Learning for Life Programme (LLP) CREATE@YCKPS

Learning for Life Programme (LLP) CREATE@YCKPS

What is LLP?

The Learning for Life Programme (LLP) exposes students to a wide range of experiences to build their social-emotional competencies and to acquire sound values. An LLP in the Arts typically includes activities that involve self-discovery, character-building, honing of values, development of social-emotional skills and life skills.

ABOUT CREATE@YCKPS

CREATE@YCKPS, our school’s Learning for Life Programme (LLP), harnesses the benefits of Arts education to inculcate strong values and social emotional learning in our students, preparing them to meet the challenges of the future. Leveraging on the Arts, the school aims to achieve the following outcomes in our students:

  • Confident Persons who know their strengths, are confident and effective communicators who are able to express themselves confidently.
  • Self-Directed and Engaged Learners who enjoy learning, have a lively curiosity about things and take ownership of their learning. **
  • Active Contributors who collaborate effectively with others, share and care for others and strives for excellence.
  • Concerned Citizens who take an active role in bettering the lives of others around them.

The 3-tier framework below summarises the CREATE@YCKPS programme:

Tier 1 - Exposure to the Arts (School-wide Programmes)

Tier 1 school-wide Exposure programmes for all our students across Primary 1 to 6 aim to create awareness and appreciation of the Arts.

Termly Aesthetics Assembly

For one Assembly each term, the LLP team organizes a special Aesthetics Assembly programme to expose our students to different forms of visual and performing arts. The main aims of these programmes are to expose our students to a variety of artforms and to allow them to learn from professional artists and musicians. At the same time, these programmes help our students make connections between their learning of Art and Music in the classroom to authentic contexts in the real world.

Aesthetics Week

Aesthetics Week is a regular feature in the school calendar with special Arts events and activities organized for one week of the school year. Each year, a different theme is chosen to give students the opportunity to see how the Arts can relate to different aspects of their lives. The wide range of fun and engaging activities expose our students to different art forms and artistic experiences.

In 2024, we collaborated with the Applied Learning Programme team to organise an Earth-day themed Aesthetics Week with the theme of ‘Saving Our World’. The week-long celebration kicked off with a whole school dress up; the fun continued during recess with a Pledge Tree, Music Boards, origami stations, an exhibition from NParks, a photography exhibition and an informative presentation about endangered animals. In addition, our Art and Music Lessons for the week encouraged our students to exercise their creativity while emphasizing sustainability. The activities gave our students a chance to explore a wide variety of environmental topics and also helped them think of creative approaches to reuse, reduce and recycle.

Art Space

Launched in 2024, the YCKPS Art Space is a new learning space in the school which serves to extend our students’ learning of Art outside the classroom. With the installation of two Art TVs, the Art Space serves to digitally showcase our students’ artworks completed in their Art classrooms. This not only allows our students to view their artworks on display, they also get the chance to appreciate artworks created by their peers from all classes and all levels.

Tier 2 – Exploration of the Arts (Level Programmes)

Tier 2 programmes are customised level-based programmes that allow students to Explore their interests and enables them to develop skills and competencies in the Arts.

P1 & P2: Arts-based PAL Programme

As part of the school’s Programme for Active Learning (PAL) lessons, all P1 – P2 students will experience Arts-based activities based on the diverse cultures of Singapore. The PAL modules in Performing Arts and Visual Arts allow our students to demonstrate a lively curiosity and find joy in the people and things around us, they also help our students learn to work in a respectful manner with others. In addition, the lessons provide platforms for our students to learn and exhibit the school values of Care, Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Resilience and Excellence.

P2: Theatre Experience Programme

All our Primary 2 students go on a learning journey to experience viewing a performance at an external venue. They learn to appreciate the performance while practising theatre etiquette and learning values through the performances.

P3: Recess Busking @ YCKPS

Recess busking @ YCKPS is returning in 2025 where students are provided with a platform to showcase their musical and dance talents to their peers. Both student performers and student audience have the opportunity practice performance etiquette and demonstrate the school values during the busking performances.

P4: Museum-based Learning

The key outcome for our Museum Education Programme is to deepen our students’ understanding of the arts through visual observation and active discussions. Our students learn more about our culture and traditions by examining the work of artists in the past; they also examine how artists make use of a wide range of materials to express their ideas.

P6: Graduation Art Exhibition

At the end of each year, Primary 6 students put up a Graduation Art Exhibition to showcase the culmination of our students’ art education journey after six years of primary school life. Each student would have developed sound social emotional skills, life skills and artistic skills to be able to create such meaningful Art.

P6: Graduation Concert

In addition to the Graduation Art Exhibition, our P6 students also put up a class performance at their Graduation Concert at the end of the year. In preparing for their concert items, our students work together with their classmates and apply their learning in Performing Arts. On the day of the Concert, they display their talents and skills on stage, at the same time showcase the confidence and socio-emotional skills they have developed over their Primary School years.

Tier 3 – Excellence in the Arts

Tier 3 targets students with strong passion and are keen to strive for Excellence in the Arts through involvement in external performances, exhibitions and competitions. Tier 3 programmes provide students with opportunities to deepen their understanding of the arts and further develop school values and emerging 21st Century Competencies through experiential learning in authentic contexts.

YCKPS Got Talent – Finals Showcase

YCKPS Got Talent – Finals Showcase is a platform for our students to perform on stage for the whole school. The student performers develop the value of excellence as they put in their best effort to put up a confident and high-quality performance; they also develop the value of resilience when they find ways to overcome the various challenges faced during rehearsals and practices. It is not an easy feat for many of our young students and we are really proud of them for their courage and perseverance!

External Performances

In recent years, students who are interested in the Performing Arts have attended concerts held at external venues. They have watched performances put up by the Singapore National Youth Orchestra and the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra whereby many of the performers are also students like themselves. These are eye-opening experiences which inspires our students to discover and share their own talents and passion.

Enrichment Programmes for Members of Arts CCAs

To provide our interested students with greater exposure and experiences, members of the Performing Arts CCA groups also view public performances at external venues. Similarly, members of Visual Arts Club view artworks exhibited by other schools and at museums. Members of Arts CCAs are also given opportunities to interact with professional art practitioners in authentic settings such as dance studios and art studios. This allows them to learn from observation of others, as part of their journey of self-discovery so that they can improve on their own skills and techniques.