Under The Sea Assembly

Sun and Rain Assembly

Well done !! Today our Early Years Group performed very well in their Sun and Rain Assembly considering the size of the audience. I'm very proud of them!!

2009 Holiday Programmes

Our Cooking Party was so popular last year and we decided to have it again for the children this year. It's an enjoyable way to introduce boys and girls aged 3-12 years to cooking. Cooking is fulfilling, cooking is fun, cooking is an art and of course it involves a lot of techniques. They learn pounding the chicken softly, smashing the tuna into bits, peeling the potatoes skin, kneading dough and wait till you see children's faces when they wait eagerly for the food to cook! That's the interesting part of it!

If you are interested, do sign up early as we only have few places left! Come on, come and cook up a storm and have loads of fun!

2009 Cooking Party

Little Scholar Mandarin

Our very own Mandarin class in the afternoon is conducted based on fun learning. The curriculum is centered on relevant thematic activities through story telling, singing, word games, role-play and art-crafts. This enable children learn Mandarin in a fun way and unlike traditional chinese kindergarten where children are required to sit throughout the lesson by learning to write Chinese words pages after pages.

Through fun-filled, task based physical activities children learn quicker. Our daily lesson includes focus as follows :

Reading : Teacher will read your child a story and he/she will have chance to read aloud for friends and teacher. Different word games will be played every week.

Listening : Your child will enhance his/her listening through games session, art & crafts these are all equally important in training the children to be attentive in the class.

Speaking : Classroom interaction is highly encouraged through Show and Tell, dialogues, role-play, talkabout the day session. Your child will gain confidence and enjoy speaking and communicating in Mandarin throughout the lesson.

Writing : Beginning with an introduction of simple Chinese characters, we learn to read, write, and create short phrases. We get your child to get in touch with the fun found in Chinese characters.

Nov News

It’s hard to believe that the year is almost over. We have lots of activities planned for the children in this month. In our Botany subject last month, we talked about fruits and vegetables and which they like and which one they don’t like. The children really enjoyed the Deepavali and Halloween activities that we have planned for them. They enjoyed sprinkling coloured rice onto the Rangoli art designs, henna art Ms. Jenny did for them, chocolates from friends visiting their classroom, cupcakes decorations and performing for their friends.

This month, our theme will be Ocean. The children will be singing songs about the ocean and fish and we will be reading “Clumsy Crab” and “Sea, Sand, Me”. Art activities include making ocean in a bottle, adding sand to finger paint for texture and seashell rubbings. We will also do gross motor activities including shark chasing through wiggly tunnel and crab walking. The bigger children all continue to work hard participating in daily individual guided reading. We are sending some books or word cards back with the children. Please spend some time listen to your child read. Feel free to return the book to school in exchange for another book. The word cards are for children to keep at home.

Please keep in mind a few important dates this month:

Toddlers’ Hat Day – On 10th Nov, the Toddlers are invited to bring a hat to school - any types of hat, could be silly hats, cowboy hats, party hats, helmets or caps. They are going to have lots of fun pretending to be Harry Hat Man, show and tell their hats.

Field Trip - On 12th Nov, our Early Years and Preschoolers will be visiting the The Penang Aquarium Batu Maung, Penang in relation to their current topic work. More information will be provided soon.

Class Assemby - On 21st Nov and 28th Nov the Early Years and Preschoolers Group will perform for their class assembly respectively. The children are excited to show their parents how much they have learned during the school year.

Parent-Teacher Meeting - We would like to invite all parents to come to school for our second Parent-Teacher Meeting. The meeting will be held for two days on 23rd and 24th November between 2pm-6pm. Your child’s work folder and progress report will be presented to you. More details will be sent out later.

STAYING HEALTHY
When your child is sick, please have plans for back up child care. We have to turn away child who is unwell to school. We really need your cooperation and understanding on this matter.