Month: September 2020

Dear Families,

 

We were buzzing this week to celebrate ‘World Peace Day” as our little bees from 2 to 6 years old put their hands around the world with colourful handprints in “Shaping Peace Together”.

 

In class, our curious bees learned about the importance of being kind to one another despite our differences and embracing that we are all unique as they watched a video, “What is peace?” by The Backyard Menagerine.

 

Let’s see what our Pre-N bees have been buzzing about

 

In encouraging the development of the gross motor skills of our little Pre-N bees, the little ones were involved in plenty of active play; running, crawling and jumping, giving them every opportunity to use their muscles.

 

This gave their beekeepers an opportunity to assess if our young bees are buzzing past their developmental milestones.

 

“Yay! I’ve just got my driver’s license”

 

During art and craft lesson this week, our little bees in Nursery made cars, boats, choo…choo…trains and their favourite hot air balloon which floated their way onto our Facebook page.

 

It’s been a fun filled term for our curious bees in Nursery as they learned about ‘Transportation’. Learning about the different modes of transport on land, water and air, they also learned about the importance of road safety this term, earning themselves their first driver’s license.

 

Stay tuned for more buzzing news from the hive and have a wonderful weekend.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

本周我们正忙于庆祝 “世界和平日”，我们二至六岁的小蜜蜂为了 “共同塑造和平” 在地球图案以多色彩手印围绕着世界。

 

在课堂上，尽管我们之间存在着分歧，但我们好奇的小蜜蜂了解到彼此相处的重要性，并认为观看视频 “什么是和平?” 时我们都是独特的，来自于The Backyard Menagerine。

 

让我们看看预备幼儿班的小蜜蜂在嗡嗡作响些什么

 

为了鼓励我们预备幼儿班小蜜蜂的总体运动技能发展，这班小家伙参与了很多积极的活动例如：跑步，爬行和跳跃，这使他们有充分的机会来锻炼肌肉。

 

这使教师们有机会评估小蜜蜂们是否正在超越他们的发展里程碑。

 

“好极了！ 我刚拿到驾照”

 

在本周的美术节上，我们幼儿班的小蜜蜂制作了汽车，船，火车和他们最喜欢的热气球，可以看到这些热气球都漂浮在我们的面子书页面上。

 

这学期的主题 – 交通工具给小蜜蜂带来了无比的乐趣。这让他们了解了陆地，水上和空中的各种交通工具，还了解了本学期道路安全的重要性，并从中获得了他们的第一张驾照。

 

请继续关注来自蜂巢的更多消息，并祝大家度过一个愉快的周末。

Dear Families,

 

Let’s take a sneak peek at what the buzz is all about in our K1 and K2 classrooms this week.

 

With “Holiday” being one of the sub topics for our buzzing K1 bees this term, they have been going on imaginary holidays in class, visiting several countries saying ‘Hola’ to Spain, ‘Bonjour’ to France, ‘Ni Hao’ to China, ‘Vanakkam’ to India and ‘Konnichiwa’ to Japan.

 

Setting up their classroom to resemble an airport, our travel-ready bees boarded “Air Labz” – our very own airline and took flight to their favourite destinations. Their passports were stamped upon arrival and were welcomed by the people from the different countries. It was a buzz watching them role playing with their passports and luggage.

 

As our K1 bees were travelling around the world, our K2 bees discussed about “Occupation” in their Bahasa Malaysia lesson. They had a buzzing time talking about what jobs their family members did, their interests and what they wanted to be when they grew up.

 

Some wanted to be doctors, teachers, scientists, chefs while some were still unsure of what they wanted to be. They were then introduced to the names of the occupations in Malay and matched the ‘sukukata’ to get the pronunciation right.

 

In making the lesson more fun and interactive, they used hand puppets as well as acting out what they wanted to be when they grew up.

