Month: May 2019

Dear Families,

Another half term flies by and we are quickly heading towards the school holiday, which begins from May 25 – June 10, 2019. The break coincides with Hari Raya Puasa, and we take this opportunity to wish all our Muslim parents Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir & Batin. We look forward to our Raya assembly when we return.

 

Review week

 

Assessment is a continuous and ongoing improvement process at Kinder Labz™. Instead of examinations, an informal assessment is carried out through observations, class discussions, oral or written work and independent or group tasks. Student’s learning is recorded on worksheets and a Parent Teacher Conference has been scheduled on Friday, 21 June, 2019.

 

Reading

 

Teaching young children to read helps them develop their language and listening skills. They start off with wordless stories which enables our little bees to engage with the story and discuss the pictures with confidence, preparing them to first step as readers. At Kinder Labz™, our busy bees have been introduced to the Jolly Phonics Readers from Level 1 – Level 4. From there, they proceed to the Oxford Reading Tree Series from Stage 1 – Stage 9. These phonetics techniques are producing very high results.

We end the week by wishing all of you “Happy Holidays” and hope to see you all recharged ready to embark on our new themes when you return. Drive safely to whichever destination you are heading for Raya and enjoy yourself with your loved ones. Our newsletter will return after the holidays.

 

 

亲爱的家人,

 

光阴如箭，又一个学期过去了。我们很快就要进入两周的学校假期，从5月25日至6月10日 2019年。 这个学校假期刚好恰逢与开斋节。本院全体教职员趁此机会祝贺穆斯林家长们，开斋节快乐和彼此宽恕有意和无意的过错。当学校开学时，我们将举行开斋节庆典。

 

审核周

 

在Kinder Labz™ 没有形式的考试，取而代之的是持续不断的评审。评审透过观察 ̖ 课堂讨论 ̖ 交谈 ̖ 课业 ̖ 独立或小组任务来评估。6月23日（星期五）是家长和老师会议。

 

阅读

 

教导孩子阅读将发展他们的语言能力和聆听能力。幼儿们从无字的故事书了解故事内容，并自信地讨论故事里的图片，以让他们准备进入阅读。在Kinder Labz™ 里，我们忙碌的小蜜蜂开始学习 “Jolly Phonics Readers” 第一册至第四册。然后他们继续学习 “Oxford Reading Tree” 第一阶段至第九阶段。这些语音技巧能产生很高的效果。

我们希望你有个愉快的假期，也期盼当你重回校园时着手准备开始我们新的主题。在开斋节期间小心驾驶和享受与家人的欢乐时光。下一期的周刊将带来更多有趣的消息。

 

Dear Families,

 

We have been showing our appreciation and respect to all of our teachers to mark the annual Teachers’ Day celebrations.

 

Teachers’ Day

 

Our busy bees got to experience how it feels being a teacher for a lesson. The class was amused and honoured by the role. The teacher had to listen to instructions given and follow the lesson just as the rest of the children. It was a successful role play session and the students said it was not easy controlling and managing a class.

 

“One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world”, a quote by the daughter of a teacher, Malala Yousafzai. Rightly so, teachers are an early guiding step in this challenging world. Thank you to all the teachers and mentors that guide us daily.

 

Pre-Nursery with water play

 

Splish Splash… the littlest bees had an enjoyable time during water play. This gave them the opportunity to increase their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through actions like pouring, scrubbing, stirring and squeezing. Some were seen scooping, pouring and running their hands through the water. The teachers use water play to teach basic math while introducing to terms such as full, empty and less. It also enhances social skills and encourages cooperation while playing in groups.

 

At home, don’t hesitate to take buckets, cups, sifters, empty bottles and participate with your children to their pretend play, they are learning as well as enjoying your participation. This makes a good time for bonding and spending quality time together.

 

Another week has passed, we wish you all a pleasant weekend and do encourage your family and friends with small children to join our busy and exciting hive.

