March 11-15

Early Years | Art in Action

The Foundation students confidently participated in a creative and hands-on activity that involved using sand and other natural materials to express their artistic abilities. During the activity, the students were asked to identify what they could see outside, and they proudly responded with Elisabetta stating, "I see a tree!" and Ashley saying, "I see grass!” 

The end goal was to foster students’ creativity and imagination as well as to further develop their environmental awareness.

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The students in Kindergarten 1 have recently explored the potential of natural materials by designing a functional water filter that merges art with science. The children, after having worked hard to create them, successfully demonstrated how to utilise them to the Grade 3 class along with a song performance. 

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Kindergarten 2 children worked with animal clays, reinforcing their learning about different animals and their habitats. They familiarised themselves with instant art using various materials so as to later create living things from them. They utilised bubble wrap to make the Earth’s heart through paint stamps. This activity was planned to encourage the children to show care and love for our planet.

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In their Unit of Inquiry classes, the Kindergarten 3 students enjoyed creating a poster about what natural materials are. They each chose their own way to present this information on the board. Some children decided to draw their ideas, whilst others wrote a description and collected different natural items to present their point of view.

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Music is a form of art and this week the Early Years’ students had the opportunity to explore sounds through natural resources and instruments.

The Foundation class continued their exploration of living things analysing the amazing sounds produced by underwater waves and seashells. The children focussed their attention on seashells especially. A popular folk myth claims that the sound of the ocean may be heard through seashells, particularly conch shells. 

The Kindergarten 1 class continued investigating bottle sounds. This week, they especially concentrated on ‘bottle xylophones.’ The xylophones were made of glass and, when the students tapped on them, they vibrated. These disturbances travelled through space and ultimately made the children’s eardrums vibrate, then becoming sounds. 

Additionally, the students also learnt that lower or higher-pitched sounds were produced according to the amount of water present in the bottles.

The Kindergarten 2 class investigated the ‘music of nature,’ which is what one hears or feels when being fully immersed in nature, awed by the surrounding environment. It is much more than just sound – you can not only experience singing birds and croaking frogs but also bursting buds, courting salamanders, and flying butterflies.

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