The youngsters firstly attended an historical printmaking workshop at Flagstaff Hill, learning the ropes of how a newspaper was made in centuries gone by and creating printing stamps of their own.

Co-organiser Jan Barkla said the learning process was a great way to involve young minds.

“It gives them the idea that to make a print, they actually had to cut bits out and that it’s only going to print the raised surface – so it’s actually quite a thinking process for them,” she said.

Students will then spend the second part of the day at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, viewing local prints, lithographs and woodcuts and using a foam block to print onto calico bags. 

Mrs Barkla praised this year’s Education Week art theme, saying  the collaboration between the two venues was a great way to show what the arts has to offer. 

“We’ve got such good resources between the two of us.” 

She and co-organiser Agostina Hawkins, from the Warrnambool Art Gallery, were rapt with a creative grant from the education department. 

“We were really grateful because we couldn’t do it otherwise – it’s all free of charge. We sat down and said ‘OK, what’s something we can both do to tie in with Education Week’. It’s just great.”