July - Bottle Cap Stamping

Today our students explored a fun, yet simple printmaking technique using a recyclable item like bottle caps, yarn and paint. This printing technique is an alternative to the traditional vegetable stamping. This technique is simpler, cleaner, easier to shape, safer and a more age-appropriate (without use of knife) activity.

Beside designing their own stamps, this activity also helps our students to be bolder with colours and exercises the fundamental principles of design in particular, ‘balance, repetition and space’.

Learning Outcome: Printing Technique, Colour Exploration and Creativity

July: The Wheel: Life Cycle of the Butterfly

“All good science is art, and all good art is science” – John Fowles

Look deep and one will discover that ‘science is art’. They are similar. Both science and art are human attempts to understand and describe the world around us. Today, our art and craft class took a more science-centric approach by discussing the life cycle of a butterfly! The class discussed the four stages of the metamorphosis; from egg, caterpillar, pupa/ chrysalis to a full grown butterfly.

To help ‘drive home’ the facts, the students were tasked to assemble an illustration of the four stages in a wheel chart.

Learning Outcome: knowing the life cycle of the Butterfly, what's a wheel chart, creativity and fine motor skills

July- 'Fire Breathing Dragon'

Today’s class emphasises on creative construction thinking. An image of a craft work (Fire Breathing Dragon) was shown and based on materials available in class, students were asked to discuss the method of recreating the craft. Before picking up the materials, the students must first prepare a construction plan and a “BOM” (build of material) list; - strategic design training

Learning outcome: This activity helps develop creative thinking, reverse engineering and design planning