Performing Arts
The Performing Arts program is dedicated to cultivating informed, creative, and confident performers. Through exploration, development of practices, creation, and presentation, students build a strong foundation in theatre and performance practices. Our approach encourages an understanding of social and cultural contexts while fostering a genuine enjoyment of the creative process.
In our program, we aim for students to:
- Develop a positive self-image
- Create and appreciate performances
- Develop organisational and collaborative skills
- Enhance public performance skills and manipulate elements of technology and stagecraft
- Enjoy personal satisfaction through aspiring to excellence in artistic achievement
Year 7
Year 7 Music introduces students to the fundamental elements of music through practical and creative learning. Students develop aural skills, explore notation, digital composition, and performance.
Year 8
Year 8 Drama focuses on playmaking, performance and stagecraft. The subject builds confidence, collaboration and practical performance skills.
Year 9
Students may select one or more semester based electives from:
- Music
- Drama
Year 10
Students may select one or more semester based electives from:
- Music
- Drama
- Theatre Studies
Years 11 and 12
Students may select elective VCE studies from the following:
- VCE Theatre Studies
- VCE VET Music (Performance)
Extra–Curricula activities in the Performing Arts
Students at Mary MacKillop College can enjoy a wide variety of extra Performing arts ensembles on top of the classes if they wish. These include: Choirs, Bands and private instrument lessons.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts is committed to providing a program to develop skills which enable expression and communication through experience, response and interpretation of visual forms.
Visual Arts aims to provide programs which encourage students:
- to develop the intellectual and expressive potential of the student through aural, spatial, kinaesthetic, interpersonal and visual experiences
- to explore how different social and cultural groups engage in and convey meaning through their art
- to develop skills and techniques through exploration and development of ideas using a broad range of materials and media
- to gain confidence in art criticism and aesthetics through describing, analysing, interpreting and evaluating their own and other art works
The opportunity to study the Visual Arts is available from Years 7 to 12.
Years 7 and 8
Students complete compulsory studies in the Visual Arts; Art and Visual Communication Design.
Year 9
Students may select one or more semester-based electives from:
- Art
- Media Arts (Photography)
- Visual Communication Design
Year 10
Students may select one or more semester-based electives from:
- Art
- Media
- Visual Communication Design
Years 11 and 12
Students may select one or more VCE elective studies from:
- VCE Art Creative Practice
- VCE Media
- VCE Visual Communication Design