The Arts

The Arts (Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts) remain an important component of the elementary curriculum that focuses on creation, artistic expression, and exploration. All Arts instruction will adhere to health guidelines.

“Experiences in the arts – in dance, drama, music, and visual arts – play a valuable role in helping students to achieve their potential as learners and to participate fully in their community and in society as a whole. The arts provide a natural vehicle through which students can explore and express themselves and through which they can discover and interpret the world around them. Participation in the arts contributes in important ways to students’ lives and learning – it involves intense engagement, development of motivation and confidence, and the use of creative and dynamic ways of thinking and knowing.” ~The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: The Arts, 2009 (revised) p.3