Innovation and Design
Explore how Greenridge Secondary uses Art, Design & Technology (D&T) and Music to build creative, inventive students.
Our Belief: Cultivating Champions of Creativity and Innovation
Our curriculum at Greenridge Secondary empowers our Greenridge Champions to express themselves creatively and think inventively. Through creating, making and performing, Greenridge Champions develop the confidence to ask questions, work with others and turn their ideas into meaningful outcomes.
Arts education nurtures students’ appreciation of culture and aesthetics, while D&T develops practical problem-solving skills and inventive thinking. Together, these disciplines encourage our Champions to engage with real-world issues, collaborate with peers, and design purposeful solutions for a rapidly changing world.
Learning through IDEAS
Imagine
Our Greenridge Champions explore possibilities and develop original ideas.
- In Art, they use drawing, painting and digital media to investigate identity, culture and the world around them.
- In Music, they listen, compose and experiment with sound to communicate ideas and perspectives.
- In D&T, they sketch, model and use approaches such as SCAMPER to reimagine existing products and develop new solutions.
Discover
Inquiry and experimentation help students understand both their chosen medium and the people they hope to reach. Art students explore visual meanings and contexts. Music students encounter different genres and cultures while developing their musicianship. D&T students investigate materials, mechanisms and technologies, and learn to identify the needs behind a design challenge.
Express
Students bring their ideas to life through artworks, performances, models and prototypes. They learn practical skills, test possibilities and improve their work through reflection and feedback. Digital tools, including music technology, 3D modelling and fabrication, widen the ways they can create and communicate.
Accomplish
Students share what they have made and learnt through exhibitions, performances, school projects and external competitions. These platforms give them opportunities to present their work, explain their choices and celebrate their growth.
Serve
Students use their creativity to contribute to causes that matter. Through projects that address needs in the school, community and wider world, they learn that an artwork can start a conversation, a performance can connect people, and a design can make everyday life better.
Our Art Curriculum
Singapore Youth Festival (SYF)
Our Secondary 3 Art students worked collaboratively to create an original artwork for the 2024 and 2026 Singapore Youth Festival Art Exhibition. Their collective effort was recognized when their artwork was selected from more than 400 submissions across Singapore for exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore. This achievement celebrates their creativity, collaboration, and commitment to the artmaking process
2024 SYF Art Exhibition
2026 SYF Art Exhibition
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Learning Beyond the Classroom: A Gallery-Based Art Experience
During their visit to the National Gallery Singapore, our Secondary 3 Art students strengthened their observation and visual analysis skills through close engagement with artworks. They also applied their learning to their own artmaking, connecting art appreciation with studio practice. This meaningful experience enriched and supported their learning as part of the upper-secondary Art curriculum.
Our Music Curriculum
Our D&T Curriculum
2026 Challenge Y
Organised by Design Singapore Council in partnership with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)
National Design Project 2023 - Awarded Distinction
Watch the development of the 'Remindogatchi' device
National Design Project 2023 - Awarded Distinction
Bulky Waste to Wonder Competition
Organised by the Public Hygiene Council (PHC) in partnership with the Ministry of Education (MOE) - Character & Citizenship Education Branch and J.O.E (Just One Earth) Eco Alliance
