Year 7 students create Coral Reef Exhibition for World Oceans Day

To help highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy ocean and a stable climate on our planet, our Year 7 students were tasked with putting together their own coral reef to raise awareness of the impact of coral bleaching and other environmental issues.

After learning about the artwork of environmental artist and educator Beatriz Chachamovits (who creates anatomically correct coral sculptures), our creative Year 7s got to work on their individual clay sculptures for an exhibition for World Oceans Day. They worked hard to make their islands and build the sculptures up as delicately and intricately as possible, allowing for spectators to see the great detail within each piece. The pieces were then painted white to demonstrate coral bleaching and placed outside for all to see.

Coral Bleaching has been caused by warmer water temperatures within our oceans and is now affecting more than half the world's coral, including the Great Barrier Reef. When a coral bleaches, they struggle to reproduce and reef ecosystems deteriorate.

You can see photographs from our exhibition in the Flick album below. Well done to each student for their beautifully-crafted sculptures.

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