Life at The Pupil · Arts and Design
Unleash
your creativity.
Arts and design at The Pupil give every child the room to imagine, experiment and say something in a way that is entirely their own.
Explore the arts
Every child has something to say. Some say it with a brush, some with clay, some with thread or fabric. We give each of them the space, the tools and the time to find their voice.
What art builds in every child
Four ways to grow.
What children carry with them long after the paint has dried.
Imagination.
With a blank page and no wrong answers, children learn to chase their own wild ideas.
Observation.
Drawing teaches children to notice light, shadow and the details everyone else walks past.
Resilience.
When clay cracks or paint runs, they fix it, start again and finish what they began.
Expression.
A brush or a block of lino gives every child a way to say what words cannot.
Our art forms
Find what they love.
Four art forms, each with its own studio and teachers who guide every child.
Drawing, painting and printmaking
Visual Arts
Drawing, painting and printmaking teach children to look closely and put what they see and feel onto paper.
Studio and kiln
Pottery and Ceramics
Children shape clay by hand, glaze it and fire it in our own kiln, turning an idea into something they can hold.
Weaving and fabric
Textiles
Weaving, dyeing and printing on fabric let children play with colour, pattern and texture.
Sketch to garment
Fashion Designing
From a first sketch to a finished garment, students design pieces that are entirely their own.
Chithira Punaivu 2026
Over 3,500 artworks.
One exhibition.
Watch the exhibition from above.
Chithira Punaivu · 2026
It isn’t about making a masterpiece.
It’s about becoming brave enough to try.
Art meets every subject
Creativity that grows with them.
Art is woven into every subject as a way for children to explore ideas and show what they understand.
- Early and Primary Years
Art as a way to inquire.
Children draw, paint, model and build to explore the big questions in their units of inquiry.
- Middle Years · Forms 6–10
Visual Arts and Design.
Both become subjects of their own, with projects that move from an idea to a finished, presented piece.
- Diploma · Forms 11–12
Visual Arts, SL or HL.
Students who want to go further can take Visual Arts at Standard or Higher Level.
Their work
Made by our students.
School events
Chithira Punaivu.
Our art exhibition.
Every February, student artwork from across the year is put on display for families and invited artists.
The 2026 edition showed over 3,500 student artworks. It opened on 25 February with art director Thota Tharani and artist R. B. Bhaskaran.
Does my child need to be good at art already?
Which arts can my child explore?
Are the arts part of the timetable?
Do students fire their own pottery?
Can students take part in competitions?
Can we see the studios when we visit?
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