Year 7
In Year 7 the students focused on creating two-dimensional works for the first half of the year and three-dimensional objects for the second. This enabled a greater depth of investigation of the various media that were explored. For their Notables Doll exercise the girls constructed fabric figures and used symbolic colour and images to reflect the important aspects of their chosen character. The Mythical Creatures unit involved the construction of mixed media creatures which were then painted and decorated using a range of equipment. The culmination of this unit was a visit to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to view relevant examples of the Gallery's permanent collection.
Year 8 Mural
The Year 8 students were given the exciting opportunity to create a mural for the ground floor locker room in the Jacobs Building. The students used clay to create tiles which they then decorated with words and images to reflect what it is to be a Ruyton girl.
Specialised Painting Elective
2009 also saw the introduction of a specialised Painting elective. In the past painting featured as a component of other units, but it now joins Drawing and Sculpture as foundation skills for VCE Art study.
Radio Advertising Campaign
Year 11 Media saw students taking part in a real-life radio advertising campaign for Ruyton. In conjunction with FOX FM, students wrote, produced, directed and edited short interview segments with Year 5 and Year 7 students.
They were then invited to tour the radio station where they met some of the station's personalities and enjoyed some studio production time.
The completed advertisement was aired for two weeks in September, prior to Ruyton's Open Morning.
Design Technology - Fashion
Design Technology - Fashion, ran at Units 3 and 4 level for the first time, with outstanding results. All six students received full marks for their folios.