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17th September 2024

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A note from Musicland

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By Judy Bartosy, Director of Music

Exciting, high quality and high energy describes Term 3 in Musicland. Students and staff were involved in a number of different performances including:

  • The Jazz and Swing Night at Latrobe Golf Club in Alphington: this was a very successful night and the new venue worked really well; so much so that we will go there again next year.
  • The Victorian Schools Music Festival: the Senior Stage Band and Intermediate Concert Band performed, gaining gold and silver places.
  • The VCE Music Performance Evening: a showcase of the talents of our year 11 and 12 music students, and a trial practical exam at the same time.
  • Kew’s Got Talent: the usual diverse array of talented students performed. It was, for many VCE students their last opportunity to perform.
  • The Chaplaincy dinner: the Senior Jazz Band performed at this annual event.
  • Various assemblies and lunchtime concerts.

Term 4 will also see the Orchestra perform for Presentation Night, along with performances by other ensembles; the Junior Heat of Kew’s Got Talent; Music Camp 2; lunchtime concerts; and the end of year concert, Q UP. See you all then!

Jazz and Swing night

Kew’s Got Talent – Term 3

Midyear Concert 2024

Music Camp

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Year 10 2D Art – Conceptual portrait painting

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By Natalie Lysenko

This Term, students in year 10 2D Art stepped away from the painterly art of traditional portraiture and into the world of the conceptual. Students explored their identity through mind-mapping, generated several ideas and completed conceptual drawings, selecting one for the basis for their artwork. Students used their knowledge and skills in using the art elements and principles, and materials and techniques, to create a conceptual self-portrait that expressed ideas and aesthetic qualities.
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Year 8 Ceramics

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By Natalie Lysenko

This Term, students in year 8G Ceramics have been learning about ceramic vessels designed for everyday use (functional ware). They have been developing their ceramics technical skills including appropriate handling of clay, building techniques (slab, coil and pinch), joining techniques and glazing techniques. Students have created a variety of functional pieces which have been painted with under-glaze and glazed with clear gloss to finish. ​Aren’t they stunning!

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Vocational Major – Work Related Skills

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By Dan Norton

Students in the Vocational Major Work Related Skills class worked were able to apply knowledge and skills learnt in class to propose, design and construct a 30 meter garden path and an accompanying garden bed in term 2 and 3.

Students worked in teams undertaking a variety of roles including foreman, team leaders, safety officer, conflict manager, social media and publications officer.   

The class successfully applied knowledge of the National Employment Standards, specifically the Building and Construction Award, when working on site. They were also able to abide by aspects of the WHS Act such as safe manual handling practises, appropriate use of personal protective equipment and hazard identification techniques, when working to deliver this project.

The project would not have been possible without the contribution of some community partners including Paul Mitsakis from CDE Developments (who donated 1500 bricks), Fulton’s Garden Supplies (who donated 1 cubic meter of crushed rock) and the VM teachers (who were able to empower the students to take control and ownership of this project).

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Year 9 Printmaking

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By Katherine Smith

Student create a relief print using a simple design to understand how to use the cutting tools  and produce a print showing negative and positive space.

Students then printed their design onto calico bags in a grid pattern to create interest.
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Year 10 Health Excursion – The Bean Thief

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By Andrew Schnerring

In Term 3, Year 10 Promoting Health and Wellbeing students attended an excursion to The Bean Thief Café, which allowed students to experience the Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing in a practical scenario. As a class, students walked to the cafe together, shared healthy food, developed their social connections and promoted a sense of belonging as part of the Kew High School community. 

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Art Camp 2024

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Year 10 Melbourne Holocaust Museum excursion

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By Amelia Luscombe

In Week 8, the Year 10 History students went on an excursion to the Melbourne Holocaust Museum. Always a memorable and moving experience, the students had the opportunity to hear from a Holocaust survivor, Peter Gasper, who is pictured with the students above.

Hearing from a survivor really helped me understand the reality of the Holocaust and how it impacted people on a personal level, as well as a global one. It changed the way that I think about the Holocaust, by allowing me to look at it and understand how it personally impacted every single person.

Evie Legge

The most significant takeaway from my experience at the Holocaust Museum was how Jewish people found ways to cope with the loss of their friends and families, and the overall genocide of Jewish people, by creating purpose in their new lives or creating memorials to not only remember their past, but also to create learning opportunities so history does not repeat.

Anthea Allen
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Year 9 Line Drawings

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By Katherine Smith

Students created Insect drawings that they are using for their combination final art image, for which they will create their own creature using insects and Mechanical parts.

Students drew their insects and practiced using the ball point pens to enable them to get in fine details on their image. Paper choice was most important in the final drawing. They were required to fully render their image, and show form and texture. Some really successful images were created.

Octopus – Chloe Spinks
Grasshopper – Che Winter
Flying insect – Henry Rhodes
Spider – Grace Bosch
Butterfly – Nick Patsoukas

 

Angus McLiesh
Declan Barret
Amelie Fleming
Arya Bhaskar
Nathaniel Lewis
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