First day of Year 7
I started at 8:30am in the school hall and was grateful that the Year 7 cohort arrived nice and early. Students were able to find their classes quickly and settled down for a short presentation in the hall. After the hall presentation, students moved into classrooms. I was on my feet for most of the day, running between classrooms to check that all students have been correctly marked, timetables have been passed out, uniform have been checked and important content covered (how to read a timetable etc). I was able to breath a bit more when students were busy in the hall for peer support.
I am super proud of the students for being polite and having a nice smile throughout the day. It was great to see them make friends and feel more at ease in the new environment.
Above: Students completing activities in the classroom.
Above: Screenshot from a PowerPoint which we use every year to teach students how to read a timetable.
Above: Year 7 students enjoying an early mark in the Year 7 area.
Above: I may have peer pressured a teacher to dab with the students.
On another note:
In between the sleepy heavy eyelids, I managed to write an equity funding application for my 'Reverse Garbage' proposal. I would like to have a 'Reuse Visual Arts Incursion' for Stage 5 students' before they start creating their own artworks for the Environmental Art unit. Hopefully, I will be granted with the finance to get them in. Reverse Garbage is a business with 40 years of experience in diverting industrial discards from the landfill into reused materials in the classrooms. They are experts in reuse.
Reverse Garbage is able to conduct a 1.5-hour incursion for 3 visual arts classes of Year 9/10 students on one day in mid-February. The session will be held by qualified secondary teacher and a practicing visual artist who specialises in reuse and recycled materials. The session includes both theory and practical components. The theory covers information about the importance of sustainability in Visual Art practice and the value of using visual arts to promote sustainability. Practice will include a simple hand on activity to allow students to experience working with reuse items. The $10 per student workshop includes materials for the hands on session.
Hopefully, through the visit, students will understand the importance of sustainability in Visual Art practice.
In between the sleepy heavy eyelids, I managed to write an equity funding application for my 'Reverse Garbage' proposal. I would like to have a 'Reuse Visual Arts Incursion' for Stage 5 students' before they start creating their own artworks for the Environmental Art unit. Hopefully, I will be granted with the finance to get them in. Reverse Garbage is a business with 40 years of experience in diverting industrial discards from the landfill into reused materials in the classrooms. They are experts in reuse.
Reverse Garbage is able to conduct a 1.5-hour incursion for 3 visual arts classes of Year 9/10 students on one day in mid-February. The session will be held by qualified secondary teacher and a practicing visual artist who specialises in reuse and recycled materials. The session includes both theory and practical components. The theory covers information about the importance of sustainability in Visual Art practice and the value of using visual arts to promote sustainability. Practice will include a simple hand on activity to allow students to experience working with reuse items. The $10 per student workshop includes materials for the hands on session.
Hopefully, through the visit, students will understand the importance of sustainability in Visual Art practice.
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