THEATRE STAGE DESIGN “Rose” by Andrew Davies – Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill Class 11 and 12, Term 1, 1985 The class was approached by Judith Boyd, who was to direct the play, based on artistic exhibition material display on Open Day at the school in December 1984. A reading was done, and extensive discussion followed […]
AGE: HS: 11th Grade
Dramatis Divine: 11th & 12th Grade Winter Festival Drama
WINTER FESTIVAL DRAMA PRESENTATION Class 11 & 12, Term 2: 1985 – Middle Lesson A process of rationalization of how to express the sentiments of the time of maximum darkness was initiated and it was arrived at that a prime requirement was humor as light and laugher are synonymous. The theme has to reflect the […]
Dramatis Divine: 11th Grade Radio Drama
THE RAINBOW IGLOO The Radio Play – Class 11 – Middle Lesson (This might be a “podcast play” today) Class 11 1984, Lorien Novalis School, created, produced, and performed their own radio play, The Rainbow Igloo. It was the basis of a unit on Speech and Drams, taught as one of three strands in the […]
Birth of Venus: 11th Grade Art History
SUNRISE OF THE NEW AGE *** Art History – Class 11 Post-Impressionism to Today Wally was on the way to catch a plane to Melbourne to present the season’s advertising campaign to the bigwigs of our women’s underwear client, Hickory. Other agencies spend thousands mounting their sales pitch, but Wally did it on an airline […]
Birth of Venus: 11th Grade Portrait Drawing
Is it an Actress – is it an Aviatrix!? Portrait Drawing – Class 11 Anna’s loud voice broke the calm, industrious mood of the classroom. “Your eyes are too close together!” “They are not!” protested Rod from the other side of the two desks that had been moved together for this Portrait Drawing block […]
Birth of Venus: 11th Grade Stone Sculpture
Scrimshaw to Sandstone Stone Sculpture – Class 11 It was hot, heavy work loading the large lump – block would be a charitable word – of sandstone into the school trailer. But that was the one Alan wanted. He said that he could ‘see’ the head entombed within; an entity he was going to tirelessly […]