Advertising attempts to influence the way people think and act.
Students in the MLC have been learning some of the tricks marketers use to advertise products, and we have been critical viewers of identifying these strategies in our favourite and annoying advertisements. This week, students chose a product that they will work on to create an advertising campaign over the next few weeks. What would you chose?
Students are already coming up with some catchy slogans!!
This week the JLC have been getting close up with the environment to support the central idea of:
Living and non-living things exist in connected communities.
The lines of inquiry are
As you can see below, we are using our senses to carefully observe a range of fresh and dried leaves, nuts and branches and then record what we see as carefully as possible with shading and attention to detail a focus. 
We discussed and viewed artists work from Cook’s adventures on the Endeavour as well as the creativity and imagination May Gibbs applied to native Australian plants in creating the Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series. Spend some time outdoors exploring the uniqueness of God’s amazing creation!
Over the last few lessons, we have been experimenting with lighting, different angles, close-ups, long shots, backgrounds, distance, as well as exploring different features and tools of photographic apps. Students are working towards putting together a 5-6 image portfolio that reflects their identity. Students are also keeping note on what and why they have edited the way they have – what is the purpose? mood? message? etc. What messages will your selfie presentation communicate to the class, considering such things as: are you always that happy? What in the selfies are accurate? What is obscured or partially hidden? For example, looking closely at the selfie it is possible to just see part of a soccer ball, your favourite sport, or part of your pet? What is unclear or ambiguous or vague?
As you can see, we have some great photographers and image manipulators. There has also been great discussions about what is real and true, and what is not.
Each Monday. out come the microphones, speakers and iPad for Karaoke time! Not only singing, but we also have back up singers and dancers, and also an avid audience!!
Then on Fridays, out come the chalks, or easels and water colours!! You just never know what is in store!!!!
The BLC have been exploring beat in music through body percussion and a range of un-tuned percussion instruments. We are discovering their names and how to play them.
Busy Bees
Superstars
Movement to music
Naming and Exploring Untuned Percussion Instruments
Welcome to the 2017 Creative Arts blog!
As some of you may already be aware, I am teaching Creative Arts across the school this term whilst Mrs Zadow is on leave. I am so enjoying getting to know all of the students during our lessons. Creative Arts covers the five different subjects of visual arts, media arts, drama, dance, and music.
At the moment, the Beginning Learning Community are focussing on music. We have been finding the beat in songs and in everyday items such as a ticking clock. We move to different types and beats of music, sing and play instruments to music. Some students have even written and share their own body percussion tunes! Finding beats also helps develop an understanding of syllables in words. You could try all of this at home!
The Junior Learning Community are focussing on drama skills and performing in front of others as part of there inquiry into challenges and risks. Here we are identifying emotions using facial and whole body expressions.
There was so much discussion and vocabulary!
The Middle Learning Community are also having a drama focus, learning about, creating and critiquing tableaus. There is a lot of group work, problem solving and imagination in these tasks. Stay tuned for some images of the tableaus – see if you can discover their stories! We will also extend their understanding of role and situation as they offer, accept and extend their ideas in improvisation.
The Senior Learning Community are exploring the media arts through selfies. We have defined what a selfie, self portraits and portraits are, how these have/have not changed over time, and the purpose of them. In the images below, we are sorting and critically analysing a range of “selfies” from now and the past, using terms such as composition, lighting, mood, perspective etc, as well as the intent and the messages it conveys. This will eventually lead us into creating our own selfie using a range of photographic software.
