Harnessing the Creative Minds of the Students through Creative Arts

 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.