 

 

亲爱的家人,

 

以纪念一年一度的教师节庆祝活动，我们向所有老师表示赞赏和敬意。

 

教师节

 

我们忙碌的小蜜蜂体验在课堂中当一名老师的感觉。这个角色给班级里的人带来了愉快及荣幸。老师必须听取指示，并像其他小孩一样跟从学习。角色不但成功给扮演，学生们也说控制和管理班级并不容易。

 

来自一名教师的女儿, Malala Yousafzai的一句话 “一个小孩，一位老师，一支笔和一本簿子可以改变世界”。这一句话说来正确，教师是现在挑战世界里的早期指导之一。所以感谢所有每天指导我们的老师和导师。

 

预备幼儿班-水上嬉戏

 

“Splish splash…” 最小的蜜蜂们在水上活动中度过了愉快的时光。通过一些动作比如浇灌，擦洗，搅拌和挤压等动作，这些都有助于提高他们的精细动作技能和手眼协调能力。 有的人舀水，也有的人浇泼和双手浸透在水里摇动。 除此之外，教师也使用在水上游戏的时间来教导数学，同时引入了这些词 – 满，空和较少。这不但提高社交技能也能鼓励组群的合作。

 

在家里的您请不要犹豫。您可拿起桶，杯子，筛子，空瓶子和孩子一起假装游戏，他们同样的在学习并且享受有你的参与。 这会是一个好时机让彼此紧密共度美好的时光。

 

就这样又过了一个星期，我们祝大家周末愉快，在此也鼓励你的家人或有小孩的朋友们加入我们忙碌且兴奋的蜂巢。

 

Dear Families,

 

What a lovely way it was to end the week at the hive with a special celebration for our Mummy bees. We wish all our beautiful mama bees a Happy Mother’s Day. Before sharing what went on during the celebration, let us browse through the happenings within the classes.

 

K2’s – Theme on Living & Growing

 

What a better way to learn about the growing of plants than being hands on in exploring through gardening. Gardening is a healthy, fun activity for children as they learn new skills, have fun, play and develop self-confidence by spending time in the garden tending to plants and growing their own food. They enjoyed being outdoors and loved digging in the soil, getting dirty, creating things and watching plants grow. Exploring the outdoor environment and real-life experience of growing things outdoors, supports all the seven areas of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Nursery – Theme on Clothing

 

Working on the clothing theme, our Nursery children have been discovering the clothing patterns found during the different seasons. Their focus for this week was on ‘winter clothes’. The bees began to share ideas of the clothing that can be used during winter season. “Ho…Ho…Ho… It’s time to play with snow, let’s get ready “. They prepared and designed their own winter clothing for the pretend snow play.

Mother’s Day celebration

 

Especially for you, mum…
“In your arms, you held us. Little did we know but you have given us the greatest treasure that will never fade in our heart and that’s your love”
Here are some snapshots of the celebration taken during Mother’s Day at the hive.

 

Happy Mother’s Day and have a rested weekend.

亲爱的家人,

 

我们特别为妈妈们准备了庆祝，也在此为这一周迎来了美好的结束。我们祝所有美丽的蜜蜂妈妈母亲节快乐。在分享更多庆祝的内容之前，让我们先浏览这一周课室里的动态。

 

幼儿班-主题-生长与成长

 

有什么比了解植物种植来得更好，而不是仅有园艺探索。园艺对孩子们来说是一项健康又有趣的活动，因为他们可以通过在花园里的时间去种植植物和种植自己的食物。他们也可以学习到新的技能，不只是可以玩耍玩得开心也能建立自己的信心。 孩子们喜欢户外活动，喜欢在土壤中挖掘，变脏，创造东西和观看植物生长。 探索户外的生活环境和现实生活体验，有助于在早期基础阶段里的七个学习领域。

幼儿班-主题-服装

 

