Welcome back to an exciting new year, with many new faces. Our Creative Industries team has grown with new teachers and new subject offerings. Including Visual Arts, Digital Media, Food Technology, Drama, Design Engineering and Design Manufacturing.

I would like to introduce our teaching team:

• Mr Lynn - Digital media and Design Technology.
• Mr Scott who specialises in Music, but will also be teaching Digital Media.
• Ms Mons Wolff -Visual Arts
• Mrs Kemp - Visual Arts
• Mrs Montel - Food Technologies
• Mr Ezzy - Music and Instrumental Music
• Ms Starkey - Dance and Drama
• Mrs Stiles - Design Engineering and Design Manufacturing

We are looking forward to meeting all the new students and welcome back our foundation students. 

Item Request for Art:

Year Eight Art students will be having endless fun experimenting with ephemeral art this term. In order to play with line, form, shape and pattern found in natural objects, we've been busy collecting leaves, seeds, seedpods, sticks, stackablee stones and feathers. 

If you have any interesting natural items in your backyard for our collection, we'd love to have them! Not only are we collecting leaves, seeds, seedpods, sticks, stackablee stones and feathers, we are also collecting bottle caps, ring pulls and any multiples of flat, coloured plastic items for a special 'end of unit' project in week 10. We have a special box in administration for donation drop offs.

DANCE

Welcome back to 2021! As our school progresses into it’s second year I am looking forward to all the opportunities on offer in the Creative Industries department. We are excited to be offering Dance in years 7 & 9 and Drama in years 8 & 9.  In our year 7 Dance unit, Just Dance, we will be focusing on introducing students to Dance in High School through the genre of Popular Dance. Year 9 students will move onto their Emotion in Motion unit where they will explore conveying meaning through Contemporary Dance. Both cohorts will work on performing a teacher devised routine, responding to a dance through written work and creating their own routine in the choreography task. In year 8 Drama we will be looking at Children’s Theatre in the unit Child’s play. Students will have opportunities to respond to and create their own Drama works. As semester two rolls around and year 9 Drama comes on board students will be studying Daytime Soaps. They will be creating their own Soap Opera as well as responding to work of others. I feel very privileged to be teaching both of these subjects this year and look forward to working with the students.

DANCE SQUAD

The RVSSC Dance Squad will be up and running again in Term 1. We had such a successful year in 2020 with the Foundation Team and I can’t wait to see our progression this year. The Dance Squad will have opportunities to perform at in-school events. The big ticket items here are Awards Night and Creative Industries showcase.

If your child is interested in joining the team they will need to come along and learn the audition piece in week 2 and 3 before auditioning in week 4 (further info around these sessions is listed below). Once the team is announced we train on Wednesday mornings from 7.15am – 8.15am. Just a reminder that everyone must re-audition each year for the team.

I look forward to working with the students this year to see them grow and develop in the Creative Industries – Miss Starkey 

Instrumental Music

Students who are interested in participating in the instrumental program in 2021 will need to complete an expression of interest form 

which have been sent to all students via email. This form is required for all students including those who studied instrumental at the college last year. Instrumental lessons will commence in week 3 and larger ensembles in week 5. Auditions for Drumline will be held in week 4.

In 2021 the college be starting a new student interest group called Performance Tech Club. The aim of this group is to educate and instruct students on performance technology and how to use it practically. These students will assist with all major events that require performance technology within the college in 2021 on a rotating roster. Due to number restrictions an application and selection process will apply. Students interested in the Performance Tech Club will need to attend a meeting in F12 Friday First Break.

Choir

Do you like to sing?
Want to try something new and learn a new skill?

An information session about our school choir will be held in the Music Room, Tuesday 9^th February (Week 3) 2^nd break.

Rehearsals will be on Friday lunches starting Week 3.

No experience is required, our choir is open for anyone who is willing to learn to sing, or continue to build their vocal techniques.

Design Technology 

This year we are excited to introduce Food Technology to year 8 and 9 students along with Design Engineering and Design Manufacturing. These subjects will include medium to high risk activities that will require parent permission. Teacher will email further details in the next two weeks. If you have any questions please contact me via email or phone. 

Lorinda Stiles

HoD Creative Industries
lstil21@eqeduu.au