Yarram Eisteddfod
Today, students in Middle School Choir and Senior Vocal Ensemble embarked on the 2 hour trip to Yarram to compete in the 65th Yarram Eisteddfod. First up was the combined choir competing against four other schools, singing two numbers which landed them 2nd place. Senior Vocal Ensemble competed in their own section, against two other schools. The competition was tough, but the group walked away with 1st place!
Well done to all students involved on the day and, leading up to the day, with lots of rehearsals and personal practice.
Thank you to Pamela Christie, Kerryn Lockhart and Elly Poletti for accompanying and leading the choirs.
Matthew Goss
Director of Music
Year 12 Theatre Studies
On Sunday 2 August, the Year 12 Theatre Studies students attended a performance of Bell Shakespeare's production of Mackenzie at The Arts Centre in Melbourne.
Mackenzie, written by Yve Blake and directed by Virginia Gay, is a dark, satirical reimagining of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The play asks what might happen if Macbeth were a thirteen-year-old child star in the height of early 2000s TV stardom, and Lady Macbeth her ruthlessly ambitious stage mother. Mackenzie has just landed a small part on a major children's television show, and when she and her on-set friend Beau encounter a mysterious make-up artist who prophesies that Mackenzie is destined to become the number one pop star in the world, her mother's relentless drive for her daughter's success sets in motion a fame-fuelled, increasingly dark chain of events. Told with original songs and a bold, theatrical style, the production charts Mackenzie's rise to stardom and the toll that ambition and pressure take along the way.
The performance gave students valuable first-hand exposure to a professional production of a Playlist play, directly supporting their VCE Theatre Studies Unit 4 Outcome 3 work. Students were able to observe how the production used the Elements of Theatre Composition to shape meaning on stage, as well as how design, staging and performance choices worked together to reimagine a Shakespearean tragedy for a contemporary audience.
Lauren White
Head of Theatre
Getting to know students through their drawings
Junior School Art
Self- Portraits: Students were shown facial proportions on the whiteboard and handouts. They drew their own features on the handouts. Students drew themselves in their books, surrounded by things that are important to them. The final piece was completed on A4 cartridge paper using grey lead pencil and mixed media.
Junior School students were inspired by such artists as Etel Adnan (‘Just Three Lines’), Jen Stark (‘Drippy Drawings’), Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo and Melanie Hava.
Middle School Art
Years 5 and 6 students drew still life compositions of artificial fruit, and Year 7 students completed one point perspective drawings in warm and cool colours, and created Wonka inspired Art.
Corina Suidgeest
Prep- Year 6 Art Teacher
Year 7 Art
If you visit The Collect over the coming weeks, you will have the opportunity to view an exhibition showcasing two projects completed by our Year 7 students during Semester 1.
Students created self-portraits while learning about facial proportions and drawing techniques. They then enhanced their artworks with colour and symbolism to communicate aspects of their individual personalities.
In addition, students followed the design process to develop and create their own 3D felt character sculptures. These unique pieces demonstrate both creativity and craftsmanship, highlighting the skills and imagination of our young artists.
Rebecca Power
Art Teacher
