Creativity & The Arts
At Beaumaris, creativity is the catalyst that draws on inspiration, engages students, connects learning and brings the school community together, as a whole, through performance, appreciation, integrated learning and opportunities to express oneself in many forms, with encouragement and without constraint. It is the ‘mortar’ that builds ‘added value’ to learning and life and the core of ‘School Spirit.’
For Beaumaris it means all staff, students and learning experiences are connected with the arts as a creative, concrete conduit to helping shape and develop our vision. Through enthusiasm and commitment the school has been able to offer a broad range of experiences that go far beyond the ‘call of duty’ in: engaging learning; promoting endeavour achievement and excellence; nurturing citizenship; recognising difference; developing self esteem and confidence; emphasising trust; promoting interpersonal skills; having fun; and pride in self, school and community. Collectively, these have woven a warm and positive ‘school spirit.’
While creativity is integral in classroom activities it is deliberately structured into three key learning and experiential Arts sub sets in order to maximise opportunity and participation:
Visual Arts – Art Specialists
Expression
Drawing; Painting; Modelling; Collage; Pottery; Technology & Enterprise; Textiles.
Appreciation
Image analysis; art as stimulus; reflection; self evaluation integrated with classroom learning pathways.
Music
Instrumental Music
Year 6 and Year 7 Orchestral Bands; Senior Rock Band.
Singing
Year 2; Junior School; Middle School; Senior School Choirs; Individual Performers
Performing Arts
Performing Theatre Group (Middle & Senior Sub Schools
In addition to training students are provided with as many opportunities to perform in public, as possible. These opportunities are essential in motivating and rewarding effort, as well as personal pleasure and fulfilment. Performances include:
- Assemblies & Special Occasions
- School Concerts & Out of School Concerts
- Competitions and Festivals and Street Parades
- Open Nights – eg Musical Soirees; Arts Extravaganza - Exhibitions; Art Gallery; La Carnivale (music & dance); Plays; Musicals; etc
- Recordings – audio and visual
As a result, Beaumaris has evolved one of the most successful Arts Programs in any primary school, across the globe. Creativity is encouraged and promoted through:
- all learning areas (eg Science; T&E; Maths; etc integration)
- ways to express and present knowledge
- problem solving at a social level
- opportunities to explore, take risks and look ‘outside the box’ in terms of the world, understandings and themselves
The Arts have engaged and connected learning, as well as school and community. The inspiration and culture derived from creativity has made the journey towards our vision more meaningful, much easier and more rewarding.
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