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Evergreen Primary School

Aesthetics Department

Discover how Evergreen Primary School's Art and Music programmes nurture creativity, confidence, and a love for the arts in every child.

Last updated 5 August 2026
students gather in the school hall for a live music performance and learning experience.

At Evergreen Primary School, our Aesthetics curriculum—comprising both Art and Music—is thoughtfully designed to provide every child with meaningful, joyful, and progressive experiences in the visual and performing arts.

Through hands-on exploration, creative expression, and structured skill development, students:

  • Grow in confidence and communication

  • Develop a deeper appreciation for the arts

  • Strengthen their social-emotional learning through artistic experiences

Our lessons are crafted to nurture not only artistic talents but also the holistic development of each child, empowering them to express themselves and connect with others through the universal language of the arts.

Alignment with National Curriculum Standards:

  • Based on the current MOE Art and Music Syllabi

Integrates 21st Century Competencies (21CC):

  • Communication

  • Collaboration

  • Critical Thinking

  • Self-Management

Key Pedagogies:

  • Art lessons focus on developing visual literacy, experimentation with media, and personal response to artworks.

  • Music lessons are grounded in the Kodály approach, emphasising experiential learning through singing, rhythm, movement and solfege.

Key Learning Outcomes and Progression:

  • Develop appreciation for local and global arts and culture

  • Build skills in listening, performing, creating and responding

  • Grow in confidence and collaboration through expressive platforms

Key School Programmes

Students participate in an interactive stage performance
Students watch from the school hall as an artist creates a large image of the Merlion on screen during a live visual arts demonstration.

Aesthetics Assembly

  • Conducted once a term to expose students to quality arts performances and deepen appreciation

Features professional artists and curated programmes supported by external partners, including those under the National Arts Council (NAC)

Staff member with two Evergreen Primary School students as they proudly display colourful clay creations made during a hands-on arts activity.
A colourful school arts display titled “Our Artists Space” showcases students’ artworks and creative pieces, alongside the message, “Every Student Is An Artiste.”


Arts Carousel

  • Whole-school art exhibition transforming school spaces into vibrant galleries

  • Fosters pride and student voice through visual expression


students gather around a facilitator during a museum or gallery visit, observing portraits and enthusiastically responding to questions about the artworks.
Students explore colourful geometric shapes on illuminated activity tables during an interactive learning experience, experimenting and working together through hands-on play.

Art Museum-Based Learning Journey (MBL)

  • Primary 4 students visit local art museums to engage with artworks in authentic settings

  • Builds visual literacy, discussion skills, and deepens understanding of artists’ intent

  • Encourages reflective thinking and inquiry

Students work around colourful tables in an art room, drawing and colouring flowers using pastels and other art materials as they develop their creativity and artistic skills.

Art Inquiry Based Learning Curriculum

  • A student-centered approach where students actively explore and investigate topics through research and class discussion

  • Construct their own understanding and meaning of artworks through experimentation with art materials individually and collaboratively

students sit at individual keyboards in a music classroom, following an instructional display as they practise playing and develop their musical skills.
students sit together in a music room, holding colourful ukuleles as they practise playing and learn musical skills together.

Instrumental Programmes: Ukulele, Keyboard, Cajon, STOMP

  • Progressive skills-based instrumental learning from P3–P6

  • Enhances musical expression, ensemble playing, and rhythmic understanding

  • Builds perseverance, collaboration and musical confidence

Young students play colourful glockenspiels and percussion instruments at their desks, developing rhythm, coordination and confidence through hands-on music learning.
A group of students lead a music activity at the front of the classroom while their classmates sit nearby and participate, demonstrating confidence, collaboration and active learning.

Kodály-Based Music Curriculum

  • Focuses on solfege, rhythm, singing and inner hearing

  • Lays strong foundations for music literacy through active music-making

Framework

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