SISHK Primary Performing Arts

Performing Arts' Identity within SISHK and Philosophy

Why should we engage with Performing Arts?

Ever since humans have existed we have sought to make sense of the world and our place in it. Through the individual or collective process of exploring our innermost thoughts and feelings around a theme or idea our search for meaning has been made manifest through visual representations, sounds and movement. Throughout time and across culture these expressions have become codified into various art forms such as "Drama", "Visual Art", "Music", and "Dance".

The Performing Arts not only presents us with an opportunity to engage with one of the most fundamental questions of our existence, "what does it mean to be human?" it also activates all domains of learning - cognitive, psychomotor and affective.

From a personal perspective, the performing arts can be transformational for students of all ages helping to develop crucial skills and attitudes for the future - confidence, creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.

How does Performing Arts fit into SISHK?

SISHK is committed to providing a holistic education for our students from a rigorous academic curriculum to avenues for self-expression and exploration. Subjects within Performing Arts at SISHK include Drama, Music, and Dance. The Performing Arts curricula at SISHK has been designed around the Discipline Based Arts Education (DBAE) framework and Understanding by Design paradigm designed with the end in mind with a focus on the historical origins and development of art styles, aesthetic nature, criticisms, and production.

Through the process of exploration and production, students will encapsulate and exemplify our school's values of respect, responsibility, resilience, integrity, care and harmony.

Mr Craig

Subject Head of Performing Arts