The Arts

Visual Arts

Namadgi School offers state of the art Visual Art facilities, with a natural light filled oversize art room with plenty of room to move around, multiple storerooms, a wet room, and a kiln room.

Visual Arts at Namadgi is taught from years 7-10. Students in year 7 are taught basic artistic skills incorporating the elements of art (form, shape, line, colour, space, value and texture) They have the opportunity to learn 2D and 3D drawing skills, painting technique, multi media art such as collage, print making and 3D art, focussing on creating with clay. They also study Contemporary Australian artists and traditional Indigenous art.

In years 8- 10 students have the opportunity to expand on their creative skills, and classes are offered in Ceramics, Backdrop and set design and specialist 2D and 3D elective classes.

Students artworks are regularly displayed around the school, and selected students have represented our school, exhibiting their artworks in the annual Limelight exhibition held at the ANU school of art.

Performing Arts

Dance is an integral part of the Arts at Namadgi School. Students are provided with the opportunity to participate in Dance classes from Year 6 upwards in a range of ways. With two purpose-built dance spaces on site, students have the opportunity to develop their skills in a safe and supportive environment.

When studying dance at Namadgi, students will focus on the three integrated strands of performance, choreography and appreciation to further develop their skills. Students will also be given the opportunity to connect with the wider dance community by performing in Limelight and Dance Fest performances each year, both of which are highly memorable and valuable experiences for all involved.

Dance is a great way for students to develop creativity, confidence, critical thinking and collaboration as well as develop Dance specific knowledge and skills.

Dance Ensemble 1

In this unit students will explore dance technique and performance with a focus on safe dance practices in the Hip Hop genre. Students will also explore the origins of Dance in Australia, including Indigenous Dance, analysing dance works of past and present to gain a deeper understanding of international influences on Australian Dance.

Dance Ensemble 2

In this unit students will explore dance composition, with a focus on using the elements of dance as a choreographic tool. The choreographic process and various devices will be explored and supported with analysis of professional dance works to further understand the compositional process and how to communicate an idea through movement.

Students will also look at the Musical Theatre genre to gain a deeper understanding of the skills involved. Various Musicals will be viewed and analysed to demonstrate how the genre has evolved over time.

Dance Ensemble 3

In this unit students will look at Jazz and Contemporary genres to further enhance their dance technique. They will look at applying the elements of dance to movement sequences to support expressive skills, as well as working towards confidence and clarity in movement. Professional Dance works in each style will also be viewed to ensure students gain further understanding of each genre.

Dance Ensemble 4

In this unit students will explore and recreate dance styles from different cultures around the world. Styles could include: Afro dance, Folk dances, Irish and K-Pop. Students will apply relevant performance techniques and expressive skills to each style. They will also research and reflect on current trends in each style explored.

In Dance students will explore three integrated practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. It is through these strands that students will develop movement skills along with style-specific techniques in accordance with safe dance practice. They will also develop choreographic skills and use the elements of dance (space, time, dynamics and relationships) along with other choreographic devices to create and reflect on their own and others dance works. Students will develop creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and confidence through dance as they choreograph, rehearse, perform and respond with and to dance in their own and other communities.

Music

Through years 6, 7 & 8, students at Namadgi will have the opportunity to experience music as part of their term rotations.

Some of the skills we explore and work on include performance, music theory and recognising and manipulating the elements of music. This includes a practical component using percussion instruments, ukuleles and keyboards.

As an elective option in years 9 & 10, students further develop and expand their knowledge and musicianship through self-paced practical work aimed at increasing performance skills on their chosen instrument/voice.

There will also be opportunities to participate and organise performances outside of the classroom, as well as recording and electronic music pathways.

Band

The Namadgi High School Band is an opportunity for students to learn to play an instrument and be part of a concert band ensemble. The focus is on brass (trumpet, trombone, euphonium, French horn, tuba), woodwind instruments (flute, clarinet, oboe, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone) as well as percussion.

The Instrument Music Program (IMP) comes in and works with us twice a week, allowing us to develop and improve our musicianship both individually and as an ensemble. We work towards a combined schools rehearsal each term, with our big performance of Bandstravaganza at Llewelyn Hall at the end of the year. There are also opportunities to perform for the school and community at assemblies and fetes.

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