60 homeroom classes = 60 murals!
Each and every class, during a 2 month period, took on the task of painting a huge mural. Some classes had every single student paint, while some took the ‘keeners’ and completed the design. It’s an impressive feat accomplished by the entire school. The concepts, the ideas and the designs showcase the incredible creativity, school spirit and dedication of TIS and the students.
Congratulations to one and all.
PK1: “We are all children, unique in our own ways but all connected to the earth.”
PK2: “Macao on the move!” The power of transportation in our environment.
PK3: “Creative minds of our future.”
PK4:”Jumping for Joy.” The joy and energy that comes from the inhibitions of children.
PK5: “Our mural connects to our ongoing inquiry of who we are in relation to others in our classroom and within our community. Our mural represents unity in diversity. Each child chose a colour and stamped our canvas with circles of it. This produced a myriad of circles and colours, representative of both our unique personalities and the sense of community that connects us all together.”
PK6: “The more, the happier!”
JK1
JK2: “Our mural was based off of the Reggio Emilia Approach. The students drew a garden along with buildings to represent the city of Macau. The Reggio Emilia appraoch fosters an environment for social collaboration, group work and independent thinking.”
JK3: “Frog Life Cycle. Eggs, Tadpole, Froglet, Frog. We were learning about frogs and the children were keen to create a frog pond habitat.”
JK4: To learn and grow together. We are together as one.”
JK5: “We were learning about sea creatures.”
SK1: “The class wanted to show the learning that happens at TIS everyday, both in and out of the classroom. They wanted to show the friendships that are created in the school.”
SK2: “Dress Down Day at TIS.”
SK3: “Different leaves on the same tree.”
SK4
SK5
1-1: “Inspired by the book ‘Pattern Fish’.”
1-2: “Pattern Fish book.”
1-3: “‘Under the Sea.’ The book ‘Pattern Fish’ by Trudy Harris we used in Mathematics was the inspiration.”
1-4: “‘Under the Sea’. Inspiration from the pattern Fish Book we used in Mathematics.”
2-2: “Macao-Chinese and Portuguese influences. Social Studies Macao Unit.”
3-4: “Nature where there is no nature. Inspired by Andy Warhol.”
4-2: “We are Family.”
5-2: “Work Hard. Dream Hard. Cooperation and unity are key to being able to accomplish anything!”
6-2: “This is our Class Motto.”
7-3: “Acceptance.”
8-3: “Acceptance.”
9-2: “This is a mural depicting the members of our class welcoming all people to our school. We represent a variety of nationalities and cultures to help spread the idea of acceptance. We used our beautiful faces!”
10-3: “This quote was meaningful to the artist and was to inspire others.”
11-2: “Our mural is about the community both our class and our school represents. Students wanted to depict the fact that we are a family, so they enclosed the Wordle type words in a big red heart. Among the words they used there are school subjects, words that describe us, and of course, everybody’s name.”
12-2: “When we work together, we all win.”
12-3: “Sun – warmth and positivity; Canadian flag – Canadian school; Green on flag- combination of Macau flag; Equations – knowledge know no bounds; Beach – relax and calm environment.”
11-3: “Nihilism. The emptiness of the universe.”
10-2: “TIS Geometry, inspired by Artists who use geometry in their work!”
9-3
8-2: “Acceptance and tolerance of all genders and sexualities at TIS.”
7-2: “Acceptance. Totally student generated ideas and work; no teacher involvement!”
6-3: “Today is the day to do whatever you choose to do. Make it happen now. You control what happens.” “Everyone submitted objects that reflected school life. Every student would have something on the mural that relates to themselves.”
5-3
4-1: “Life at TIS according to Gr. 4!”
3-1: “Patterns in Nature. Inspired by Andy Warhol.”
2-4
12-4
11-4: “Happiness is contagious. Who we are, as a class.”
10-5
6-1: “Our classroom identity. Social Studies lessons on identity.”
5-1: “Students believe that Friendship and Love can overcome every struggle.”
4-3: “TIS Diversity.”
3-3: “Patterns in Nature, inspired by Andy Warhol.”
2-3
2-1: “The mural was designed and made entirely by students. They chose to design it to be used during our magnet carnival. It demonstrates real student learning during an inquiry based unit.”
3-2: “We learned about and studied the 5 patterns in nature to create an Andy Warhol inspired colourful mural.”
10-4: “My teaching subjects.”
11-5
7-1: “Acceptance.”
8-1: ” People are different! Sometimes these differences are minimal, sometimes they are significant. No matter what, they all deserve to be accepted.”
9-1: “Acceptance.”
10-1: ” The TIS/Macau/International Connection. The students wanted to encompass school spirit and the connection between the different cultures represented at our school and life in Macao.”
11-1: “The blackness is Kent’s hopes and dreams. The stars represent other’s dreams. They may already be dead and we wouldn’t even know. Inspired by Life.”
12-1: “It’s a tiger paw print that symbolizes our school spirit! Go Tigers! The print also symbolizes the legacy that the current classes with leave behind. Inspired by the TIS Tigers.”