Miss Yuli

Last week, the children explored Kandinsky’s style by creating artworks using lines, shapes, and colourful dots. Building on that learning, this week the students used brightly coloured paper to create layered shapes and transform them into festive Christmas trees.

They carefully cut, arranged, and layered circles and triangles to add depth and dimension, just like Kandinsky’s abstract compositions. Each child’s tree looks vibrant, playful, and full of creativity.

It was a wonderful hands-on project that helped them develop fine motor skills, explore abstract art, and express their own artistic ideas.

This week, the children completed their beautiful canvas paintings inspired by Claude Monet. Throughout the lesson, they carefully observed Monet’s masterpieces, describing the colours, brushstrokes, and atmosphere in his artworks. Using these observations, the students created their own interpretations on canvas.

Each piece is truly unique — the children’s creativity, personality, and confidence in using acrylic paint really shine through. The results are fantastic, and I am so proud of their hard work and artistic growth.

This week, the students continued working on our large Egyptian wall painting project. After completing their sketches last week, the children began adding colour using oil pastels. They focused on traditional Egyptian colours and patterns while carefully filling in the figures and details.

Next week, we will enhance their artworks by adding layers of watercolour and acrylic paint to create a more natural and authentic wall-painting effect. Through this project, the students are able to explore a variety of art materials, experiment with different techniques, and develop a deeper understanding of Ancient Egyptian art.

This week, Mr Dunn’s class completed their self-portraits inspired by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. After finishing their portraits, the students chose their favourite artwork by either Van Gogh or Gauguin and created their own drawing based on that piece. In this project, they went a step beyond using oil pastels and experimented with acrylic paint, experiencing new painting techniques and colour-blending methods on paper.

This activity was a wonderful opportunity for the students to develop their research skills, deepen their understanding of Post-Impressionist art, and gain confidence in expressing themselves using acrylics.

Mrs Sim’s class continued their Kandinsky unit this week. The pupils explored a range of Kandinsky’s artworks and tried recreating the dots, lines, shapes and forms he often used. They drew circles of different sizes, used rulers to create lines and geometric shapes, and then painted their designs with vibrant colours inspired by Kandinsky’s style.

To enrich the experience, the children also listened to Tchaikovsky’s music — just as Kandinsky did — allowing the rhythm to guide their brushstrokes. It was a joyful and creative lesson, and the pupils thoroughly enjoyed expressing themselves through colour, shape and music.

This week, Ms. Staines’s class had a special art session using a unique material — canvas.

The students experienced what it feels like to paint on the same type of surface used by many professional artists, and they truly enjoyed working like real painters.

The class also spent time observing a variety of Claude Monet’s artworks, paying attention to his colors and brushstrokes. Each student chose from different sizes and shapes of canvas prepared by the teacher, selected a Monet painting they liked, sketched it, and then painted it using acrylics. The students were very enthusiastic, and it was wonderful to see how proud they were of their own work.

Next lesson, the class will continue by adding more details and completing their canvas paintings.

This week, the students took a deeper look into Egyptian art, focusing on the characteristics and themes found in wall paintings and tomb paintings. They explored how the human figure was depicted, why certain body parts—such as the eyes and chest—were shown from the front, while the nose was drawn in profile, and what these stylistic choices meant in ancient Egyptian art. After learning about these features, the students practiced expressing them through their own drawings.

To extend the lesson, the class used large sheets of paper to create artworks inspired by Egyptian wall paintings. Each group worked together to illustrate different scenes and images, collaborating to bring their ideas to life. Working in pairs encouraged teamwork and allowed students to share roles and support each other throughout the project.

We are excited to see how their final pieces will come together in the coming weeks.

This week, Mr. Dunn’s class learned about the relationship between Gauguin and Van Gogh and explored the unique characteristics of their artistic worlds. Using the slide titles and guiding questions provided by the teacher, the students created their own Google Slides presentations. They completed each chapter with care and later presented their work to the class to share what they had learned.

Through this lesson, the students gained an understanding of how Gauguin and Van Gogh came to live together in Arles, the important artworks they created, and the similarities and differences in the mood, colors, and textures found in their paintings. Based on this knowledge, the class also spent time sketching portraits of both artists.

In the next lesson, the students will continue by completing self-portraits inspired by Gauguin and Van Gogh.

This week, the students learned about the main characteristics of Ancient Egyptian art.

After exploring the PowerPoint presentation I prepared to gain a general understanding, each student chose a picture and title provided by me to conduct their own research.

They also created their own question sheets and searched for answers independently.

Next week, the class will move on to an exciting art activity based on what they have learned — creating pyramids, tombs, and even mummies to deepen their understanding of the meaning and symbolism behind Egyptian art.

This week, Mrs Sim’s class learned about the abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky, who believed that “colour and shape can express feelings and music.”
We looked at his famous artwork “Squares with Concentric Circles” and discussed how each circle could represent a different mood or emotion.

The children then created their own versions of Kandinsky’s colourful circles using bold paint colours and careful brush control. They explored how colours can work together to show contrast, harmony, and movement.

The children showed great focus and creativity as they mixed new colours and experimented with composition. Their finished artworks were bright, expressive, and full of energy—just like Kandinsky’s masterpieces