This week our cafeteria became a colourful gallery as every class took part in our annual Art Gallery Showcase. With displays that showed learning in colour, line and pattern, the art gallery showcase celebrates the many ways children at St Michael’s express their ideas. Each year group shared a different project: Year 6 presented bold sunset paintings, blending warm colours to show mood and atmosphere. Year 5 created Mayan style masks that linked art with history and helped pupils explore culture, symbols and design from Central America. Year 4 focused on portraits, looking carefully at proportion and using line and shading to show character and expression.

In the younger classes, Year 3 produced striking Panamanian molas, layering shapes and colours to echo a traditional art form. Year two designed imaginative city skylines, thinking about shape, light and simple perspective. In Year 1, Paul Klee inspired portraits invited children to see faces in new ways, playing with shape and viewpoint to create joyful, surprising images.

The showcase also highlighted the international nature of our curriculum. Through Mayan masks, Panamanian molas, global city skylines and the work of paul Klee, children met artistic traditions from different cultures and periods in history. They learned that creativity is a shared human language and that art can help us understand people and places around the world.

Events like the Art Gallery Showcase bring our community together and make learning visible. The exhibition gave a clear window into classroom life, showing how art supports creativity, communication and global awareness. Above all, it celebrated the enthusiasm and imagination of our young artists as they continue growing, working and learning together.