Art (Hon)
The IB Visual Arts in High School encourages students to develop their creative and critical abilities and enhances their knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of visual arts. The aim of this course is for students to investigate emerging forms of visual arts in the past and present. They are encouraged to appreciate, develop and experience the local, national and international cultures throughout their investigation and studio works. They are to produce works that reflect cultural and historical awareness. The students will demonstrate technical competence and artistic and creative qualities that challenge and extend personal boundaries.
Ceramics (HS)
Students learn about the history and significance of ceramics, both functional and non functional in Asia and the world. They record and analyze their research and investigate the properties of clay and glazes. They also learn hand building and wheel work skills and apply safe workshop practices. The preparatory work in the students workbook and the final products are assessed for the quality of the research and its analysis, the development and reflection on the design, the technical skill shown and its aesthetic appeal, descriptions of the process and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the final outcome
Music (HS)
Students learn to understand and perceive music in relation to time, place and cultures. They develop musical vocabulary to describe and reflect their critical understanding of music. The students will also do comparative analysis of different musical genres and styles. Time will also be dedicated to learning research strategies to help the students acquire skills that they can apply in given assignments.
Theatre (HS)
Theatre is a composite art that is forever evolving in new forms. It is the application of energy and imagination to frame, reflect, expose, critique and speculate. Activities will engage and develop the sensibilities of all the students who participate in them. The Diploma Programme Theatre course is designed to encourage students to examine theatre in its diversity of forms around the world. This may be achieved through a critical study of the theory, history and culture of theatre, and will find expression through workshopping, devised work or scripted performance. Students will come to understand that the act of imagining, creating, presenting and critically reflecting on theatre in its past and present contexts embodies the individual and social need to investigate and find explanations for the world around us.