At One World International School, we provide an arts programme that helps expand the elements of visual, creative and performing arts to give your child an appreciation of the benefits of artistic expression. Both in the classroom and through extracurricular activities, we teach students about different art forms and encourage them to cultivate their interests and talents through visual arts and drama.
During classes and extracurricular activities, students have the opportunity to engage in various art disciplines, both visual arts and performance arts.
By engaging in our exciting school art curriculum, students acquire the skills and knowledge to speak intelligently about the design, style and techniques on any piece of art they encounter. While having fun exploring their creative side, children are learning practical skills, such as teamwork, perseverance and collaboration. Co-curricular activities in the arts allow students to build on what they are learning in class, applying their skills in a relaxed environment.
As an international school, we celebrate diversity in a multicultural environment. At OWIS, we focus on the many ways art affects our world, beginning with how art shaped ancient civilisations. Learning about different artists and artistic movements throughout history teaches children the relationship between art and culture. This promotes students' understanding of different cultures, including their own. International school visual arts serve as a way for students to enhance their cultural awareness, an important part of preparing to become global citizens and leaders.
We provide a variety of ways to integrate art into our interdisciplinary programme. Throughout the year, students participate in art weeks and annual art exhibitions, which showcase both visual and performance art. These events allow students to talk about their creations with other students, teachers, parents and the local community. Students gain new insight and perspective when they experience and examine the artwork of their peers and receive other perspectives on what they have created.
We explore the expressive components of various pieces of art and look at how they are used. These components include line, texture, colour, shape, space and value. Analysing a variety of artworks teaches students how these elements combine to affect each piece.
Our school art curriculum centres around observation, discussion, experimentation and research. As they learn about different art forms, they have the opportunity to try their hands at various techniques, using a variety of materials.
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Kim Hoon, also known as Jennifer Galeano, graduated with a Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies from Monash University (Australia), Diploma in Montessori Method of Education from Modern Montessori International (London), Diploma in Special Effects and Stage Makeup from The School of Makeup Art (Canada), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from California College of Arts and Crafts (USA) and Certificate in Graphic Design from Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (Singapore).
Jennifer is from Singapore. She has been teaching Visual Arts at two reputable IB international schools in Singapore for the past 11 years.
She believes that every child is a unique individual who needs an environment that is capable of nurturing their natural abilities to inquire, assist them in their search for meaning, create opportunities for learners to be independent and guiding them to take responsibility for their own learning. As an educator, she believes that her responsibility is to create that environment in order to meet learners needs to question and explore issues, concepts and ideas that are important and relevant to their lives. Teaching provides her an opportunity for continual learning and development. Her commitment as an educator is to instill a love for learning and creating in her students as she shares her own passion for learning with them.
Jennifer believes that values such as respect, humility, responsibility, resilience and integrity are key values for students. Teaching allows her to use these values as a guide to help students to discern between right and wrong and to help them make responsible choices so they that may become aware of their roles in society.
She is very excited to Head the Art department at OWIS and constantly looks forward to making new friends, new adventures and discoveries at OWIS. As a teacher for the past 22 years, visual arts and the teaching of visual arts have remained her first passion as well as her
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Jennifer loves to paint and repurpose old furniture into works of art. She also loves to travel, eat and watch movies.
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Vincent is originally from Marshall,Texas. He holds a Masters of Science Degree in Multi-Discplinary Studies from Buffalo State University and a Bachelor's Degree in Art from Iowa Wesleyan University, a Certificate in Generalist Art EC-12 from Texas Education Agency and a Certificate in Visual Arts CAT 1&2 from IB. He has been a teacher for over 15 years now.
Vincent has also received training in Mindfulness and has taught it for a year. His goal is to inspire students using the visual arts to be creative and imaginative as they colour the world. Everyday, he wants students to bring their imaginations, inspirations and intelligence into their art and into their lives.
Vincent is a vegan and enjoys a variety of plant-based foods from all over the world. He loves drawing and painting, salsa dancing, scuba diving and practising yoga.
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Reshvinder is originally from Malaysia and she has been a dedicated teacher for the last 10 years teaching at various schools in Malaysia and Singapore. Reshvinder holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from University Tun Abdul Razak and a Diploma in Pre-school Education from Perdana Institute of Education.
Reshvinder believes every student is an individual with specific learning abilities, likes, dislikes and motivations. She enjoys working with children and looks forward to working with her colleagues every day as one team. She uses multiple methods of teaching (linguistic, visual, auditory, kinesthetic) to reach out to each student, according to their unique tendency.
Reshvinder has been inspired to teach, by her own teacher who was extremely patient with her and guided her academically when she needed it most.
She loves cross-stitching, exploring new places and different types of food in her spare time. Her favourite by far, though, is all types of sea food!
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Yasmin started her art career through television art programmes for art enthusiasts in India. She has over 20 years of experience in Art, 15 of which she has spent teaching Art to various age groups. She is experienced in teaching PYP, MYP Art, ICSE Art, IGCSE Art & Design, Singapore MOE Art & PAL Visual Arts (Programme for Active Learning Visual arts). She believes in experimental learning by incorporating different art forms and techniques to widen one's art knowledge and skills.
Yasmin is a Postgraduate in Resource Management with Early childhood education experience. She holds a Cambridge Accreditation for IGCSE Art & Design and Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers & Trainers from CIE. She is also certified in Educational Studies from The College of Teachers, UK and is a trained professional in Portrait drawing & Western Art from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.
Yasmin strikes a balance with traditional and digital art as she firmly believes that both these art forms are interrelated. She was privileged to be nominated for the prestigious President's Design Award 2012 and was blessed to share her school publication design works with the then Hon'ble President of Singapore Mr Tony Tan Keng Yam.
Yasmin believes OWIS’ strong commitment to its art programme is a perfect fit to unleash one’s aesthetic and creative expressions. She trains students to be expressive through art as it is a reflection of them and their technical skills are strengthened from the foundation level.
As far as her learning approach towards art is concerned, Yasmin is convinced that "Art is a process, not a product!"
If you would like to learn more about our OWIS arts programme, contact us to book a tour or visit us during one of our art-focused special events.
