This week, in celebration of the 2026 Lunar New Year, UHIS conducted a variety of art activities under the theme “The Year of the Red Horse.” Students used paper plates to create shaking horse crafts to explore movement, and also expressed horses in many creative ways through horse pencil drawings, horse-themed collage artworks, and painting […]
Mr Dunn’s Class Update T2 W5
This week, in celebration of the 2026 Lunar New Year, UHIS conducted a variety of art activities under the theme “The Year of the Red Horse.” Students used paper plates to create shaking horse crafts to explore movement, and also expressed horses in many creative ways through horse pencil drawings, horse-themed collage artworks, and painting […]
Mrs Sim’s Class – Art Update – T2-W4
This week, the year1-2 kids explored the artwork of Keith Haring, focusing on how he showed movement using simple figures and bold lines. After looking closely at his artworks, kids used their own bodies to act out different poses and movements, just like the energetic figures in Keith Haring’s work. Inspired by Keith Haring’s style, […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update – T2-W4
In this lesson, students explored the ballerina artworks of artist Edgar Degas and took part in an activity focused on expressing a variety of ballet movements and poses. They observed the postures, gestures, and colours in Degas’ ballerina paintings and learned about his life and artistic world. Using a prepared ballerina template, students cut out […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update – T2-W4
This week, Year 5–6 students explored Julian Opie–style portrait drawing by creating self-portraits inspired by his distinctive approach. Rather than drawing detailed facial features such as eyes, noses, and mouths, students focused on expressing their identity through simplified side-profile portraits that highlighted their hairstyles, clothing, and overall silhouette, in the style of Julian Opie’s work. […]
Mr Dunn’s Class Update T2 W4
This week, Year 7–9 students continued developing their hamburger packaging projects, building on the brand identities they began last week. They worked further on refining their burger brand names, logos, slogans, and typography, carefully considering how layout, colour, and lettering work together to communicate a clear and engaging brand identity. In addition to the hamburger […]
Mrs Sim’s Class – Art Update – T2-W3
This week, the children completed their mobiles, carefully balancing shapes and assembling their artworks so they could move gently in the air. They showed patience and fine motor skills while bringing their three-dimensional pieces to life. After finishing their mobiles, the children spent time drawing pictures they would like to express on the lids of […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update – T2-W3
This week, students completed their Pointillism artworks inspired by Post-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat. By patiently applying dots of colour, they were able to see how individual marks come together to form images and visual effects. Students who finished their Pointillism pieces explored the ballet paintings of Edgar Degas. They observed how Degas captured movement and […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update – T2-W3
This week, Year 5–6 students completed their large-scale collaborative drawing inspired by the work of Julian Opie. By carefully connecting their individual drawings, they successfully brought together simple lines, repeated figures, and movement into one unified artwork. After finishing the collaborative piece, students spent time learning more about Julian Opie by exploring and answering questions […]
Mr Dunn’s Class Update T2 W3
This week, Year 7–9 students continued working on their hamburger packaging project, further developing their burger brand designs. They refined their logos, brand names, slogans, and typography, focusing on how layout, colour, and lettering work together to communicate a clear brand identity on the hamburger box. Students who completed their hamburger box designs began a […]