This year students from Mentone Girls and Sandringham College came together at the Beaumaris Campus to create an Alliance of Excellence.
One of the classes was units 1 and 2, Product Design and Technology, Textiles. Amy Willett was the teacher, and her students have designed and made some amazing garments. Unit 2 gets students to work as a team to design and create a product or range of products. They are nearing completion and look fabulous.
Sandringham College will be establishing a sports enhancement program in 2014. The program will aim to develop students sporting and academic abilities through a curriculum focused on accelerated learning using the long term athlete development model.
A select group of students from the three sites got together today to participate in a student forum at the Beaumaris Campus. The forum enabled the students to voice their thoughts and ideas on the proposed program.
The afternoon involved a visit and tour of the Victorian Institute of Sport. Here they were taken on a tour of the institute by 5 time world champion aerial skier, Jacqui Cooper. Throughout the tour the students asked insightful questions about the role of the institute in supporting Victorian athletes to achieve success in sport and life.
The diverse cultural environment of the Senior Campus Visual Arts community provides students with a nurturing and open space to express their ideas about the world and their place in it. Freedom of expression and openness to difference in our community allows students to be themselves and to be comfortable in who they are as young adults.
Here are a few pics of our creative students at work which I think show this celebration of individuality.
Once again we see an amazing array of artworks being created by the Year 11 and Year 12 Art students. Here are some cuts of work produced over the first semester for 2013. The students creativity and talent never ceases to amaze us over here at the art department. Keep up the great work guys!!!!
Auditions for Seussical will be held this week.
Tuesday Beaumaris Campus
Wednesday Sandringham 7-10 Campus (Music Room)
Thursday Senior Campus (Theatrette)
Dance Auditions will be held in the Dance Studio – Sandringham 7-10 Campus next Monday.
Call backs will be next Tuesday in the Senior Campus Theatrette.
The audition song is Thinks you can Think.
Students should see their Music/Drama teacher for further advice. You can learn the song at lunchtime on Wednesday.
Please see your Music/Drama teacher if you are unable to make the auditions for further arrangements.
Congratulations to all of the Sandringham College students who who took part in the Kingston District Cross-Country. We had a very successful day with 11 students progressing through to the next zone. A special congratulations to Matt of the Senior Campus who won the 17-20 year old race.
Term 1 has been a whirlwind of design and redesign in the VCE Textiles room. Students have explored the Product Design Process, which is used in all Units of the study. Unit 1 focuses on Redesigning a product, to improve it through design. Students created a basic t-shirt using interlock and ribbing, sewing machines and over lockers. This basic design is now being redesigned to better suit their client – in this case themselves. One of my constraints on their design is the need for some form of embellishment, the unit descriptor also includes a constraint where the redesigned product should also be more sustainable.
Today we explored a range of potential embellishment techniques including: photo transfer, screen printing, batik, photo printing on fabric, machine embroidery, reverse appliqué, appliqué and beading to give them an understanding of some of the potential options.
We also farewell Mayu, one of our international students, she has worked hard to learn how to sew and complete her basic t-shirt.
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