Week five 12/5/20

12/5/20

Also a continuation of week 3-4's task

Performing Arts

Source: DLPNG

There are 3 categories, namely:

1. Music- Choir, Jazz, Marching band, Glee, junior voices etc
2. Dance- Traditional dance, ballet, cheerleading etc
3. Drama- Theatre, storytelling, Improv etc

Aims of Performing Arts:

1. Develop musical proficiency
2. Encourage and develop creative expression
3. Improve various skills
4. Develop understanding and appreciation on historical and cultural context
5. Improve intra and interpersonal communication
6. Improves one as a human being

The benefits of this CCA includes:

1. It allows us to appreciate culture and the beauty of arts throughout the generations
2. Boosts our confidence as we gain proficiency in performance
3. Improves our intra and interpersonal communication skills 
4. Allows us to be adaptable towards different situations
5. It allows us to become cooperative as performances require good timing and chemistry in order for the performance to go very well

Performing arts, though can be popular or unpopular depending on the culture and values of the school. The 3 major challenges this CCA faces are the culture of the school, as mentioned before, the implementation of this particular performing art project could be based on the demographics of the school, at the same time, there is also a possibility that the students are not interested in the culture and arts of their heritage, another possibility is due to the fact that they prioritise other types of CCAs besides performing arts as they sometimes, may not be good at performing or creative arts are not something they are interested in. And finally these 2 factors may also contribute to the funding of this CCAs, should there be a demand, the supply will appear. It could also mean that the school lacks enough funding for it despite the popularity of the CCA.

Clubs and Societies 

Source: Lancaster University

Definition of clubs
An association of people united by a common interest or goal.

Definition of societies
A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large
social group sharing the same spatial or social territory.


The aims of these 2 CCAs are to:

1. Develop a sense of belonging to the school/club
2. Develop responsibilities as an individual
3. Develop people skills
4. Develop personal/professional interests
5. Acknowledge one’s talents and abilities

How clubs and societies are organised

1. When the establishing a CCA, the school must ensure that they have aims and values present in order to choose for the suitable CCAs.
2. The school will search for CCAs are are suitable for their school aims and values.
3. They will set out to look for qualified professionals from both the school and external sources to establish the CCAs.
4. Once the school and professionals have established a particular timing, a timetable will be given out, where the students and parents are notified about the availability of the CCAs in the school.
5. Once the students are enrolled into the CCAs, the professionals will start developing and cultivating their talents and interests.
6. The students will be given the opportunity to make use or showcase their skills in competition, their achievements will be acknowledged.

19/5/20

There was no class, but we were tasked to watch a videos about the importance of creative arts in CCAs and schools.

Creative arts in primary schools

Even though it is a no brainer, but learning arts as a child does change a child’s perspective as it develops their cognitive capacity.

Source: Anaheim Elementary School District

A lot of schools especially primary schools don’t usually incorporate art into education but rather to treat it as a separate entity in the children’s learning experience. The benefits of incorporating arts into education include allowing students to be able to link ideas from one to another which it enables the students to have a broader and wider perspective in seeing things. It also develops their creativity which also causes them to become critical thinkers.

Students or individuals who are well versed in creative arts are more likely to be able to think outside of the box and are much better at creating linkages between 2 separate ideas into 1. This is due to the fact that critical thinking from their creativity has enabled them to see things through a different perspective rather than those who are used to a single view point. This also makes these individuals flexible and adaptable.


Here are the points from the videos regarding the importance and benefits of creative arts:

• The digital age demands that creative arts should be included in the co-curriculum
• It requires us to be creative and have visual literacy
• Individuals need to be able to express well
• Need to know different ways in disseminating information
• There is a Demond for us to interpret the information correctly
• To function in creative and innovative way
• To negotiate meaning
• Observation is one of the important skills in creative skills
• It results in visual interpretations
• Cognitive and motor skills develop when they observe and mimic
• Executive function: cognitive skills
• When doing something hands on in creative arts, you engage in many ways
• Allows diverse ideas in our brain
• Creativity allows children to strengthen gross and fine motor skills allowing for good eye-hand coordination and it allows them to explore especially through play and social interactions
• A good outlet to express emotions and self
• Self-expression through art helps individuals manage their emotions
• Satisfaction is obtained from self-expression and increases self-esteem/ self-identity
• Helps develop new views, identities, feelings, beliefs and thoughts
• Develops respect and understanding and respect for diversity
• It encourages imagination and expands on children's creative potential
• New ideas are borne from imagination
• Creative arts strengthen the creative thinking skills
• Individuals become better communicators and collaborators and have the ability to respect others
• Life is full of ambiguity and people can be overwhelmed by them if they don't engage in creative arts
• It helps individuals cope with different ideas and stresses

Importance of creative arts

• Allow children to explore their creative potential
• It fades as we grow older so it should be nurture from a young age
• Despite the importance and features of incorporating creative arts in schools, it is not prioritised by education and society as they are viewed as skills that are not immediate and income-driven.