Aids Awareness Artwork

Year 8 and Year 13 Art and Design students have completed a brief set by Miss Fitzgerald (Director of ECM) to design a poster which educates and raises the awareness of AIDS and HIV. To coincide with World Aids Day, the students thought carefully about suitable images which would be striking and draw the viewer to the poster. The students needed to research the topic before they embarked on the project in order to establish the key facts about AIDS and HIV.
Miss Scruton Teacher of Art
“As a class we created a display made up of important facts about AIDS and HIV. We were trying to raise awareness and money for an AIDS charity by asking people to buy red ribbons. The display is made up of a number of posters, each poster focuses on a key part of information about AIDS; I chose to tell people about the symptoms of AIDS. This activity was very rewarding as we were able to research into a topic that is very important and relevant. The poster may just save one person life if they understand the risks of AIDS, and that it is not just in third world countries….

Sarah Moss Year 13 BTEC Art Design Student

Ravensbourne Portfolio Reviews

On the 20th January a Lecturer from Ravensbourne College visited our school to help us and give us advice on the interviewing stages when applying for an Art University. He spoke to us about how to present your portfolio, for example, Mount on A1 boards and try and present your work on the boards symmetrically etc.
He also spoke to us about actual interview questions that interviewers would ask us, for example, “What artists/designers do you like?” and “Have you looked at any other courses?”.
I had a one on one tutorial with the lecturer and showed him my digital portfolio, even though it is a power point presentation the presentation rules still apply.
This Presentation has helped me present my work in a sophisticated way and the interview questions have helped me prepare myself for an interviewer.

Max Halton, Year 13 BTEC.

Christmas Backdrop

Christmas Backdrop produced by Art and Design students for St Mary’s Church

Art and Design students on the BTEC National course have helped to design and create a professional-looking backdrop which was displayed in St Mary’s Church, Bromley over the festive season. The students were asked to create a design which would be used as Mary’s kitchen in The Christmas Journey (an educational event organised by the church to tell Primary School children the story of Christmas.) The hard work and careful design created a great effect in the event.

Miss Scruton, Teacher of Art

Mr Dunk in Print

We are proud to report that our resident film expert and member of the MediaArts Faculty, has had work published. Mr Dunk has written an article on the French documentary film maker, Jean Rouch, for ‘Media Magazine’. This has been published in their online supplement available for media students, and teacher, across the country.

Check out the December issue today!

ECM Logo!

Our talented BTEC National student; Philippa Williams, has designed and helped to produce an ECM Logo which will be used throughout the school on “Every Child Matters” documents. The students in the Year 13 Art and Design class have experienced creating Logos for the school and this includes creating a Gifted and Talented Logo used by Mr Murrells (G&T Lead Teacher) The logo design fits into a digital illustration unit that the students are completing on their BTEC Art and Design course. The students have experienced using a range of digital techniques and have developed these by creating the logos. Philippa worked hard to think of a striking design and developed her ideas to fit the brief set by Mrs Moorey(Assistant Head) and Miss Fitzgerald(Director of ECM).

Miss Scruton, Teacher of Art. “The design I have created represents how I see the school community. The meaning of “Every Child Matters” is how every pupil in the school should be considered as an individual. I have symbolised this in the design by using three primary colours (the are the key elements which make all other colours)and making each figure a slightly different size and shape to support the idea that everyone is different and should be treated so.The oval around the three characters creates an idea of how our school should be a community and the students welfare should be the first priority”

Philippa Williams Year 13

The London Student Awards 2009

Art and Design students from Y10 were invited to enter the Art category of the student design awards. This year’s design task was to:

‘Design a Poster that could promote a poster about your school’

The Art teachers presented the competition to all Y10 Art and Design students during an Art lesson in November and students had 2 weeks to produce a design. Students were encouraged to think about what their school means to them, including friends, staff and the community. Students thought creatively around the challenge and there was a diverse spectrum of ideas ranging from the ‘TRS High school musical’ poster to Ghost Tales from the Discovery library…not to mention a few Zombie posters! The winning design will be selected from all of London school’s and will be rewarded with a days work experience with The Press Association-going out on location with a Photographer and they will be lucky enough to see their images live on the PA website.

Drop by the Art Department if you would like to see some of the Posters on display!

Miss Underhill

Creative & Media at Work

On Thursday 22nd October 2009, Miss Underhill arranged for Post 16 students who have an interest in pursuing a career in the creative industries to attend a day of Creative and Media workshops at Bromley Youth Music Centre. The day started with a presentation by Channel 4 Television, about ‘Working in Television’ and throughout the rest of the day students had the rare opportunity to work with a range of professionals including:

Radio Broadcasting with Bromley based SMILE Radio
Marketing with Big Dog Media company
Graphic Design with Tamazin Magazine

The students took full advantage of the workshops, practising their interview and broadcast techniques on Radio and launching their own advertising campaigns. The day ended with a creative fashion activity which the TRS students gave a 100% and stole the show! The students were commended by the guest speakers for their professionalism and enthusiasm. As a result of the day John Panda-Noah in Y13 BTEC Media has been secured a work experience placement with Channel 4 television.

Miss Underhill