Developing thinking skills to facilitate appreciation and expression in and through the Arts
Strengthening practices in Assessment for Learning (AFL) to support student learning
Leveraging technology to promote joy of learning and self-directedness in Arts learning
Learning how to be in sync with others through music ensemble
Knowing how to play an instrument is already quite special in itself– but putting it in the context of an ensemble all the more serves to amplify that. Being part of an ensemble is so much more than just getting together with other musicians and playing a well-practiced piece.
Ukulele ensemble performance
Listening to the beat of the hand drums and creating rhythms
Exploring rhythms to accompany a song
The young artists and musicians are always exploring different ways in creating their forms
“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” - B.B.King
Students recording their keyboard performance
Listening to the beat of the hand drums and creating rhythms
These young musicians exploring the different percussions for different sound
Students experimenting rhythms on a Chinese drum
P5 planning for the cajon performance
P6 students discussing for a jingle group project...it's all about being catchy catchy
Developing skills in various art mediums
In the art classroom, students from P1 to P6 got to explore different mediums in their art creation thus developing them to be critical in their art learning by engaging their minds and souls.
“Arts engagement increases happiness, confidence, self-esteem and reduces stress and social isolation” - Dr Christina Davies
Exploring the art of Picasso - a portrait in cubism to express their emotions
Working collaboratively in their group to create a forest animal using modelling clay
Sharing is caring for these P1 students - learning the trick of oil pastel
P1 students exploring painting using found items for mark making in the art classroom
Students making a collage of their favourite animal
P3 creating a digital image of a cubist inspired portrait on iPad
P1 having a lot of fun creating their fruity-vege-flower self-portrait using iPad apps and posted on Padlet
P6 drawing from observation