WELCOME TO TERM 4
Welcome to the last term of 2021! We are already off to an exciting start with the Australia Teenage Fashion Awards taking place in the first week of term. Our Fashion Design students did very well at the awards and achieved several wins in a number of categories. Congratulations to everyone involved! This busy term includes the Year 12 final events, Nexus Week, Arts Alight 2021: Creative Arts Extravaganza and the Primary presentation assemblies.!
The Year 12 students are finishing off their lessons for the year this week and have their exams in the coming weeks. Their final events start with the annual Prayer Breakfast on Saturday 23 October; their Final Assembly and Fun Day on Monday 25 October; Graduation on Tuesday 16 November and Senior Formal on Thursday 18 November. We pray they are blessed during this exciting time.
Australia Teenage Fashion Awards State Finals
The Australia Teenage Fashion Awards were held on Saturday 18 October. Well done to our Year 11 and 12 Fashion Design students who entered. They created outstanding entries and we are so proud of all of our students! Thanks to Mrs Michelle West and Mrs Judy Nottle for their hard work in preparing the students and supporting them to create their fabulous garments. The garments will be on display at the Arts Alight 2021: Creative Arts Extravaganza on Wednesday 24 November from 4pm - 10pm. Please note that when booking tickets for Arts Alight, the student must be in the year level of the session selected and only two tickets can be booked for that student (not including the student). If we still have places available by Monday 22 November, we will email all families to have the chance to book extra tickets.
Award winners were:
Chelsea Wormald - Artist of the Year and First place Wearable Art with her Cinderella inspired outfit
Gabrielle Clark - Second place Wearable Art category with her Renaissance Art inspired creation.
Kitarni Upton - Third place Wearable Art with her psychedelic carousel design
Hanna Taylor - First place Society and Environment category with her Moths inspired garment
Shayla Wakeling - Second place Society and Environment with her garment referencing the devastating 2020 bushfires.
Rubi-Jean Moulton - First place Casual Wear with her organic hand dyed linen two piece garment.
FASHion Design Garment Descriptions
The Year 11 and 12 Fashion Design students had a photoshoot wearing their completed designs with Mrs Michelle West at locations around Adelaide including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Carrick Hill, the Beach House, Glenelg and at the College with a CFS firetruck. Thank you to Mr Rob Jenkins (SVCC Marketing Manager) for taking the photos.
Chelsea, Year 12: My Wearable Art garment is based on childhood fantasy and Cinderella’s carriage. The double layered dress is made from satin and gold embossed chiffon. It features draped sleeves and a circle skirt. Out of my comfort zone I used a welder for part of the metal frame, as well as electric saws and woodwork tools for the wheels of the carriage. The motorised wheels were painted with a gold marble spray and fitted with casters. Polyester satin was used for the sculpted stuffed pumpkin headpiece with an artificial leafy vine added for aesthetics. The white goose is an accessory that was created from satin lining, with quilted patterned wings. While a confident sewer, the carriage was a great challenge and needed much problem solving to work according to my initial design idea. I’m proud of my achievement as it was a great way to finish my final year of school.
Gabby, Year 11: My Wearable Art garment is inspired by the Renaissance Art period and displays various famous pieces of artworks, some of which I have hand painted onto the bodice and front of the garment. The fabric has a rich self-embossed all over pattern akin to the fabrics worn in that era. The underskirt and bodice lining have been made from calico. Since my garment’s main feature is the paintings, I incorporated this theme into my headpiece by using paintbrushes which I spray painted gold to complement the colour scheme that was in my dress and the frames of the paintings which were also gold. Renaissance artworks are framed in an over skirt structure and are attached to a self-made belt with hooks. A wired underskirt and hip and bottom waist pillows help create the full structure.
Kitarni, Year 11: The inspiration for my Wearable Art garment came from a vivid childhood dream I had while sleeping. I was playing the lovable game “Marco Polo” on a playground when I fell off and had a seizure. During this process the dream was filled with vibrant colours with unrealistic animals preforming unrealistic tasks such as dancing and playing instruments. The colours were all eye-popping and reminded me of a circus. From countless experiences of playground dramas, I wanted to take pieces of my life memories and turn it into something beautiful and innocent. My carousel dress is created with different glittery fabrics and attached to a wooden carousel shape frame; the collar is inspired by a circus clown costume. The hat animals were made from vibrant colours and mixed buttons used for the eyes. This was to show how unrealistic they are. The colours for each animal also fitted the colours I envisioned in my dream, including the pink elephant and multi-coloured giraffe.
