Photography for children offers a range of exciting and valuable learning experiences, not to mention some great experiences. Photographs create a direct, sensory connection between learners and their subjects.

​

Through Photography at Essa Academy we contribute towards our mission for all students to be valuable citizens of society, community and country through:

 

• Valuing, encouraging and facilitating creativity for all.

• Ensuring all are literate and able to communicate through a range of mediums, regardless of language or background.

• Ensuring all become aware of the world and how it functions through developing cultural capital and knowledge of the world of Photography, both inside and outside of the classroom.

• Developing empathy and self-awareness to ensure all are able to take care of themselves and the world.

• Providing a calm, inspiring and purposeful environment where students feel safe, happy and able to express themselves, enabling them to be healthy, safe and fit in mind and body.

• Providing students with the creative knowledge, skills and ambition to have a successful career in any industry and a successful future.

• To provide students with the ability to problem solve through independent experimentation and teaching students how to break down problems and barriers.

• To provide students with industry-standard experiences utilising the latest digital technology, enabling them to become digital literate and aware.