Creativity and Respect
Being International Baccalaureate students, boys endeavour to engage meaningfully with all activities and develop certain attitudes through a combination of core, transdisciplinary and enrichment learning - Attitudes such as CREATIVITY and RESPECT.
Boys being CREATIVE…
A group of mixed age students have opted to come into the JS Art Studio on Tuesday's afterschool with their sketchbooks and ideas. They can have the resources around them to creatively develop their own ideas into submissions for the prestigious annual competition, " The Shaun Tan Young Artists' Award". The artwork must be solely the work of the student, so my job is to support and share ideas but not to direct. Watching these boys engage and be so focused and motivated in expressing their own ideas and interpretations has been a real privilege.
Boys showing RESPECT…
To help mark the special centenary of ANZAC, Year 3 students helped to make 100 red poppies. An installation was created near the base of the flagpole and during Thursday lunchtime, boys sat on the beautiful green grass, listened to the words of the song " The Red Poppy" and reflected. It was to remind us of the symbol of hope and life, in a historical and melancholy moment. Boys were very respectful and the visual symbols and music were powerful in simply getting the message across. The book and CD " The Red Poppy" has been donated to the Scotch Library.
Ms Karen Sabitay
PYP Visual Arts
