Art

Every JingShanite an active artist and informed audience.

The Art Curriculum enables every child to enjoy art, communicate visually and make meaning. It provides a progressive and age-appropriate education for creative and innovative aesthetic self-expression, while developing students’ range of artistic interests and talents.

In order to develop JingShanites into active artists and informed audiences, the curriculum aims to develop students’:

Visual inquiry skills to explore their surroundings
Curiosity, imagination and enjoyment in Art making and discussion
Confidence in working individually and in groups to create artworks
Awareness of and respect for histories and cultures of artworks and artists in Singapore and the world

Art as an avenue to develop mindfulness

Core Art Learning Experiences

At Jing Shan, art is a core subject and lessons are conducted once a week from Primary 1 to 6. In alignment with MOE’s Art Syllabus, all students will go through three core learning experiences of the art curriculum

Drawing	Through the use of various materials and engaging in different processes such as scribbling, doodling, and sketching. The drawing experience develops self-confidence and joy of using art to convey ideas.
Museum-Based Learning (MBL) at Primary 4	MBL is designed to provide the learning of local art in an authentic context. Primary 4 students will visit the museum and participate in a range of inquiry and learning activities.
Exhibition in Curriculum	Students display their own artworks in the classroom as part of the lesson. Through that, students learn to communicate about art.

Many opportunities to develop and showcase their artistic achievements

Signature JS Art Experiences

On top of the Core Art Learning Experiences, students will also have opportunities to experience, acquire and inquire on art through the following signature programmes.

Termly Art Exhibitions
Termly Aesthetics Assembly
Art Enrichment Programme (Stop Animation) at Primary 3
Pottery Programme at Primary 4 and 5
JS Arts Festival

Museum Based Learning

Sample of Students’ Art Pieces

PAL Art

The Jing Shan Arts Experience - Where JingShanite's artistic and creative expression weaves with a flourishing school life. Through a variety of school-based programmes, every JingShanite can explore and pursue arts through purposefully-tailored activities to become a Thriving Explorer and Mindful Leader.

JS Arts Education

The Aesthetics Department strives to develop every JingShanite into a “Thriving Explorer, Mindful Leader” through the arts. Through the various key programmes in the curriculum and co-curriculum, it develops students’ sense of aesthetics and artistic skills in the different arts genre. These art experiences include the Art Curriculum, Music Curriculum, PAL (Visual Arts and Drama), Visual and Performing Arts Co-curricular Activities and other cross-department programmes such as school celebrations and more.

A JingShanite's journey through the lower, middle and upper school years. The arts form the foundation of a JingShanite's school experience as he or she is able to experience arts as both an audience and a participant in many of the school activities, based on strengths and interests.

Find out more about our Art and Music Curriculum here.