelodeon and others) by creating a basic character then animating through scenes, learning skills such as drawing and creating keyframe animation. We hope the students got a taste of the importance of creating Media in different forms which our world of film and television and online are flooded with. This experience may lead to studying Media Arts or Film and Television in later years.

In Drama, boys took part in a dynamic and physical workshop with professional performer and facilitator Clint Bolster. In this Drama workshop students discovered their inner clown and had each other rolling on the floor laughing one minute and ‘awwing’ in sympathy the next. Learning about comedy on stage, this training was incredibly rewarding for the students as it developed their authenticity, vulnerability, and confidence.