Aesthetics and Technology
Aesthetics and Technology Department
The Aesthetics and Technology Department is committed to nurturing Beattyians to be creative and self-directed learners and critical thinkers. The Department comprises the Art Unit, Design and Technology Unit, Nutrition and Food Science Unit and Music Unit.
Art Unit Highlights and Achievements
- Participated in the Live On Design Competition 2019 organised by the National Organ Transplant Unit
- The competition aimed to inculcate in participants the values of compassion and empathy as well as allow them to exhibit their creative streak by designing a tote bag to raise awareness organ donation amongst youths.
- Merit Award – Shannen Lee
- Organised a learning Journey for lower secondary students to the National Gallery Singapore to explore the Abstraction of Southeast Asian Art
- Organised a learning journey to LASELLE College of the Arts for upper secondary Art students to learn more about digital installation
- Participated in a paper quilling workshop during the Japan Cultural Exchange Programme with Mihara, Japan
- Organised a Basic and Advanced Ceramics Workshop for all upper secondary Art students
- Organised an Aesthetic Week Lesson Exchange for Sec 3 Express and Normal (Academic) classes
Design and Technology Unit Highlights and Achievements
- Participated in the 10th National Earthquake Competition 2019 organised by Singapore Polytechnic – Merit Award
- D&T Awards 2019 – won the following accolades: Creative Aesthetics Award; Creative Adaptation Award; Highest number of shortlisted entries -Creative Aesthetics Award: Ong Jia Xi designed and built ‘Barry the Snail’, a brightly coloured art equipment holder that can store paint tubes in slots, giving users an indication of the amount of paint left. - Creative Adaption Award: Darwyn Leem Zhanquan designed a hanger that allows users to access clothes without pulling the adjacent clothes along with it. Boasting a space-saving feature, it collapses in a compact manner.
- Organised ICT enrichment workshops on presentation drawings for upper secondary Design and Technology students
- Organised the Sec 1 Creative Problem Solving Workshop
- Made an acrylic candle stand for the Japan Cultural Exchange Programme with Mihara, Japan
- Organised an Aesthetic Week Lesson Exchange for Sec 3 Express and Normal (Academic) classes
Nutrition and Food Science Unit Highlights and Achievements
- Participated in a ondeh ondeh muffin and bandung drink making lesson during the Shanghai Cultural Exchange Programme with Changzheng Secondary School
- Participated in the Fusion Baking Competition organised by Assumption Pathway School
- Organised an Aesthetic Week Lesson Exchange for Sec 3 Express and Normal (Academic) classes
Music Unit Highlights and Achievements
- Sec 1 Music Module: STOMP Percussion; Introduction to Learning Guitar
- Sec 2 Music Module: Introduction to Learning Guitar, Songwriting
- Normal (Technical) Music Module: Keyboard Playing; Music Arrangement through “Garageband” & “Musically Singaporean” Applications
- Arts (Music) Assembly Programme: Storytellers Through Songs by Jack & Rai
- Aesthetic Week: Singapore Singer Songwriters Exhibition
- Japan Cultural Exchange Programme with Mihara, Japan: Pop Band Jamming Experience
- Beatty Music Morning Classic Programme