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St Luke the Evangelist Primary School
Blackburn South
Opportunity for students and families to have a high quality arts experience that is centred on self expression and identity through photography.
Creative Snapshots
Why Photography?
Aligns with other projects in the school
Contemporary Learning Project
“Taking Action that Matters.”
“ Catholic Identity”
Sustainability Project –CERES
Embeds as a tool across curriculum
Enhances the use of photograph emerging in the school
Enables all school community members to be involved and achieve success
“Our artist-in-residence explained to the parents … that photography was an amazing art form as it‟s quite levelling – anyone can create a great photo – regardless of artistic drawing skills or the quality of the camera, the thinking behind the photo is what is important – taking a „considered‟ image.” Celia Coffa
The Nature of our Project
SCHOOL COMMUNITY
To build partnership with parents, parish and wider community
Key Improvement Strategies
Linking parents to the
community through ICT
Connect with local and global communities
Take action through our inquiries to link to
community events, activities and experts
That Religious Education and Values Education underpin policies and programs
Jade in Prep
Remind the students about the values the St
Luke‟s Community
Plan for opportunities to embed the values in programming
To build inclusive and diverse partnerships with the broader school community
Through workshops parents, students and teachers had the opportunity to develop skills in photography.
The community to articulate our sense of identity: Who we are and what we believe at St Luke‟s.
A process that strengthens relationships of school community and support partnership and communication beyond the school
What we hope to create
Through this project we endeavour to
strengthen relationships within our community through our family activities and our Blogs.
Create an art piece that the community can identify with and that reflects who we are.
The process
Resourced the school with a class set of cameras and updated cameras for staff
Established a blog to reflect on and document our journey
Sourced a professional photographer and teacher
Strategically developed a timeline and implementation plan as a team
Provided professional inspiration, technique and skills
Facilitated workshops for senior and middle students
Facilitated workshops for
staff and parents
Continuing to work
with Vanessa
Vanessa conducted a workshop with the staff
Four workshops for the students from years three to six.
Mentoring from the students attending for students in junior classes
Staff create opportunities to use class cameras across the curriculum to create and to record learning, including on excursions
Family activities to develop conversations around values and identity
Parent workshops allowing students to lead the learning.
Perspective
Point of view
Use of thirds
Considered image
Lighting
Taking portraits, objects,
scenes
Developed a common
language
Whole school student/family activities
Each family was asked to share the values that are important to them.
Mentoring shares the Learning
Enables the articulation of Learning
Builds relationships
Fosters cooperation
Embed in teaching and learning
Provide the opportunity to develop skills and to incorporate new and different approaches to learning and teaching.
Strategic planning Planning for
sustainability Source expertise within
the school community and beyond.
Embrace opportunities as they arise
Community Arts Grant
Sourcing other resources School Focused
Youth Service Victorian Teachers
Credit Union Catholic Education
Science Grant
Community through the Arts
Had families across the school working together
Enabled the senior students to work with their families and others as leaders
Prepare the nominated adult from each family
to undertake the family activity
Family groups from across the school allowed parents from different levels to converse and work together
Families were able to share stories through the photographic tasks
High percentage of fathers attended the sessions
Students shared their skills by leading groups
High participation as sessions accommodated varying skill levels
A member of half our families attended these sessions
Sharing the Learning
Sharing skillsWorking as a family
Learning about other Families
Engaging
Fun
and
Involves all families Each family provides a
photo that reflects who they are as a family and something that is meaningful to their family story.
Makes a decision and takes a photo as a family.
Share the stories with the community by displaying photos at a showcase at the school
VTCU have financed this section of the journey.
One canvas / photography work that speaks about our community identity.
What will it look Like?
Open to ideas and we have a few of our own.
Students are increasingly behind the cameras taking snapshots and considered images.
Teachers are sharing the recording of learning
Recording our Learning
Our Blog Links
Visit http://slcap.global2.vic.edu.au/our blogs
Or any of our blogs at:http://www.slblackburnsth.catholic.edu.au/mydesktop/
Student voice through visual media
Student leadership through mentoring of other students and involvement in the parent workshops
Students, parents and families sharing a project together that allows all to take responsibility and share in the learning.
Steve Parish
Vanessa Macaulay
As a direct result of students using cameras on an excursion to Healesville Sanctuary, ten students were invited to a workshop with Steve Parish.
Team hopes to work with the teachers who organised this to enable these students to share some of their experiences.
Other staff looking for opportunities to allow students to use their skills including photography competitions.
Sustainability
Continue to maintain the camera equipment
Develop skills through mentoring
Embed photography across the curriculum and encourage artistic expression highlighting photography as a visual artist tool
Systematic culling, selection and storage of images
Continue using common language
Challenge…
To access all families to
complete the task
To come…
Our Photography Evening
The creation of our art
piece
Planning for 2012
Thinking…
Plan explicitly for family/
student
engagement in learning