2011 School Magazine

ColljgrophU Shodo - the way of the brush. This ancient and intricate form of writing is a lapanese and Chinese art originating in Shinto and practised for thousands of years. Characters written on rice paper with brush and ink have their own unique form but, when combined, build meaningful proverbs and imagery Our teachers at Calligraphy Club are Ninth Dan Calligraphy Judge Koiima-Sensei and his wife Fumiko-Sensei, who guide us through writing the characters and help us to achieve precise strokes. Koiima-Sensei and Fumiko-Sensei's enthusiasm for their art inspires and encourages students to persist~andechieve their best A very relaxed environment allows students to work at their own pace and to pursue individual goals. Each year our members work toward a project, and since 2009 have entered pieces in Art Speaks. ' Japanese Comes Alive run by the lapan Foundation and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Recently Fumiko-Sensei has been teaching one of our members sumi-e, classical Asian ink painting focussing on simple lines and open space

Anime Club As one of the youngest cultural clubs (started in 2007), Anime possesses a diverse and enriching environment populated with students from all Year levels. Held at lunchtime on Fridays, the members participate in many activities centred on Japanese pop-culture, including quizzes on well-known animated characters and particular series that are viewed during the sessions. Each term a new series is chosen through popular vote, Including titles such as Ferry Tale, Soul Eater and ON Angel Cosplay, or the combination of 'costume' and 'role-play' is an aspect of lapanese pop-culture, and involves designing and creating costumes based on a favourite character or series. and performing a short routine which can be humorous or serious depending on the participants. These performances are facilitated through events such as Supanova Pop-Culture Expo, Animania and Gencom. Club members participated In Cosplay competitions and received awards for presentation and performance. Supported by Ms Loye, we strive to make Friday lunchtimes a fun-filled and animated event

IEmily Norton (11M) and Weridy Newman (12W)I

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I Weridy Newman q2W) and Laura Beitzel (12E) I

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GLuen Horuiood SOCietg """' This year the Gwen Harwood Society for Creative Writing has experienced lots of fun activities under the guidance of our writing mentor, Miss Littler. We met every Monday afternoon, always in the mood for reading, writing, sharing and giggling! This year brought many short story related exercises. All elements of writing were covered and we are all proud to say that we have mastered the arts of sizzling starts, mean plots and intriguing protagonists. in late Term 111 the group undertook one of the biggest projects to date: compiling a book of short stories for the children of Cuvu Village School in Fiji. Over two weeks we brought the stories to life for the primary school children to help them in their quest to master the English language. All group members found this a rewarding experience Another big event was the Brisbane Writers Festival, where a group of eight girls attended workshops at Southbank over the course of a day. This excursion provided an opportunity to further strengthen the skills we have been learning in our club

I Alexandria Brown (80) and Emma Neale (8W) I