Visual Arts at ISS Lower School

Art: Chris MeinckKindergarten – Grade 5

Visual Art at ISS Lower School

Grades 1 to 5 have 3 hours of art every two weeks.Kindergarten has 1 hour of art each week.

How do we structure our classes?

What is do we believe about the Arts in the Lower School?

Arts are integral to the IB Primary Years Programme. They are a powerful mode of communication through which students explore and construct a sense of self and develop an understanding of the world around them.

Learn about the Arts - often in connection with the class UOI

Learn through the arts - in connection with the class UOI

• Responding

• Creating

• Engaging

Connecting to the UOI and learning through art.

Responding to works by other artists

Creating: in Collaborative Groups

Creating individually

Sharing and Reflecting

Learning about each other and other cultures

Developing understandings and skills over years

Winter concert & Book Week