CMIS Evaluation Primary Focus

For an inspiring read check out Bright Ideas detailed account of Victoria’s Mount Waverley Primary School’s innovative Year 6 end-of-year production.  The production took the form of a Film Festival of animation.  A team of teachers, which consisted of the Year 6 class teachers, the Art, Music and ICT specialists, and the two Assistant Principals, assisted each student to produce an animated story.  There was a lot of community support and participation including from Academy award winning animator, Adam Elliot, who also presented the inaugural “Adam Elliot” award on the night.  Read more here.

All from the Books : Children and Teenagers pages of the Guardian:

• Well, the first has to be about Lauren Child.  Here’s an interview with her. Can you believe Clarice Bean is 10?

… her name is not Lauren. “That is true,” she admits when I ask about it. Her real name is?

• The Gruffalo is being animated by the Wallace and Gromit people
• An assessment of the work of illustrator Bruce Ingman

Traditional history textbooks take a back seat to this highly creative presentation of the facts in DK’s Take Me Back.  Read Captain Cook’s Blog or Napoleon’s social networking site, not to mention the myriad other formats you will discover in this book, which is thoroughly satisfying in its visual appeal and imagination.  Wonderfully inspiring for graphic arts.  Definitely one for the school library and for the coffee table at home.