Creativity through words and imagery

Visual Literacy Reading without words

Theodore the Unsure written by Pip Smith and illustrated by Beau Wylie, was the topic of our Visual Literacy Workshops with Year 1 and 2 students during Term 1.

The skills of the students as they investigated and interrogated the images in the story were wonderful. Most importantly, the joy on their faces as they enjoyed the story and their work with it, was amazing to witness.

The Young Writers’ workshops

The Young Writers’ workshops are for students who enjoy writing. It provides them with the chance to explore and practise different creative writing skills.

“Students need to have an interest in writing independently, and as a published writer, we are able to give them new skills, and insight into what a writing career might look like,” said visiting author, Ms Sally Murphy.

Ms Sally Murphy visited our School in Term 1 and taught students about beautiful poetry; some flowed better than others, but all the poetry came from the heart. Ms Murphy spoke about developing character emotion and cutting out unnecessary words – being a minimalist, but considered.

“Get rid of the unnecessary, obsolete and be precise!” she said. She also added that “poetry does not have to rhyme or have uniformity - it just has to evoke emotion and the imagery is important!”

Ms Jan Pocock :: Teacher Librarian