Craft and Technology (C&T)

Innovative Designers	Innovative Makers	Passionate Learners

We aim to develop students to become self-directed passionate learners and innovative designers through an authentic and experiential learning curriculum.  Students will discover their strengths and interests through a variety of design-and-made projects and alternative assessment tasks in a safe and stimulating learning environment. 

The C&T department consists of 3 subject units, namely:

• Aesthetics (Art/ Music) Unit;
• Design and Technology (D&T) Unit, and;
• Nutrition & Food Science (NFS) Unit.

All lower secondary students take C&T subjects, while upper secondary students are offered the C&T subjects as an elective subject. The department-focused BLP muscles are Noticing, Imagining, Planning and Imitation.

Aesthetics

What is Aesthetics @ MJR?

Art Programme aims to enable every child to enjoy art; communicate visually and make meaning through connecting with society and culture.  Students are taught to Perceive through identifying and interpreting of their surrounding stimulus, Communicate through expression of ideas and experimenting with mediums and lastly Appreciate by drawing connections and responding.  

General Music Programme (GMP) inspires students’ life-long engagement with music by empowering them to express themselves creatively through music. It is a 2 year programme for all lower secondary students.

Arts Programmes

Lower Sec students are encouraged to learn about themselves as they explore portraits through the use of dry mediums like charcoal and ink. Under the school Learning for Life Programme, students embark on learning journeys to museums such as National Gallery Singapore and Asian Civilisation Museum. Upper secondary students embark on learning journeys to museums and open houses organized by various Institutes of Higher Learning.

Students get to view art works in authentic contexts and are informed of the various pathways they can embark on if they would like to carry on pursuing art education after the National GCE examinations.

Portrait Drawing	VIA Merchandise Design	Learning Journey to National Gallery Singapore
Portrait Drawing	NAFA Open House	Artists at Work

General Music Programmes (GMP)

All lower secondary students are empowered through vocal, cajon and guitar instruction to form acoustic bands. Outstanding groups have opportunities to perform on public platforms. Students engage with a wide range of musical practices to develop global awareness anchored in Singapore’s cultural heritage.

Cajon classes	Singing Singapore songs	Arts Fiesta Performance (Cajon)
Class Performance	Arts Fiesta Performance (Guitar)	Music Composing

Design and Technology (D&T)

What is Design and Technology (D&T) @MJR?

The design thinking process is central to the learning experiences in D&T@MJR.  Students develop a way of design thinking through sketching to generate and to develop design solutions for real-world contexts.  Students explore and experiment ideas through mock-ups as they seek a practical and appropriate design solution for the identified user.  Students make prototype as a cognitive and hand-ons endeavour.  Through designing and making, students develop 21st century competencies and designerly dispositions, namely, embracing uncertainties and complexities in real-world contexts, be cognizant of and resolve ill-defined problems, and relentless drive to seek out how things work.

Design and Technology (D&T) Programmes

In alignment with our School Applied Learning Programme, Smart Home and Assistive Technologies, Lower Sec students conceptualize and create design solutions for the elderly and less fortunate via a series of structured design-and-make projects. Upper Sec Students extend their learning at the tertiary level as they participate in design courses in post-sec institutions and embark on learning journey to design museums. These learning experiences prepare students for the undertaking of a coursework task in the National GCE examination.

Product Analysis	Mechanism Exploration	Product Presentation
Electronics Exploration	Learning Journey to Nanyang Polytechnics	D&T Awards Presentation

Nutrition & Food Science (NFS)

What is Nutrition & Food Science (NFS) @MJR?

Every child is envisioned to be a discerning consumer and cultivates good dietary habit. Nutrition and Food Science unit offers students valuable nutrition, health and consumer education by providing an interesting curriculum, most aligned to the real-world.

Nutrition & Food Science (NFS) Programmes

Lower Sec students learn to design and plan “My Healthy GAPS Diet” with an ultimate aim of a better gut health to combat the increasing trend of psychological and learning challenges such as ADHD, hyperactivity, and poor attention span. Upper Sec students learn to think critically about issues on food, health and nutrition, approach problems with creative solutions and make decisions based on sound judgment and logical reasoning through debating on nutrition controversies and completion of a coursework task in the GCE examination.

Food modification to include good gut ingredients	Food selection and preparation using wholegrains	Nutritious Food Selection for CNY Hamper Distribution
Debate on Nutritional Controversies	Plating techniques and Food Photography Skills	Food preparation