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Sincerity Scholarship Service
T: Telephone02 9644 4800
E: Emailsefton-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Head Teacher is Mr D Dong
In Years 7 and 8 all students study Visual Arts. This foundation course is primarily about creating artworks in at least two of the 2D, 3D and 4D expressive forms. Students are also introduced to the practices of art criticism and art history and the concepts of practice, the conceptual framework and the frames:
Students are required to keep a diary to record the ideas and intentions explored in their art making and to engage in drawing as a sustained practice. This is called a Visual Arts Process Diary (VAPD).
There are 2 enrichment classes for students who are gifted and talented in Visual Arts.
In Years 9 and 10 a Visual Arts elective course may run depending on student choice. This course provides for more extensive learning in the Visual Arts. Students continue to develop their understandings and skills using the concepts of practice, the conceptual framework and the frames in 2D, 3D and 4D forms. Students are required to keep a Visual Arts Process Diary which provides evidence of the decisions and actions made by students in the production of their artworks.
The Preliminary course in Year 11 offers broad-based experiences in visual arts and the HSC course has a more sustained, independent and interpretative focus. Students are expected to work in at least two expressive forms in the Preliminary course and in the HSC course they are required to make and submit for external assessment a Body of Work in one or more expressive forms.
The course aims to develop knowledge, skills and understanding in art making and art criticism and art history. By the end of the HSC course students should have an informed understanding and knowledge about past and present practices in the visual arts. The conceptual thinking and practical skills developed should empower students to participate in the world as creative practitioners, informed consumers and astute appraisers of the concepts and aesthetics underpinning art and design. Students are also required to keep a Visual Arts Process Diary.
During the mandatory Visual Arts Course students are expected to produce artworks and a detailed record of the development of art work. This is called the Visual Arts Process Diary (VAPD). There is also an end of course examination.
Students undertaking the elective course have specific projects, research, assignments and practical work in Visual Arts. Students are required to keep a VAPD. There is a mid year and end of year examination.
There are mid year and end of year examinations as well as specific assessment tasks. The assessment tasks are weighted according to NESA guidelines. Senior students are expected to produce a body of work (this can be several pieces of art work) for Higher School Certificate assessment. A Visual Arts Process Diary must also be kept and it is assessed throughout the course.
Our arts facilities include:
address 41-43 Hector Street Sefton NSW 2162
telephone 02 9644 4800
We, the proud community of Sefton High School, would like to recognise the Darug nation, the traditional custodians of this land, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Their everlasting legacy serves to remind us of the bond that we all share with the land and our promise to uphold the Sefton tradition of Sincerity, Scholarship and Service by caring for the environment.
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