The Arts INFANT SCHOOL
Art & Design
by Libby Henderson, Head of Art & Design (Infant) Despite the disruption of the pandemic, amazing artwork still took place and one highlight of our year was the Big Draw. The theme, “Drawn to Life”, focused on wellbeing. All children from Nursery to Year 2 drew and made marks in a range of ways using different media, at large and small scales, and in different places. One favourite space was the “Drawing Rooms” – rooms covered in paper from floor to ceiling. Stephanie Wijaya, our new Art STLA, joined the team in January. She has since worked with children in Year 1 to produce some incredible prints and supported Year 2 with developing their clay skills. In 2020/21, we hope she will be able to work with Nursery and Reception students on projects that were forcibly cancelled this year due to COVID-19. During the remote learning period, children stayed creative, crawling under tables to paint like Michelangelo, exploring colour like Kandinsky, and creating their own Lonely Beast, inspired by Chris Judge’s book. Once the children had returned to school, we gave them resources to help develop their at-home creations. Children produced collages of The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Hokusai, and their very own Superworm or Jack and the Flumflum Tree-style patchwork sacks, inspired by the Julia Donaldson books.
Music
by Delphine Hastwell, Head of Music (Infant) Events conspired this year to cancel several much-anticipated performances. Sadly, song leaders were unable to visit Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home in Term 1, and Term 2 and 3 events, such as the Year 1 Concert, Recorder Concert, Year 2 Ensembles, and Year 2 Choir performances at Cluny Court and Singapore Zoo, were cancelled due to the
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Coronavirus pandemic. However, there was still plenty to celebrate. The Year 2 Choir, for example, were exceptionally busy in the first half of the year, performing the finale song at a joint concert with Sydney Grammar School in September alongside Junior and Senior performers, and opening St George’s Festival of Music in December with a performance of two songs – one a solo – in front of local families. To help kick off the festive season at Tanglin, Year 2 ensembles performed at the Friends of Tanglin Christmas Fair, while the Year 2 Christmas Show, held in The Berrick Hall, featured the entire year group singing, dancing and acting, as well as each class
performing an instrumental item during a wonderful rendition of The Elf on the Shelf. In the same month, the Nursery Singalong saw all eight nursery classes dressed in red and green performing Christmas songs to and with their parents in Hall 2, which was decorated with Christmas Trees and fairy lights.
