Scotch College

Junior Art Club enthusiasts express their creativity

Have you seen the curtains? Have you been to Art Club? There has been a buzz of excitement during Term 1 in the Junior Art Studio. Surrounded by colour and a new set up, a number of boys from Years 1 to 6 are enjoying the lunchtime sessions.

Art Club is a voluntary activity run for boys who are interested in further activities outside the scheduled Art class, and is open on day three each cycle. Popular activities at present include War Hammer painting, clay sculpting, box construction and painting on the easels.

It seems some students are also excited about sewing shorts, gluing mosaics, felting beanies and plaster construction that will be held during the later parts of the year.

PRISCILLA WILLIAMS
Head of Junior School Art

Aussie Christmas celebration

The annual Junior School Christmas Service featuring the boys of Junior Primary continues to be a wonderful finale for the year.

Work on this production starts immediately following the Cup Day Weekend holiday, allowing us four weeks to allocate parts, organise costumes, learn two plays and about 15 songs. All boys are allocated a part, whether it is an acting role in one of the plays or utilising their singing talents as part of choir that remains on stage throughout the duration of the performances.

It is no small challenge to have 200 boys walk into a packed hall, and organise themselves on and off a stage to perform. First we performed the Australian tale, Tari’s First Christmas, a story that searches for the true meaning of Christmas, followed by the traditional Nativity. All this is done without curtains and with minimal adult intervention.

A spectacular bush dance by boys in Prep, Years 1, 2 and 3, in addition to solo singing performances by Jack Billings and Georgio Giannellis were highlights of the 2004 Christmas Service.

But once again the boys did this with talent, flair, expertise and enthusiasm. In fact they did such a fantastic job that it is easy to forget that these boys are between 5 and 9 years of age, a quarter of them finishing their first year of school.