Art News
There are exciting times ahead in the Art Studio this term. A warm welcome back to all the boys, parents, teachers and extended members of the community. In 2014, we are celebrating the Chinese Year of the Horse. The horse is said to be energetic, warm-hearted, intelligent and able, and its spirit encourages people in making efforts to always improve themselves. This is a worthy attribute to strive towards.
As an IB school, we want to develop open-mindedness, cultural awareness and internationally minded students. We also endeavour to learn through the Arts, not simply of the Arts. With this in mind, I am looking forward to taking the Year 5 students to "Sculptures by the Sea," this term to explore teamwork within local and global communities. The Year 2 students will have an amazing opportunity to be involved in a series of clay workshops with internationally acclaimed ceramicist Fleur Schell in Fremantle.
We will enjoy continuing to use and develop our new Art Studio space and I encourage as many parents as possible to get involved with the boys learning in Art.
In 2014 we also celebrate the International Year of the Family, which encourages us to make strong family links with the boys learning here at Scotch. You can do this by attending excursions, sharing your son's artwork, helping during class time to prepare and manage space, one off help like coming in to help sort folders/artwork and sharing some of your own arts knowledge, contacts, resources and skills. I would like to encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to share in your son's learning journey and the life of the school.
Karen Sabitay
PYP Visual Arts
