​​​​The Arts is a key learning area at Sts Peter and Paul’s School in which students develop creative skills, critical appreciation and knowledge of artistic techniques and technologies in dance, drama, music, visual arts and combinations of arts forms. The Arts develop students’ sense of personal and cultural identity and equips them for lifelong involvement in, and the appreciation of the arts.

“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, 

and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process” Henry James

 At Sts Peter and Paul’s School, the arts bring joy to learning and enhance worship. The use of music, drama and visual art help to involve the students more fully in school liturgies and class prayer. The students’ exposure to the Arts is not limited to their specialist lessons but permeates the curriculum across all year levels. The Arts integrate life and learning for all students and they are important in the development of the whole person.

​Music​

This strand of the arts is included in the students’ timetable as a specialist music lesson each week for all classes from Prep to Year 6. We focus on making music and developing the students’ ability to think and express themselves through sound.

The organisers of the music strand are:

• Aurally and visually identifying and responding to music
• Singing and Playing
• Reading and writing music​
  

Included in the weekly timetable is a choral program for both Junior and Senior Students. Visiting instrumental teachers offer the opportunity for students to learn an instrument as an extra-curricular activity.

​School Song

To learn respect to love each other, To know the right from wrong
To share our dreams to love our God, Together we’ll grow strong

This is our school unlike another, This is Sts Peter and Paul’s
With Parents and Teachers, Together we’ll learn it all

We follow the way of the Good Samaritan, Through all our joys and strife
Let this be a place, Bulimba Saints, Where we learn together for life                                              

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​Dance 

This strand of the arts in covered by classroom teachers and during the specialist lessons of Music, Drama and Physical Education. The students focus on the aesthetic ordering of movement and the use of gesture and motion to capture and convey ideas and express feelings.

The organisers of the dance outcomes are:

• Choreography
• Performing
• Appreciating

The annual Sts Peter and Paul’s End of Year Concert is a wonderful opportunity for the students to rehearse and display their dance and movement skills.

Drama

The Drama strand of the arts is also included as a specialist ​lesson each week in all students’ timetables. The students focus on expressing and communicating their ideas. They develop confidence and self-awareness as they collaborate to prepare and present Drama.

The organisers of the Drama outcomes are:

• Forming (Dramatic play, role-play, improvisation and play building)
• Presenting (rehearsing and performing, working in a range of forms and styles)
• Responding ( describing, analysing and evaluating the elements of drama.

The skills gained during speech and drama lessons are on display as students present on assemblies, at liturgies and  the end of year concert.

Visual Arts 

This strand of the arts is included in the students’ cl assroom lessons. The Visual Art strand focuses on students making, displaying and appraising images and objects. The students gain satisfaction and enjoyment through artistic expression.

The Organisers of the Visual Arts strand are:

• Making images and objects (two and three dimensional forms using a variety of materials)
• Making and displaying (students communicate their feelings, ideas and experiences)
• Appraising images and objects (Students describe, analyse, interpret and evaluate)