Miss Art of Teaching

The rock painting stall was a success! I ran the stall during Multicultural day. The purpose of the stall was to get as many rocks painted for the school decorative rock pathway. There was a huge turnout from the school community. We had students, teachers, staff and parents/carers joining in.  To prepare for the day, I... 1. Asked for donations from Flower Power and Bunnings. They donated rocks and a can of natural sealer (to protect the paint from rain, hail and shine!) 2. Sought funding to purchase permanent markers, posca markers and paint. 3. Asked Year 7-10 students in my classes to wash, dry and paint a based layer using exterior house paint. 4. Sorted out the rocks by colour. 5. Made teacher samples and asked every student in my class to make a few designs. 6. Advertised about the rock painting stall on the school Facebook, school newsletter, on assembly, Year 7 meeting and through word of mouth. 7. Asked Year 7 students to help make promotional posters and instru...

During the Term 2 holidays, I started prepping for the 'Rock Colourful Pathway Project'. My Deputy Principal read up an article about an elementary school teacher at Indiana who started a project where every student painted a rock to make up a bright and colourful pathway. She kindly suggested that this might be a good Project Based Learning project. This project has gone bigger and it is now a whole school project. It is one of the Positive Behaviour for Learning initiative. Every student, teacher and staff are encouraged to paint a rock. We want to send out creative and positive vibes throughout the school and local community. At the moment I am trying to prepare for a 'Rock' stall for the school's Heritage (Multicultural) day so that I can get some parents and carers involved with the painting process. Local businesses have assisted by donating rocks! Flower Power and Bunnings are our biggest supporters. I am blessed to be working in a community where busi...

Every year we start off with a self-portrait unit with the Year 7 students. I decided to spice things up and take Snapchat selfies of my students. We used the dog filter on Snapchat as it still allowed a reasonable amount of realism to be portrayed in their artworks. I teach 3 x Year 7 classes. Instructions. 1. Take individual photos of students using the dog filter on Snapchat. 2. Print out the photos as A4.  3. Create a grid for students. Photocopy a class set. 4. Using the same grid, photocopy it onto overhead sheets. Make a class set.  5. Attach the overhead sheet over the photo. 6. Show students how to use the grid system. I like to start from the nose. I always print out an example and attach it onto my whiteboard and show them how to follow the grid system. A great artist to introduce is Chuck Close. He uses the grid system in his work.  If students have trouble following the grid system, make them a view finder so they can isolate th...