Bellbrae Primary School

Bush and Beach

During Term One local artist Brad West from Apollo Bay worked with the students at Bellbrae Primary School on a unit of work based on the environment. The students made ceramic tiles with Brad and he also worked on a wooden sculpture. As part of the festival to celebrate this unit of work the students in Grade 3 and 4 looked at and discussed the work of book illustrator Jeannie Baker. With the help of Library teacher Rosa Port the students wrote poems that expressed their feelings about where they live. Drawing on the geographical features of their surrounding environment the students collected collage materials and used what they could find in the art room to create a collage on acetate. They used Chromatemp Paint to paint the background and used Zart Paper Magiclay to create figures and features of the land or seascape.

Visual Art Teacher
Antoinette Gregory