3T News
The boys in 3T are well and truly immersed in a new unit of inquiry that considers the arts. The unit has incited great interest and Ms Sabitay and Ms Samson, in their respective roles, are supporting our central idea through their specialist learning areas. Both the recent IPSHA Art Exhibition and the Ogham Soup Incursion were wonderful examples of immersion in this new unit.
In considering what constitutes art, the chaps recently went on an Art Hunt throughout the school. Parent volunteers took the lads and roamed the school property looking for artistic visions, some where you would least expect it. The boys used their iPads to capture images that were later printed and displayed to reveal the beauty that can be seen within our school. There's a rather amazing gallery of images to show for their efforts.
We are incredibly fortunate to welcome parents with some form of artistic affiliation into the classroom as guest speakers. In exploring the transdisciplinary nature of art, one such parent, a scientist, encouraged our boys to explore brain function through drawing. Some rather left-brain/right-brain challenges revealed themselves, opening our minds to new ways of considering creativity. Most importantly, boys who did not previously think of themselves as artistic have developed a new appreciation for their own abilities.
In continuing our investigations into what constitutes art, the boys have explored poetry as a form of artistic expression for our upcoming assembly item. Using a rather entertaining poem about creatures in classrooms, the lads considered how they would like to respond to this art form. We saw voice theatre, drama, costume design, limerick writing, couplet construction and drawing in response to this one art form. We hope you will be similarly inspired by our performance.
With such a short run to the end of term, the chaps in 3T are being encouraged to consider the stretch much like a running race. Having witnessed rather inspiring determination and energy at the recent Athletics Carnival, we look forward to similar reserves and displays of strength and enthusiasm to help us through to the end of the term.
Rebecca Turkich
Year 3 Teacher
