Individuals of all
age groups practice some form of creative art that has proved essential in
their daily lives. Creative arts can
include - Drawing, Painting, Doodle, Music, Dance, Theater.
It has played a vital role in the holistic development of a
child. Holistic development is a key
component of a student's life at GIIS.
Cognitive thinking, Learning Skills, Mental abilities, Social skills,
and physical skill are attributes that are actively engaged when a child is
introduced to a well structured creative art programme. The purpose of
implementing creative arts is to actively engage a child's imagination.
Teacher's could enact stories or poems in text books as a
type of creative activity. Students should be given the opportunity to think
about their character and how they could enact their given roles. Few students
in the class can be assigned the role of creating the props for the act, others
could be involved in creating sound effects. This will enable the students to
discover their mental strengths and abilities. Role play's have been proved to
enhance a person's emotional well-being. Regular involvement of children in
role plays will eventually help them in maintaining their mental health during
the later stages of their life. It will
also help them to enhance their creative, thinking and social skills.
Here at GIIS, students are often given the opportunity to
explore various creative art activities. Assemblies in the school are conducted
on a regular basis, and each class is assured to get a day to present their act.
The act is usually a role play in which the teacher will decide a topic based
on a moral and the roles of each student will be assigned. The student's use
their imagination and skills to enact the role of the character they are playing.
This greatly enhances their thinking, imagination and social skills.
The involvement of creative art in school will help make
school a fun place for children to learn, play and make friend's. A child
should have a positive affection towards the school in-order to be academically
successful. This affection can greatly
be enhanced by including creative arts as a part of the learning process.
Through creative arts, students would be able to identify and harness skills
that could have remained unknown if the child was not introduced to creative
arts. Their skills can then be used to purse unique careers such as journalism,
public speaking, theater.
Global Indian International School in Abu Dhabi, has a well
established creative arts department with sub-division in music, dance, and
art. The school is equipped with start-of-the art laboratories that will enable
students to carry out various activities. The school has a dedicated music
room, band room, art room, dance room and keyboard room. Each of these room are
adequately spaced and equipped with technology and tools that will enable the
students to put all of the creative skills into practice. The school also conducts regular competitions
in each of these creative departments and, the competitions are either
inter-house, inter-school or intra-school.
