by Wayne Hampton | Oct 3, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, PTA, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Dear Parents, Many of you will know that I’ve finally crossed the fence and become a parent (two times over in fact if you see the attached picture). My thanks to all the parents who have congratulated me on reaching this milestone in my life. I will finally get to...
by Jean Provencher | Sep 2, 2012 | Primary Visual Arts, The Grades
Hello, I am Mr. Hampton and I am looking forward to developing the Visual Arts Program at ABIS. I have been teaching for the past 20 years and have a thorough knowledge of the IB Program for the Visual Arts. I am keen to promote and foster visual literacy throughout...
by | Apr 27, 2012 | Front Page, Grade 6, Grade 7, Primary Visual Arts
Students of sixth and seventh grades have completed an exciting project modeling Native American houses. They have been working on this project for over 5 weeks and have organised an exhibition for Grade 4 and 5 students. There were many different types of American...
by | Mar 18, 2012 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Primary Visual Arts
Aborigines used dot painting as a way of telling a story and recording ritual practices, passing on the stories verbally as well as through music and art. They would use the pictures as a guide as they told the story. Didgeridoo players often played music as the...
by | Mar 18, 2012 | Front Page, Grade 6, Grade 7, Primary Visual Arts
“The reason why I painted my flowers so big was so people could not ignore them.” Georgia O’Keeffe. Grade 6 and 7 studetns just finished their lovely flowers in a style of an American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. After reseach they made on...
by webtester | Feb 17, 2012 | Front Page, Primary Visual Arts
On Tuesday ABIS hosted the inaugural Land Art Day. Students were challenged to create art from the surrounding environment and, in essence, turn the school grounds into one gisnt art gallery. A special thanks to Anja Rohrdanz for organizing the event...
