• Arts & Creative Expression

Art: Our workshop is fully equipped to provide children with the materials and techniques they need to create. In this way they develop their aesthetic skills, visual vocabulary, working individually or in groups. The themes are often interdisciplinary and are carried out in collaboration with other subjects. On the basis of the themes, units of art history are approached experientially and issues of the structure and meaning of art are worked on. Students gain knowledge and experience from various sources and in various ways, while visits to museums, galleries and creative spaces are organised, and competitions, exhibitions and events are organised to stimulate children’s interest.

Theatre education: Theatre is an integral part of school life and is introduced from the first grade of primary school. Its playful nature and experiential character make it an excellent tool for education and learning. In this spirit, theatre and its techniques are put into daily use to approach teaching subjects, but also to cultivate the ethos and the necessary skills for the fruitful coexistence and cooperation of the members of our educational community. Teachers and students collaborate in the creation of theatrical performances either by department or by class. Visits to theatrical performances, watching films and inviting artists to the school premises reinforce the school’s required interconnection with society and culture.

Dance-Motion: Dance contributes to our school’s educational effort to create a passage and support the transition from the logical system to the symbolic and is a powerful means of education, communication, emancipation and cultural education for children. In this context, dance and movement (traditional and modern), as a means of interdisciplinary approach to knowledge, becomes a tool for students to learn about our cultural values and to become aware of their national identity. At the same time, they become aware of their bodies and their potential and cultivate their motor skills, while becoming aware of the different movements and activities they can achieve with each part of their body. Through free motor expression they distinguish between dynamic and light movements, fast and slow movements, while they become aware of the space in which they move and their movement in relation to others. They link movement to dance and learn correct posture, gaining control of their posture. Students interested in Dance and Movement join the Dance/Movement Club and participate in a variety of events and performances and competitions both in and out of school, exercising their skills of cooperation, self-control, discipline and fostering their social skills.

Music: Includes musical-movement games, dramatizations of musical stories and songs and learning percussion instruments, while gradually children learn about the multifaceted art of music: the life and work of contemporary and classical composers, musical instruments, making their own instruments, expressing themselves physically, creating sound stories, taking part in recordings, cultivating their voice, discussing and working in groups on the various genres of music (classical, contemporary, traditional music, etc.). Our students become aware of the relationship between music and the other Arts and through it they develop a spirit of cooperation, responsibility, discipline and communication, elements necessary for their socialization. At the same time, the school’s choir and orchestra, made up of students who choose music as a means of expression, operate.