Thema: Arts & Crafts

The Starlings Preschool group enjoyed learning how to make mixed media videos and flip book animations as part of a 3-day vacation project. Divided into two teams, they took photographs of their chosen locations and each other. The teams then created their own 3D background stages, drew puppets representing each ...

Last evening we celebrated the graduation exhibition for the 2017 Visual Arts International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. We are very proud of our students, who put on a complex and professional show that got great feedback. A big thank you to our art teacher, Ms Clough for guiding the students along ...

Finally, our grade 12 students complete the first part of their International Baccalaureate: their Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition. We are excited to see their results and invite you to come and see for yourself, at the  opening - in a super chic gallery location right by the school: Wednesday, March ...

For the Ancient Civilisations unit, grade 5 looked at artifacts found from various ancient civilisations. First we looked at stone age cave paintings and pottery and students worked with charcoal and clay to make their own cave like drawings and simple pots. We then looked at the stories and depictions ...

For the Sharing the Ocean unit, grade 4  made drawings of various ocean animals, cut them out and inserted them into a cardboard diorama painted to represent the deep layers of the ocean. Then using cardboard, paper mache and paint, they created an ocean animal of their choice in 3D. ...

For the Sharing the Planet  - Consumer Choices unit, grade 3 looked at concepts of responsible consumption, the Pop Art of Andy Warhol and some collage works which worked with popular consumer products and advertising imagery. We also looked at the graphic design (typography, colour choices and layout) of advertising ...

For the Creativity unit, grade 2 looked at the dream inspired images of Marc Chagall, then created their own image that was divided into parts representing a human face, an animal head and the imagined dreams corresponding to each of the human and the animal. We also looked at various ...

For the transport unit, pupils made drawings and collages of vehicles before constructing their own 3d airplanes and an imagined future vehicle from recycled cardboard and plastic materials. Each vehicle was painted in detail with bright colours. [gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="6677,6676,6674,6672,6678,6680,6681,6682,6684,6685,6687,6691,6690,6688,6686,6679"]  

For the urban planning unit, students discussed what features make up a city and where best they should be located. We looked at some artist representations of town and city plans and students worked in small groups to make their own city images. Some were able to go far enough ...

For the unit on Birds, students worked on observation and drawing skills, considering shape, texture, tone and colour while trying to draw birds from books and images. Subsequently they made their own colourful bird masks from cut out feather shaped pieces of paper glued onto a mask template. [gallery columns="4" ...