Arts
The Arts aims to develop students’:
- creativity, critical thinking, aesthetic knowledge and understanding about arts practices
- knowledge and skills to imagine, observe, express, respond to and communicate ideas and perspectives in meaningful ways
- use of available resources and materials including digital tools
- empathy for multiple perspectives and understanding of personal, local, regional, national and global histories and traditions through the arts
- engagement with the diverse and continuing cultures, arts works and practices of First Nations Australians
- understanding of local, regional, national and global cultures, and their arts histories and traditions, through engaging with the worlds of artists, arts works, audiences and arts professions.
The Arts curriculum is written on the basis that all students will study The Arts from Foundation to the end of Year 8.
In Years 7 and 8, the curriculum has been written to allow students to experience one or more arts subjects in depth.
In Years 9 and 10, the curriculum is written to allow students to specialise in one or more arts subjects.
In The Arts, content is organised in each of the subjects under 4 interrelated strands The 4 strands are:
The Arts at Campbell High School comprises 2 subjects:
- Media Arts
- Visual Arts.
In Media Arts, students use images, sound, text, interactive elements and technologies to creatively explore, produce and interpret stories about people, ideas and the world around them. They explore the diverse cultural, social and organisational influences on media practices, and draw on this understanding when producing and responding to media arts works.
In Visual Arts, students learn in, through and about visual arts practices, including the fields of art, craft and design. They experience and explore visual artworks created by artists working in diverse contexts, styles and forms, and build understanding of the significance and impact of visual arts practice and culture for themselves and local and global communities.
Year 7 students all study a semester of The Arts, participating for five weeks in the subjects of Media and Visual Art
Year 8 students select and specialise in an Arts Elective for a semester.
As student's progress in their learning, opportunities are provided to allow Year 9 and 10's to pursue interests and specialisations. To assist with this a wider range of electives are offered in The Arts.
All classes are combined Year 9 and 10 student groupings, and the units offered are dependent upon both staff availability and student numbers.
Arts courses currently offered to Year 9 and 10 students include:
- Ceramics
- Visual Arts Portfolio
- Painting Workshop
- Drawing Workshop
- Photography
- Film and Video
- School Musical (extra Curricula, after hours rehearsal)