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A collaboration between Sengkang West Way Centre (SWC) with National Arts Council (NAC)

Names of Presenters: Angela Lim (Principal) Nur Rafidah Binte Jasni (Deputy Centre Leader) Muhammad Syafiq Bin Azman (Lead Teacher)

Content Page

• About Artist-In-School Scheme (AISS)
• Our Journey with National Arts Council and Artist-in-School Scheme (AISS) programme
• Workshop Programme
• Teacher’s Workshop
• Art Techniques & Visual Arts
• Children’s Workshop
• Art Form
• Application in the classroom
• Benefits of the programme for children and teachers
• Reflections from teachers, children & parents
• Summary

About Artist-In-School Scheme (AISS) programme for Pre-Schools

The Artist-In-School Scheme (AISS) for Pre-Schools is a partnership between National Art Council (NAC) and the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) to enable pre-schoolers to gain access to quality and maintained arts programmes specially designed by arts practitioners. This program also develops customised arts experiences that deepens children’s and teachers’ engagement in and through the arts.

Our Journey with National Arts Council (NAC)

Who were the participants?

• 12 Skool-Ready Teachers

(Nursery to K2)

• Two K2 classes

(43 children)

Workshop Programme

Teacher’s Workshop:

• 3 session of 3 hours

( 18th, 19th & 20th June 2018)

Children’s Workshop:

• 1.5 hour for 6 sessions

(2nd,3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th & 16th July 2018)

National Art Council (NAC) Artists Sun Jiun and April facilitated the workshop for both teachers and children.

Teacher’s Workshop

• Learning objectives:
• To broaden the teachers’ horizons and expose them to different art

media, and to allow them to display art skills more competently.

• To equip teachers with the basic understanding of visual arts and to

transfer accurate, fundamental art skills and knowledge for them to confidently integrate into their daily lesson.

• English and Chinese teachers underwent two separate sessions.

Art Techniques : Canvas Painting

Description of the activity:

• Different shapes and sizes of apples were used as a real life model for educators to observe

prior to their canvas painting activity.

• Shades and tones of colours were also taught by the artists to create a more life-like portrait
• f the apples.

Art Techniques : Canvas Painting

Artist Sun Jiun giving a demonstration to the Chinese Teachers regarding the effect of light on an object. Chinese Teachers proudly showing their canvas painting artwork.

Forms of Visual Art: Print Making

Description of the activity:

• Educator were taught to create art on a waterproof surface before placing the art

block or other mediums to get an impression.

• This form of print making can produce several copies at one go.

Bamboo roll

Styrofoam with strings

Ink printing 2 BBQ Grill Mesh

Forms of Visual Art: Print Making

Ink printing 1

Forms of Visual Art: Sculpture

Description of the activity:

• It is a 3D artwork using open ended material.
• Recycled materials such as bottles, caps, toilet rolls and paper clips are excellent

medium to be used to create a sculpture.

Objectives:

• Get the children to understand the interaction between colours
• Allow children to explore with primary and secondary colours
• Learn art techniques such print making
• Understand the concept of mirror images
• Inspire children’s work with nature and reproduce images in art works

Children’s Workshop

Description of the activity:

• Children sketched out their animal of choice on the canvas using coloured chalk.
• They then used masking tape to protect those lines. After which, they painted over it

and the rest of the canvas.

• Children finished off their canvas painting by adding lines to create patterns.

Art Form: Canvas Painting

Art Form: Fabric Painting

Description of the activity:

• Children drew their choice of animal on a square piece of fabric. They then drew

patterns using oil pastel on the fabric.

• Batik ink was used to colour the sketched animal on the fabric. Children then filled

the animal cushion with nylon. The completed animal cushion was sealed and fastened to a string and hung up as mobile.

Application in the Classroom

• We introduced techniques and styles to children when they are

able to utilise objects or discern colours contrast.

• Enable the children to understand the interaction between colours

and allowed them to explore with the primary and secondary colours.

• Demonstrated print making by showing the reverse process of art

and the concept of mirror images.

• Inspired children’s work with nature by having it outdoor.

Reflections from Teachers

“During this programme, we received specialised training workshop conducted by National Art Council Artists, Sun Jiun and April where teachers get to explore and express

• urselves

through the interactive lessons under the guidance of the artists. “ – Nur Rafidah Bte Jasni (Deputy Centre Leader) “Through this workshop, I’ve learnt the different types

• f

art forms. I appreciate what the two artists have taught me as I am able to bring this knowledge into my classroom. Art has never been more fun and I look forward to do it with my children.”

• Muhammad Syafiq Bin Azman

(K2 Teacher)

Reflections from Parents

“I’ve seen an improvement in my child using art language and terms. For example, my child will use “warm” and “cool” colours to describe red and blue respectively.”

• Leong Chee Chong

(Parent of K2 Perseverance) “Since having this workshop, my child have been bugging me to buy art materials such as canvas and oil paint. She is also always eager to explore the different colour combination using the oil paints on the canvas independently.”

• Maggie Wang

(Parent of K2 Diligent)

Reflections from Children

“ I really like making the fabric painting because I can draw animals using different patterns and lines. After that, I use the

• il pastels to

colour the fabric.” – Alyssa Leong (Child of K2 Perseverance) “ I love to explore with the different colours with my friends when we paint the canvas together in class. I learnt a lot from artist April like mixing the colours and different types of lines.” – Mikayla Po (Child of K2 Diligent)

Benefits of this Programme

For Children:

• Exposed to art terms (e.g. foreground, midground and

background)

• Aids in acquiring hand-eye coordination and fine motor

skills

• It is a great podium for children to progress and discover

their creativity and imagination.

• Helps children to communicate their emotions or feelings
• Problem solving skills as they learnt about various colour

mixtures

Benefits of this Programme

For Educators:

• Gain more knowledge and understanding on elements of

art

• To acquire the necessary skills to facilitate children during

art lesson

• To know the appropriate materials used for the different

forms of art

• Have more confidence in delivering the lesson
• To foster creative exploration such as abstract painting

and canvas painting

Summary

It has been a great experience and successful collaboration with National Art Council (NAC) where educators and children benefited greatly from the programme. Art definitely brings in a sense of freedom and creativity for us to explore and experience with the different kinds of mediums. This programme certainly showed that there is no age limit to art. Thank you once again for the great opportunity to work together.