Key Learning Areas

Integrated Arts is one of our school’s distinctive programmes, encompassing Music, Visual Arts, Drama and Dance. The Drama and Dance modules are compulsory for all students from Primary 1 to Primary 6, ensuring that every student has opportunities to explore and experience different art forms, discover their interests and develop their potential.

Centred on students’ whole-person development, the curriculum offers diverse learning experiences through appreciation, creation and performance. These experiences help students build arts knowledge, develop artistic skills, and cultivate aesthetic sensitivity, creativity and cultural awareness. We value exploration, expression and reflection throughout the learning process. Through participation, we hope students will find enjoyment and fulfilment, build confidence and develop a lasting interest in the arts.

The curriculum aligns with the aims of the Education Bureau’s Arts Education Key Learning Area and is structured around four learning targets: developing creativity and imagination; developing skills and processes; developing the ability to appraise the arts; and understanding the arts in context.

• Inspiring Creativity and Developing Potential
  Through arts learning experiences that offer both breadth and depth, students are encouraged to use their imagination, explore different modes of expression, develop multiple intelligences and showcase their individual talents.
• Building Knowledge and Developing Skills
  Students are guided to understand the basic elements, expressive techniques and creative processes of different art forms. Through practical application, they integrate their learning to strengthen their creative, interpretative and expressive abilities.
• Developing Appreciation and Deepening Thinking
  Students develop their capacity to respond to, appreciate and analyse the arts. They learn to use the language of the arts to express their feelings and views, understand works from different perspectives, and reflect on their own creations and performances.
• Understanding Cultures and Broadening Horizons
  Through exposure to works of art from Chinese culture and diverse cultures around the world, students explore the relationships between the arts and everyday life, history and society. These experiences enhance their cultural literacy and foster respect and appreciation for cultural diversity.
• Nurturing Positive Attitudes and Supporting Whole-person Development
  Through individual exploration and teamwork, students develop communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills. They also cultivate responsibility, perseverance and a commitment to continuous improvement, while establishing a habit of ongoing participation in arts activities.

1. Connecting Three Circles to Extend Arts Learning

• Our school plans its Integrated Arts curriculum through a school-based “Three-Circle Framework”, connecting the Key Learning Area curriculum (KLA), Modules and Extended Learning Activities (ELA). By bringing together classroom learning, artistic practice and experiences beyond the classroom, we provide students with diverse and coherent arts learning experiences.
• Music, Visual Arts, Drama and Dance each have their own distinctive characteristics while complementing one another. Exposure to different artistic languages and modes of expression enables students to discover their strengths through exploration and deepen their learning through practice.

2. Balancing Creation and Appreciation, Connecting with Life Experiences

• The curriculum emphasises the connections between creation, performance and appreciation. Students are guided to draw inspiration from everyday experiences and works of art, using different media and expressive techniques to communicate feelings and ideas. As creators, performers, audience members and appraisers, students deepen their understanding of the arts and strengthen their aesthetic sensitivity and expressive abilities through observation, listening, discussion and reflection.

3. Providing Diverse Platforms for Students to Showcase Their Talents

• Each year, the school provides a range of opportunities for performance and exchange. These include participation in performances and competitions at inter-school music, dance and drama festivals, as well as school events such as “UGA’s Got Talent”, the Annual Concert and the Annual Performance. These opportunities allow students to showcase their learning achievements and gain stage experience.
• Through professional guidance, progressive training and practical performance experience, students learn to set goals, take responsibility and collaborate with others. They also come to appreciate the commitment and perseverance required to deliver a high-quality performance. The curriculum values not only performance outcomes, but also students’ growth throughout preparation, rehearsal and reflection.

4. Aligning Learning, Teaching and Assessment to Support Continuous Progress

• The curriculum emphasises alignment between learning, teaching and assessment, giving due attention to both the learning process and its outcomes. Through appropriate feedback, students are guided to recognise their strengths and identify areas for improvement, gradually developing their capacity for self-reflection and self-directed learning. The curriculum also caters for differences in students’ interests, abilities and learning needs, enabling every student to participate actively and experience the joy of progress and achievement.
• Through rich arts learning experiences, we aspire to strengthen students’ confidence, creativity, collaboration and expressive abilities, helping them grow into lively, inquisitive, thoughtful and innovative learners who appreciate the beauty of both the arts and everyday life.