从服装主题开始，我们幼儿班的孩子们在发现各种季节所看到的服装模样。本周他们所关注的是冬装。蜜蜂们也纷纷开始分享想法，什么衣服可以在冬季的时候使用。“Ho…Ho…Ho… 是时候玩雪了，让我们准备好” 。他们准备开始设计自己的冬季服装，以可以用在假装的下雪游戏。

 

母亲节庆祝活动

 

特别致给你，妈妈…
” 你把我们抱在你的怀里。我们知道的不多，但你却给予我们最大的珍爱永留在我们的心中，这就是你的爱。”
这里是母亲节庆祝活动的一些快照。

 

母亲节快乐和周末愉快。

 

Dear Families,

Welcome to the month of May, with the start of Ramadhan, we wish all our Muslim parents “Selamat Berpuasa”. We have lots to share about our busy bees in coming weeks.

 

Pre-N Artist – Buzz & Sweet

 

Our famous Artist from Pre- N – Bee Casso, Bee Gogh, Bee da Vinci and Bee Angelo to name a few – have displayed their skills in painting. Art is important because it encompasses all the developmental domains in child development. Art lends itself to physical development of fine and gross motor skills with children. This area of learning is known as Expressive Arts & Design, an aspect of our “Early Learning Goals” which expands and encourages the children’s imagination to explore.

 

Mathematicians from K2 – Blossom, Honeycomb & Sunflower

 

Having covered the different topics in Math, our K2 children are discovering the properties of 2D shapes. Their focus for this week is on sorting which involved sorting the shapes according to their similarities. Sorting activities help children to develop a range of thinking skills and build the foundation for later concepts. The visual memory and discrimination involved and the identification of patterns plus relationships and similarity and difference help our busy bees to learn about early representation and problem solving. For this reason, it is important to provide children with plenty of sorting practice all year long.

 

Mother’s Day

 

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, the busy bees are preparing something special for their mummies. All mums are cordially invited for a special assembly organised by your little ones to show their love and appreciation. Your presence will foster closer bonding between you and your child/children and make the day more special. So, please come along on Friday 10th May 2019 from 8.30am to 9.30am and meet us at our Reception area.

 

Till we meet next week, have a great weekend with your family.

 

 

亲爱的家人,

 

首先让我们欢迎五月份的到来，随着斋戒月的开始我们并祝愿所有穆斯林家长们“斋戒快乐”。我们将在未来的每一周分享更多的内容。 因为你也知道我们的小蜜蜂一直都在忙碌着。

 

幼儿预备班 – Buzz和 Sweet

 

来自我们预备班著名的艺术家 – Bee Casso, Bee Gogh, Bee da Vinci和 Bee Angelo也再次展示了他们的绘画技巧。艺术对于个人来说是很重要，因为它涵盖了儿童发展的全部发展领域。此外艺术也适合给予儿童身体发育上精细动作的技能。这个学习领域我们称它为艺术和设计表达，这是我们幼前学习目标其中一个方面，它扩展了儿童的想象力去探索。

 

幼二班的数学家-Blossom, Honeycomb 和 Sunflower

 

在数学方面我们包涵了不同的题目，幼二班的孩子们正在发现2D形状的特性。这个星期他们所关注的是分类，包含了以相似度进行形状分类。分类活动可以帮助孩子开发思维技能，以能够在以后的概念上建立基础。视觉记忆、辨析、图案识别以关系以相似性和差异都有助于我们忙碌的蜜蜂在早期学习的表现和解决问题。因此，这是很重要而我们应多提供孩子们分类练习。

母亲节

 

母亲节也即将来临，忙碌的小蜜蜂也在准备为他们的妈妈准备一些特别的东西。我们诚挚地邀请所有的妈妈参加由您的小孩组织的特别节日，以表达他们对您的爱和感谢。你的出现将促近你和孩子之间的关系，也使这一天变得更加特别。所以希望您能控出一些时间，约定你在5月10日2019 年（星期五），从早上8点30分至9点30分 。

 

我们下周见，祝你与家人有个愉快的周末。