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Favourite Art Element, probably Value with charcoal. #gallery #igcseart #year10
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Favourite Art Element, probably Value with charcoal. #gallery #igcseart #year10

New Wonky Fruit Pots by Y7 #year7 #gallery
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New Wonky Fruit Pots by Y7 #year7 #gallery

High school art #gallery #highschool
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High school art #gallery #highschool

AP Photography students are diving deep into Adobe Photoshop, mastering the art of layer manipulation — blending, merging, and stacking images to create rich, complex compositions that push their visual storytelling. #DigitalArt #APArt #gallery
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AP Photography students are diving deep into Adobe Photoshop, mastering the art of layer manipulation...

A Level Art & Design research is blooming with beautiful investigations into nature — from leaf veins and seed pods to landscapes and organic textures — and we are so impressed by the depth and care in every page. #Alevel #art #NatureResearch #gallery
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A Level Art & Design research is blooming with beautiful investigations into nature — from...

Sanctuary. Not a place. A feeling. DP Visual Arts students explore what it means to feel truly at ease #DPVA #Sanctuary #gallery #VisualArts #IB
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Sanctuary.

Not a place. A feeling.

DP Visual Arts students explore what it means to...

Year 6 have been putting their skills to the test, combining paper techniques and colorful magazine clippings to create these amazing mini-beasts! #ArtInSchool #PaperArt #Year6 #Primary #gallery
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Year 6 have been putting their skills to the test, combining paper techniques and colorful...

A wonderful range of ideas is beginning to emerge through our IGCSE Art & Design work. Students are exploring themes including joy, nature, identity, artificial, clutter and the changing relationship between people and their surroundings. Each project is developing in a very different direction, shaped by personal experiences, artist research, experimentation and individual choices in materials. What makes IGCSE Art so rewarding is seeing students move beyond the first idea. Through drawing, photography, painting, mixed media and design development, they begin to question, refine and communicate something that feels genuinely their own. A thoughtful and exciting collection of work, with every student bringing a different perspective to the classroom. #IGCSEArt #ArtAndDesign #StudentArtwork #CreativeProcess #ArtEducation #MixedMediaArt #StudentArtists #VisualArts #InternationalSchoolArt #gallery #igcse
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A wonderful range of ideas is beginning to emerge through our IGCSE Art & Design...

Traces of the Becoming Self A deeply personal IB Visual Arts exhibition exploring how art can grow from a childhood passion into a possible future. This student has long been fascinated by manga, anime and Japanese visual culture, drawing inspiration from artists and stories ranging from Hayao Miyazaki and Naruto to Gachiakuta. Without formal art training, much of their development has been self-directed, driven by curiosity, persistence and a genuine love of storytelling. The exhibition follows a visual timeline from childhood to adolescence and towards an imagined adulthood. It reflects the tension between creating art for personal joy and wondering whether it could become a future career. Rather than presenting work only on canvas, the student transformed the exhibition into a study-room environment using puzzles, mirrors, LED lighting, digital imagery and moving elements. These choices helped communicate ideas about identity, pressure, ambition and change. In Through the Window, the World Breathes, Tokyo Tower appears beside the Japanese character 夢, meaning “dream.” Together, they symbolise the student’s hope of studying in Japan after passing their Japanese language examination. This exhibition celebrates becoming: learning who you are, balancing discipline with freedom, and allowing a passion for manga and visual storytelling to shape the future. #IBVisualArts #StudentExhibition #MangaArt #AnimeInspired #JapaneseArt #ArtEducation #StudentArtist #CreativeJourney #VisualStorytelling #InternationalSchoolArt #gallery #IB
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Traces of the Becoming Self

A deeply personal IB Visual Arts exhibition exploring how art...

The Illusion of Sanctuary A very well-deserved IB Visual Arts grade 5 for a student who had not seriously studied Art since middle school. Their exhibition explored a powerful contradiction: we create safe spaces to protect ourselves from pressure, but those same spaces can eventually become prisons. Inspired by the high-contrast urban photography of Daido Moriyama, the student transformed familiar city architecture into unsettling images of isolation, anxiety and lost identity. Through digital photography, harsh black-and-white editing, deep shadows and distressed textures, ordinary streets and shelters became claustrophobic psychological spaces. The exhibition was carefully curated in a darkened room, with six photographs shown in sequence under individual spotlights. Small images drew viewers uncomfortably close, while large A2 works at the end created a physical sense of being overwhelmed and trapped. One particularly effective work, Erasure, shows the student’s shadow obscured behind frosted glass, suggesting that hiding from pressure can gradually erase a person’s identity. This was a thoughtful, ambitious and highly personal exhibition. Reaching a 5 after returning to Art with limited recent experience is something to be genuinely proud of. #IB #gallery #IBVisualArts #StudentExhibition #ArtEducation #Photography #DigitalPhotography #StudentSuccess #InternationalSchool #VisualArts #DaidoMoriyama #ArtTeacher
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The Illusion of Sanctuary

A very well-deserved IB Visual Arts grade 5 for a student...

