Aesthetics 美育

Explore how the Aesthetics Department nurtures creativity and artistic skills in students through Visual Arts, Music, Dance, and Design.

Last updated 10 July 2026

Aesthetics Department

The Aesthetics Department strives to spark curiosity and creativity in students, developing and enhancing their artistic skills through our diverse Arts programme. We engage in a multimodal world of Visual Arts, Music and Dance enrichment lessons - conducted during Lower Secondary CnMe lessons. Our Assembly Programme highlights innovative ideas, using sustainable practices to create artworks and instil in students the concept of resourcefulness. Lower Secondary students celebrate their learning and enjoy enriching aesthetics programmes through our Annual Arts Appreciation and ArtsFest at the end of the year.

The Lower Secondary Music curriculum utilizes well-founded pedagogical methods to motivate students to achieve instrumental mastery and performance competency. Secondary 1 students learn music theory through ICT online platforms and hands-on lessons with musical instruments. An Arrangement module, involving GarageBand on the iPad, allows students to develop their musical abilities through technology. Secondary 2 students deepened their musical knowledge through the learning of music from different cultures and genres.

Students in white uniforms use Alesis MIDI keyboards and tablets in a music classroom.

Secondary 1 students creating music using GarageBand

Several school students wearing masks and uniforms practice playing ukuleles in a classroom.

Secondary 1 students playing the ukelele during AAA Music module

A masked student draws on an iPad with a stylus, seated near a desk stacked with school textbooks.

Secondary 1 student expressing thoughts and emotions on a music piece through drawing

Red linocut print of a table with a cup, spoon, and a carton, framed by striped patterns on white paper.

Secondary 1 Lino print

Four masked students in white uniforms sit around a blue table, sketching in notebooks during an art class.

Secondary 1 students drawing based on verbal descriptions in pair-work activity

Using the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) and Inquiry-Based Learning approach, our Art programme aims to develop students' creative thinking and craftsmanship through project-based assignments. The Lower Secondary Art programme seeks to expose students to various art forms and empower them with the confidence to express themselves through Visual Art forms. Critical appreciation also forms the bedrock of the programe, as students learn to appreciate artwork. The Higher Art Programme allows students to further develop their artistic skills in both 2D and 3D mediums and provides opportunities for students to develop their artistic voice.

A masked schoolgirl cuts pink fabric with scissors at a desk in a classroom with other students nearby.

Secondary 2 student creating fabric flowers during AAA FCE module

Four students in white uniforms sit on a classroom floor cutting and marking teal fabric with scissors and pens.

Secondary 2 students cutting recycled fabrics to create fabric flowers

Students in white uniforms and masks arrange colorful fabric flowers on a large cherry blossom branch artwork on the floor.

Secondary 2 students placing fabric flowers on canvas for Artsfest

The Design & Technology (D&T) unit engages the Secondary 2 students through Design Thinking Process as they learn to manage their own projects aiming at improving real-life situations. Being new to D&T and having little experience with handling the equipment and tools, the students were guided using the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model. As they progress, students gain experience and develop confidence in tackling problems and designing functional products. With Empathy guiding their hands and hearts, the students strive to create responsibly while making their designs relevant and useful.

Two masked students sit at a wooden table using tablets, with cloths and a bucket between them.

Designers at work

Two masked schoolgirls in uniforms work on tablets at a wooden desk in a classroom.

Doing design work for D&T on the iPad

Two students in white uniforms sit at wooden desks; one draws on paper, the other writes on a tablet with a stylus.

Design Thinking in progress

Food & Consumer Education place much emphasis on authentic and practical learning experiences through exploration of nutrition and health, diet-related diseases, and the impact of sustainable consumption on our lives. Students engaged in robust discussion on food and resource-management topics as well as consumer issues. Inquiry-Based Learning and discourse through Dialogic Talk - enhanced through active use of ICT tools and platforms - helped them develop greater literacy in the subject.

Students in aprons and face masks stir-fry rice in pans on a gas stove in a school cooking classroom.

Cooking Fried Rice in an FCE practical lesson

Albert Einstein once said : "Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way." Our Art programmes offer a spectrum of opportunities for our students to blossom into open-minded champions of society, raising awareness and soaring positively. We aim to recognise our students' potential and creativity to the maximum extent for them to acquire the necessary skills to build their own future humbly and confidently.