The Arts
The Arts learning area comprises five subjects: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts. Together they provide opportunities for students to learn how to create, design, represent, communicate and share their imagined and conceptual ideas, emotions, observations and experiences, as they discover and interpret the world.
At Maylands Peninsula Primary School, all students in Years 1-6 have the opportunity to participate in our highly regarded Visual Arts and Music program. These programs are coordinated by specialist teachers and culminate in our very popular Visual and Performing Arts night in Term 4, where students showcase their work to family and friends.
Visual Arts
Our Visual Arts specialists provide our students across Year 1-6 with a range of engaging activities and experiences using a wide variety of media such as drawing, painting, different printmaking techniques, clay, glass fusing and textiles. We are fortunate to have a purpose built Art Room complete with a kiln for ceramics and glass art. Our rich practical program balances skill-based and imaginative projects and aims to develop the students' creative potential. It is complemented by the study of artists, of both Australian and international cultures, and furthers the students appreciation of traditional and contemporary approaches in Visual Arts.
Visual Arts knowledge and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students:
- demonstrate confidence, curiosity, imagination and enjoyment when engaged in visual arts making;
- apply visual arts techniques, materials, processes and technologies to create artworks through the design and inquiry process;
- apply visual language and critical creative thinking skills when creating and responding to artwork; and
- develop aesthetic, artistic and cultural appreciation of visual arts in past and contemporary contexts, both as artists and art critics.
Music
Year 1-6 classes receive general music instruction each week from our music specialist. Students are given the opportunity to create, perform and reflect upon a variety of music styles using a range of instruments. We also have an active school choir and a 'garage' rock band that perform at school events.
Through the study of Music, students have the opportunity to:
- develop the confidence to be creative, innovative, thoughtful, skillful and informed musicians;
- develop skills and techniques to actively listen, analyse, improvise, compose and perform music;
- interpret and apply the elements of music, engaging with a diverse array of musical experiences as performers and audience members; and
- develop aesthetic appreciation and respect for their own and others' music practices and traditions across different times, places, cultures and contexts.
