Thema: Arts & Crafts

During the unit on Migration, students were asked to think about pull factors - conditions and features of a new place that would encourage them to leave and move their current environment. We looked at the concept of utopia and at some artistic depictions of ideal and imaginary places. Students ...

For the unit on games, students thought about and came up with their own themed dice based board games that contained characters who progressed through an adventure, quest or story towards a goal with various encounters and setbacks along the way. [gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="9014,9008,9005,9003,9010,9006,9007,9009,9013,9011,9004,9012"]

Our Grade 11 Leistungskurs Bildende Kunst Abitur students and Higher Level IBDP Visual Arts students had the wonderful privilege of a personal tour of Studio Tomás Saraceno's last week. Tomás Saraceno is an internationally renowned Argentinian artist who works with large scale complex, architectural constructions as well as other interactive ...

In March 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 the ...

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 ...