This week has seen all classes completing their Visual Arts projects, as most of us are now back at school. I feel very proud of the Junior Secondary classes who worked hard as a team helping each other to install their individual fishes into the diorama display. While we were arranging and hanging up the sea creatures we discussed what our project had been about.

The Junior Secondary students have made an art sculpture in the form of a diorama to make people aware of the problem and issues of plastic pollutions in the oceans.  Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, including 86% of all sea turtle species, 44% of all seabird species and 43% of all marine mammal species. The impacts include fatalities as a result of ingestion, starvation, suffocation, infection, drowning, and entanglement.

What is something we can do? Recycling and reuse of plastic products, and support for research and innovation to develop new products to replace single-use plastics are also necessary to prevent and reduce plastic pollution.

Making the plastic junk filled sea creatures gave the students a very relatable experience of what it might be like to swallow junk and have it sit in your stomach.

Diorama showing sea creatures with stomachs filled with plastics. Students also made seaweed and coral for the seabed.

JS3 happy with their completion of the diorama in the background. They have responsibly cleaned up and looking forward to starting our Drama Unit next week

Early years this week looked at shadows and shadow puppets. We are beginning to understand how shadows are made.  The students made hand shadows on the whiteboard wall and also watched some shadow puppet performances. 

The following are photos of our puppet theatre showing a scene from the ‘Tiddalick the Frog’ performance. Early Years students will be using this theatre to perform their own stories with their own hand made puppets.

Primary students had one last look and play with their wonderful fantasy world model. Once again I am so impressed with how our students contribute when working collaboratively to make and design their artworks.

Chris