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Shapes and Colours PLC students identified and described the shapes in their lives and explored how to represent this creatively. In small-groups, students experimented and built a familiar image using magnetic shape tiles, then captured the finished product using iPad’s camera app. Students also recorded their voice on the iMovie app to identify the image they made out of the shapes. Our Prep students have also been exploring colour creatively through a fun stop motion animation project. They brought two primary colours to life, making them move and dance, before combining them to create a new secondary colour. Students learned how stop motion works by taking lots of photos, moving their objects a tiny bit each time. When the photos are played in sequence, it looks like the colours are moving on their own.
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Someone Else’s Shoes Our Grade 1/2 students made a creative storyboard movie project called “Someone Else’s Shoes.” This meaningful project helped students express how to show empathy, develop storytelling skills, and experiment with expressing their ideas. Students in collaborative groups created a three-part visual story using photography. They captured 3 different camera angles 1. A high-angle photograph of shoes to represent stepping into someone else’s experience 2. A close-up photograph of facial expressions to show emotions 3. An eye-level photograph of a friend offering empathy and support through a kind gesture such as a hug or a reassuring tap on the back. To bring their story to life, students also recorded audio to match their images, explaining how we can understand others by stepping into their shoes, recognising their feelings, and showing care and support. Watch the example storyboard below.. enjoy! Failing is Learning Our Grade 3/4 students explored photography with a powerful message in mind: “failing is learning.” In small-groups, students carefully planned their shots, and then used timer photography with a front camera to capture creative images that represent this idea. BUT - they were not allowed to look at the photographs immediately after they were taken. This encouraged students to try their best, trust in their abilities and show a growth mindset. Students then reviewed their 10 or more photographs, selected the image that best conveyed their main idea, and deleted those that didn’t support their message. To complete their work, they added text to their chosen image to strengthen and clearly communicate their story. This project encouraged students to think critically, reflect on their learning, and express meaningful ideas through visual storytelling. See an example media artwork below, showing students climbing monkey bars to represent taking learning one step at a time. Our Grade 5/6 students have been working on a special project to welcome our new Prep students. They created a music video for the song 'This Little Light of Mine,' incorporating baby sign language to accompany the lyrics. Students focused on using clear, repetitive movements and actions to match the song, making it engaging and accessible for our youngest learners. This thoughtful approach helps Prep students join in, build confidence, and feel a sense of belonging. This project encouraged creativity, collaboration, and empathy, as students designed something meaningful for others in our school community. Check out the music video below... enjoy! Whether it is Media Arts, Dance, Drama or Music, Performing Arts is about STORYTELLING. In order for students to build and create meaningful Media artworks within Term 1 and Term 2, we needed to first explore how to detect the STORIES hidden in Media artworks that already exist. Renee was so excited to facilitate the discussions, turn-and-talks, questions, and workbook tasks in response to analysing Media artworks, such as photographs and digital art. Across SLC, CLC, and YYLC classes, students have been using the process of "I see... I think... I wonder..." to break down an image into simple parts and collaboratively agree on the highlighted message, story, or life lesson. This has been a wonderful way to reintroduce MPPS students to the rights and responsibilities we have at Mernda Park Primary School, such as environmental awareness, making friends, equality, gratitude. This exploration has allowed our SLC students to identify emotions, and for CLC students and YYLC students to notice the Principles of Photography. Check out the collaborative brainstorms and the products of so much learning - Renee is so proud of how deep our students dive into the thoughts and feelings of the Media artists.
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