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In the overall educational needs of students the following subjects make a unique contribution to the students' knowledge, awareness and world awareness:

• Visual Art

Through the various processes of making and exploring, students can realise the contribution that visual art can make to their lives.

Both practical and theoretical activities are offered in Visual Art program to provide the opportunity for students to appreciate and understand the interrelationship between art, and the individual, art and the community, art and culture.

The Visual Art program will provide the following experiences:

1. Practical Activities - to teach students the skills needed for using art materials to develop ways to represent what they see, think, feel, know, value and imagine.
2. Critical Awareness - to help students learn to see the world aesthetically and lead to the desire and ability to enhance their environment.
3. Cultural and Historical Appreciation - to help students understand the arts as an integral aspect of present and past cultures.

Middle School  Design Technology / Performing Arts / Visual Art  is a two year rotation program.

This program is designed as an introduction to Design Technology / Performing Arts / Visual Art during the student's first two years at secondary college.  Each subject is of semester duration (half year) for three semesters. The fourth semester (Year 8 Semester 2) is elective based and students will have an opportunity to select their subjects.

Over the two years in junior middle school students will experience working in most of the following areas: Ceramics, 2D Art, 3D Art (Sculpture),  PrintmakingPrintmaking, Photography, Visual Communication Design,  Photography, Wood, Metal, Textiles, Food, Glass, Drama and Music. 

Financial Arrangements

The Education allowance and the materials levy (on the booklist) provide for the purchase of basic Arts and Technology materials but they cannot cover the full cost of some of the materials used.  Therefore, in some areas of study it may be necessary to purchase, or contribute to the cost of, materials and items necessary for the study of Art and Design Technology.   (See individual units of study for further details)