Celeste, Year 12: My fun, colourful candy themed dress consists of three layers, a wire petticoat for structure, gathered tulle under skirt for added flare and top dress. Structural components include plastic rings on each side of the garment, encased through the sleeve and wired foam candy canes and holographic bows on each side of the dress. Strong stabilizer fabric encased in the sleeves, along with galvanised steel wire encased on the edge gives round disc shaped rigidity. The ruched satin waistband captures light dynamically, with the high sheen balancing the eye-catching gloss of the holographic bows. Hand-made colourful lollies, clay made chocolate, hand dyed woollen fairy floss, imitation fabric ice cream cones and other decorations embellish the dress and headpiece. Hand painted and decorated boots complete the candy theme.
Hanna, Year 11: “Silent Beauty – Being Seen and not Heard” is the inspiration behind my Society and Environment garment. Women are often women’s worst enemies making judgements of who meets the perceived beauty standards. The moths symbolise the perception of missed beauty as they are not as pretty as butterflies. They flutter precariously over my garment awaiting to take flight to freedom. The bird netting over the tea stained calico dress symbolises entrapment. The moth over the mouth imitates not having a voice and the gloves over the ears insinuate not being heard. A tragic story and yet I as the model show resilience and boldness as I walk forward with my head held high, making a stand for all women and negating false perceptions of what it means to be beautiful.
Shayla, Year 12: My Society and Environment garment was inspired by the tragedies caused by the 2020 bushfires and the impact that it had on the Australian community. The base of my garment is made from black embroidered suede twill fabric to represent the charcoal, ash, and debris from a bushfire. For the ruffles of my garment, I burnt the edges of each ruffle and used an industrial sewing machine to distribute and attach them to the skirt, leaving areas where the black suede twill weave fabric is shown. I wanted to create a structure form to my garment and utilized heavy fabric stabilizers and wires to bend, twist and pose the structured flames on the bodice, to help shape the overall garment.
Rubi-Jean, Year 12: The structured Casual Wear two-piece outfit that I have designed is inspired by the vibrance of spring and using natural elements in fashion garments including wooden buttons, pure silk and organic Belgian linen. I used native yellow chrysocephalum flowers to naturally dye the white fabric in an umbre to produce a fully organic and sustainable outfit. The constant theme of box pleats throughout adds a simplistic complexity whilst still showcasing the natural dye element. The fully lined garments allow for ease of wear and comfortability demonstrating the versatility of the designed outfit.
Chloe, Year 11: My trifecta of red, white and navy blue garments were inspired by the retro navy theme during the 1940s. The fully lined red spot top has a bra cup design with thick straps for comfort and fastens at the back with an open ended zip. My fitted jacket has a seven-panel design that fits to my body shape and is lined with satin. My shorts and jacket are both crafted from the same suiting material to ensure that the garments went together and could be paired with other options later. I added kick pleats onto the shorts to create a point of interest and gold buttons on the shorts and jacket as an embellishment. I learnt the importance of first doing a toile to adjust areas to get a perfect fitting.
Year 10 Fashion Design
The Year 10 Fashion Design students are currently completing their garments that will be displayed at Arts Alight on Wednesday 24 November as part of the fashion parades. Year 10 is the first year that students are able to choose Fashion Design as a subject. This subject is taught by Mrs Sherry James.
Cubby Building
FOUNDATION NATURE PLAY EXCURSION
As part of our inquiry into Homes Around the World, the Foundation children embarked on a cubby building excursion at the Belair National Park with Nature Play SA. They had a wonderful time being out with nature and working collaboratively in building cubbies as a team. The weather was simply splendid for it!
Erin from Nature Play SA gave us a quick briefing about being respectful towards nature and how we should be mindful of the wood and logs as we manoeuvre them to build our cubbies.
Once the cubbies were completed, and the safety checks have been completed, the children had lunch in their cubbies and enjoyed a quick play in the area. We ended the day with an efficient pack down of the cubbies by all involved.
Joanna Harland and Donna Smith, Foundation Teachers
Year 12 assembly at Aldinga Campus
The Aldinga campus held a special assembly for the Year 12 students on Tuesday 19 October. This allowed the Aldinga Primary and Middle Years students to farewell the Year 12 students. The Year 12 students each spoke and offered their reflections on school life at Southern Vales Christian College and words of wisdom to pass on to the younger students. The students spoke very well and it was a great time together. The Year 12 students have their Final Assembly at Morphett Vale on Monday 25 October.