2024 Aesthetics Week

St Nicks was alive with excitement as Aesthetics Week approached. The annual exhilarating week, composed of the Aesthetics subjects, Music, Designing and Technology (D&T), Food and Consumer Education (FCE) and Art, commenced during the whole of Term 2 Week 3. Aesthetics Week is a much-anticipated yearly event that showcases our 姐妹们’s talent and creativity. This year, revolving around the theme of “Friendship”, Aesthetics Week was a celebration of our 姐妹同心 spirit and splashing creativity. 

The cooking competition themed on fusion food enthused both the teaching staff and students participating to create their own masterpieces. Immediately, both home-econs' rooms were engulfed in aromatic scents. This competition enabled students and staff to showcase and flaunt their creativity and chef skills, as well as present familial recipes through a fusion of different cuisines. During assembly, the award ceremony for the best dishes cooked up by our students and staff commenced. Resounding cheers echoed throughout the hall as students cheered for their winning class representatives and teachers, making this year’s FCE component an unforgettable one.

At the Family Lounge, our 姐妹们 eagerly signed up for the open mic sessions that were spread over multiple days. Many belted out passionate renditions of Taylor Swift’s Love Story and Bruno Mars’ You Can Count On Me. Many more others showed up to support their classmates, clapping along to the rhythm and even joining in the song. It was definitely a memorable experience for all the participants, who may even have discovered their talent for singing! 

Our amazing D&T department set up engaging stations consisting of a chair-building competition and a shrink keychain making activity, which was particularly engaging for many of us! We drew our desired design on poly-shrink paper, cut out the excess and inserted it into an oven, and we had our final result! Many of our 姐妹们 took home incredible keepsakes from the activities the D&T department had organised!

On the other hand, the art department set up water marbling stations at the Family Lounge for all our 姐妹们 who wanted to take home a pretty piece of handicraft. There was also an exhibition of our talented 姐妹们’s artwork, which was truly a feast for our eyes! 

On top of that, we were given loyalty cards. Chops were issued for some of the activities we took part in, and prizes could be redeemed for four chops. The loyalty card indeed spurred our 姐妹们 to participate in the various activities. According to many music representatives, many of our 姐妹们 came rushing for prizes with their hands brimming with fully stamped loyalty cards.

For assembly, some of our 姐妹们 performed with a live band in the final showcase of SN Sings. Upbeat music echoed throughout the hall as students put on exuberant performances to the approval of the crowd. After that, we watched a recap of the activities the past week. Looking back at our photos and how much we enjoyed Aesthetics Week, we can’t believe that yet another Aesthetics Week has passed. Here’s to anticipating the coming of next year’s Aesthetics Week!

Written by: Amber Cheng (2P), Carys Lim (2P), Vera Neo (2T), Hannah de Lang-Ho (2J)