Aesthetics

Vision & Goals

Vision

At the end of every student's journey at SMS(P), we hope to see each child graduating with an open and critical mind, ready for the lifelong involvement in aesthetics. Filled with curiosity (head), and confidence to explore and learn from mistakes (hands), anchored with empathy (heart).

Goal

To create opportunities for students to discover their personal voice and be empowered to explore ideas and meanings in different contexts while deepening their understanding of the world and society.

Department members

Art

The Art Department aims to nurture in pupils a love for the visual arts by developing their art-making skills and enabling them to creatively express their ideas in visual form. In understanding themselves and appreciating the diversity around them, pupils learn to create meaningful artworks.

Learning Experience includes:

• Drawing 

• Mixed media art  

• Painting (Acrylic and Watercolour)

• 3D Art forms (wire sculpture, clay-making, relief)

• Photography

• P6 Graduation Art Exhibition

• Art recess activities 

• Museum-based Learning

Use Of Sketchbooks

Starting 2016, all pupils are expected to use a sketchbook as part of their art experience. The sketchbooks serve as a platform for pupils to record information, generate ideas, explore different techniques and reflect.

Music

The Music Curriculum incorporates both experiential learning and visible thinking routines, to create a culture of positive musicianship. Using both formal and informal learning pedagogies, students are given a variety of platforms including musical instruments and electronic music devices, to create and perform music. As students develop an appreciation for music and the world around them, they also develop character, values and leadership skills. In the spiral curriculum, they engage in song-writing modules that provide spaces for creative lyric writing.  

One of the signature programmes in the school is the djembe performance workshop that combines west African drumming rhythm patterns and poly-rhythmic beats to create drumming experiences for all students to learn and enjoy!

Learning experience includes:

• Xylophones

• Handchimes

• Keyboards

• Djembes

• Cajons

• Music Theory

• Songs from different cultures and traditions

• Lyric writing 

• Digital music workshops

Awards

Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Art Exhibition

We are proud to announce that three artworks by our students that were submitted for the SYF Art Exhibition 2021 can be viewed at the SYF Online Art Gallery.

These participants will be receiving their certificates in August.

These girls put in great effort in their SYF projects and even came back during the March holiday to work on them. Many of them also stayed back for numerous afternoons after school. Hence, we would like to thank the parents of these participants for their tremendous support and also our teachers from Art department and Art Club for guiding the girls so well!

We are delighted to share that two of the artworks from Category A and C are also featured in the SYF Virtual Art Exhibition, in collaboration with National Gallery of Singapore.

We also want to commend the great effort by all Primary 2, Primary 4 and Art Club students who were tasked to create artworks based on the SYF theme. Some of their artworks are featured in our SYF School-based Online Art Exhibition below.

Please click the links below to view the SYF exhibitions.

• SYF Online Art Gallery ↗ (opens in new tab)

• SYF Archives (E-catalogue) ↗ (opens in new tab)

• SYF Virtual Art Exhibition ↗ (opens in new tab)

• SYF School-based Online Art Exhibition ↗ (opens in new tab)

Achievements