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West Wallsend High School

West Wallsend High School

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Creative arts

Tamara Turner

HEAD TEACHER

In creative arts, students discover a variety of art forms through a study of dance, drama, music and visual arts.

Studying the creative arts, students learn to appreciate, compose, listen, make and perform. Each art form has its own unique knowledge and skills, elements or concepts as well as a capacity to inspire and enrich lives.

 

Music

Music is important because it is abstract; it does not mean anything outside itself, it does not describe, narrate or tell stories ... music evokes, suggests, implies and music opens up the mind in an extraordinary way.  Richard Gill

Faculty Goals

  • unlock the potential in each musician
  • develop each student’s creativity, confidence, sense of self and expression
  • provide positive musical experiences and create a sense of belonging
  • build life skills that will enable students to thrive beyond school

Activities

School Band

Rock Band

Vocal Group

Solo and group performance opportunities

 

Subjects

Stage 4

Y7 Mandatory Music

Y8 Elective Music

Stage 5

Y9 Elective Music

Y10 Elective Music 

Stage 6

Preliminary Music 1

HSC Music 1

Staff Members

Ms Turner Head Teacher

Mrs Klein Vocal Group Coordinator

Ms Berni School Band Coordinator

 

Visual Arts

The arts give access to creativity, insights and experiential learning and are now seen as critical to maximising all areas of learning.

Faculty Goals

  • provide all students with an extensive knowledge of Visual Arts
  • develop an appreciation of artistic expression through a range of media whilst developing individual talents and expertise 

Activities

Painting and Pikelets 

Calling all creatives...

Are you behind in your Art or Photography work?
Do you need support with Practical or Theory Tasks?
Have an assessment coming up?

Want to take photos at our school events?

Or just love to draw, paint or take photos?

Come along to Painting and Pikelets. 

Wednesday Mornings, 8am in BART2

Bring a gold coin to enjoy some hot pikelets. 

Subjects

Stage 4: Y7 & Y8

Visual Arts

Photographic & Digital Media

Stage 5: Y9 & Y10

Visual Arts

Photographic & Digital Media

Ceramics    

Stage 6: Y11 & Y12

Visual Arts

Photographic & Digital Media

 

Staff Members

Mrs Tandy

 

 

Students must study 100 hours of both music and visual arts during Years 7 to 10. They also have an opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in other art forms through elective subjects. Students can then select from a range of courses in Years 11 to 12.