Finishing these of last year and excited to put them up after summer. #miniartgalleries #expressionismvsimpressionism #gallery #middle
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Finishing these of last year and excited to put them up after summer. #miniartgalleries #expressionismvsimpressionism...

Tree of Life by Klimt, a collaborative project with Year 6. #primary #gallery
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Tree of Life by Klimt, a collaborative project with Year 6. #primary #gallery

Happy Graduation 2026, and so proud to have helped 3 students through their IB Art journey. 💃👩🏼‍🎓 #ib #gallery
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Happy Graduation 2026, and so proud to have helped 3 students through their IB Art...

I love a bit of Geometric Abstract Art. With year 7. #middle #gallery
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I love a bit of Geometric Abstract Art. With year 7. #middle #gallery

Talented Y6 CNY Horse shoe designs nearly finished for display, they did so well with the magic modeling clay. #gallery #primary
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Talented Y6 CNY Horse shoe designs nearly finished for display, they did so well with...

Surreal project with Y7 which developed from a clay horse head and some powerful glue. Happy New Year! #gallery #year7
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Surreal project with Y7 which developed from a clay horse head and some powerful glue....

Horse T-shirts are a Year 9 project for 2026, drawing inspiration from the equestrian art of George Stubbs, the dynamic forms of Marc, and the anatomical studies of da Vinci. #gallery #year9
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Horse T-shirts are a Year 9 project for 2026, drawing inspiration from the equestrian art...

A paper horse that somehow looks like its maker. Y8 nailed it. #happynewyear #yearofthehorse2026 #gallery #year8
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A paper horse that somehow looks like its maker. Y8 nailed it. #happynewyear #yearofthehorse2026 #gallery...

Our School Has Heart ❤️ One school. Twelve year groups. Hundreds of hearts. One beautiful community. #gallery
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Our School Has Heart ❤️
One school.
Twelve year groups.
Hundreds of hearts.
One beautiful...

My amazing middle school students had art competitions and a silent auction to raise money for a local charity. 🥰 #gallery
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My amazing middle school students had art competitions and a silent auction to raise money...

Some awesome work finished and ready for the Christmas Fair, this year we are going to have a silent auction and raise money for a local charity. I could buy them all 🥰 by year 9 students. #gallery
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Some awesome work finished and ready for the Christmas Fair, this year we are going...

Swirly Christmas Trees with Year 4-6. 🥰 #gallery #primary
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Swirly Christmas Trees with Year 4-6. 🥰
#gallery #primary

Learning and hopefully sharing how to paint in the batik style, originally invented in Malaysia. #gallery
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Learning and hopefully sharing how to paint in the batik style, originally invented in Malaysia....

Corridors #gallery #photography
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Corridors
#gallery #photography

Mini Doors project #gallery #year9
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Mini Doors project
#gallery #year9

Latest collaborative project with Oil Pastel and melting laminating plastic sheets. #gallery
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Latest collaborative project with Oil Pastel and melting laminating plastic sheets.
#gallery

It’s Wonky Fruit and Veg pots with Working drawings a really nice way to discuss perfection and food wastage. #gallery #year7
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It’s Wonky Fruit and Veg pots with Working drawings a really nice way to discuss...

Y1 to Y13 community creative project 🤩 looked stunning in the school coffee bar. #soproud #gallery
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Y1 to Y13 community creative project 🤩 looked stunning in the school coffee bar. #soproud...

Theatre doors designed by me and painted by my art students. #gatsby #gallery #year9
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Theatre doors designed by me and painted by my art students. #gatsby #gallery #year9

You cannot beat a bit of Art Deco #gatsby #gallery
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You cannot beat a bit of Art Deco #gatsby #gallery

Gatsby projects this month, the car. #gallery
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Gatsby projects this month, the car. #gallery

Y9 Architecture Unit finished with Disaster Scenarios, of course. #springbreaktime #gallery #year9
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Y9 Architecture Unit finished with Disaster Scenarios, of course. #springbreaktime #gallery #year9

Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8
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Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8

Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8
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Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8

Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8
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Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8

Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8
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Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8

Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8
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Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8

Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8
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Spring fair Abstract Art poster designer #gallery #year8

Flower 🌸 Power creativity community project from Y1 - 13, cannot wait to put it up! #gallery
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Flower 🌸 Power creativity community project from Y1 - 13, cannot wait to put it...

CYN collaborative piece with middle school and primary. #gallery
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CYN collaborative piece with middle school and primary. #gallery

Winter ❄️ Fair Art Competition #gallery #year7
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Winter ❄️ Fair Art Competition #gallery #year7

Part 2 #gallery
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Part 2 #gallery

Tuesday’s are Arts and Crafts with Y4 & Y6. Love their dream catchers 😍. #gallery #primary
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Tuesday’s are Arts and Crafts with Y4 & Y6. Love their dream catchers 😍. #gallery...

Had one of those days yesterday when you question why you are bothering to be an art teacher and then today you realize why! Let’s hope it hasn’t been cursed… #gallery #igcse
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Had one of those days yesterday when you question why you are bothering to be...

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The pneumatic tube’s strange 150-year journey

Format VideoPosted on 12/11/201726/07/2026Author sarahladminCategories Grade 12, Mechanical SystemsTags Pneumatic

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