 

Have a great weekend everybody, take care and be safe while travelling with the current rainy season.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

本周让我们抢先看看不断作响的幼一班和幼二班。

 

由于“假期”是本学期幼一蜜蜂的子主题之一，他们一直在幻想假期里，拜访了多个国家或是地区：在西班牙里说 “Hola”，在法国说 “Bonjour”，在中国说 “你好”，在印度说 “Vanakkam” 和日本的 “Konnichiwa”。

 

准备旅行的蜜蜂将他们的教室设置得像机场一样，登上了我们自己的航空公司 “Air Labz”，并飞往他们最喜欢的目的地。他们在抵达时护照被盖章，并受到不同国家人民的欢迎。看着他们带着护照和行李扮演着不同角色时，真是好看极了！

 

当我们的幼一蜜蜂在环游世界的同时，我们幼二班的蜜蜂在马来文课程中讨论了关于“职业”。他们都忙得不可开交地谈论家人的工作，他们的兴趣以及他们长大后想要成为什么样的人。

 

有些人想当医生，老师，科学家，厨师，而有些人仍然不确定自己想成为什么样的。然后他们也认识各种马来文的职业名称，并用 “sukukata” 匹配以得到正确的发音。

 

为了使课程变得更加有趣和互动，他们使用了木偶，并讲述了他们长大后想要成为的样子。

 

祝大家度过一个愉快的周末，在目前的雨季旅行时要多加注意并保持安全。

Dear Families,

 

Taking advantage of a sunny morning, our little bees in Pre-Nursery were out of their classes to experience ‘Shadow Tracing’. “Teacher! I look like a giant!”, “I look taller”, you could just hear their buzz of excitement looking at the shadows they made.

 

As they were still on their farm animal theme, the little bees picked their favourite toy animal and traced their shadows on a piece of paper with a bit of help from their bee keeper. This activity helps them to practice their fine motor skills which will be important as they learn to draw and write along their learning journey.

 

Splish! Splash! Splish! Splash!… Our buzzing bees in Nursery learned to measure and compare volume through waterplay this week. It was a buzz watching them scooping and pouring water into containers to see the difference in volume.

 

Working together and taking turns to measure and compare the volumes, the activity helped them practice their hand-eye coordination as the waterplay area buzzed with laughter and sound of water splashing.

 

Stay tuned for news from our little bees from K1 and K2 as we take a look at what the buzz has been about from their classes.

 

Till then, have a buzzing weekend and enjoy your time with the family.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

在一个阳光明媚的早晨，我们预备幼儿班的小蜜蜂走出他们的课室体验“描图影子”。“老师！我看起来像一个巨人！”, “我看起来更高“， 你能听到他们兴奋地看着他们制造的影子。

 

由于它们仍然以农场动物为主题，小蜜蜂挑选了他们最喜欢的玩具动物，并在一张纸上在老师的帮助下描图它们的影子。这项活动能帮助他们练习精细动作技能，这对于他们在学习过程中学习绘画和写作是非常重要。

 

“Splish! Splash! Splish! Splash!” 我们幼儿班的小蜜蜂在本周通过水上活动学习如何测量水量和比较体积。看着他们舀水, 把水倒进容器里, 看看体积的差异。

 

小蜜蜂在这项活动中互相配合轮流测量和比较体积, 帮助他们练习手眼协调。水上活动区充满了笑声和水溅声。

 

敬请期待下周 幼一班和幼二班小蜜蜂的新闻, 让我们看一下他们在班上嗡嗡作声的情况。

 

在那之前, 祝有一个美好的周末, 享受与家人在一起的时间。

Dear Families,

 

“Slice, slice the bread looks nice.

Spread, spread butter on the bread.

On top put mashed egg and lettuce.

Now it’s time for us to eat.”

 

This was the rhyme recited by our K1 bees this week as they learned to make their own egg sandwiches for breakfast. The little bees began by happily spreading butter on their bread and then topping it off with the mixture of mashed egg and mayonnaise, learning the names of the ingredients used along the way.

 

The little bees recognised the squares and triangles of their sandwiches as they were making them and compared the shapes and sizes of their sandwiches with their friends. Giving their thumbs up while feasting on their delicious breakfast.

 

It was a week of exploration for our buzzing K2 bees as they learned about the name and type of materials that made up the items we use daily. Classifying the materials based on their properties like plastic, rubber, metal, wood, fabric and glass.

They found that each material could be made or formed into different things and objects while some objects contained more than one material like how chairs and tables are made of two materials; wood and metal.

Our curious bees also compared the objects by how hard they were as well as how flexible they were by comparing the hardness of a plastic ruler to a flexible plastic measuring tape to understand the different properties that each object has.

 

Wishing all of you a happy weekend and see you next week.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

“Slice, slice the bread looks nice.

Spread, spread butter on the bread.

On top put mashed egg and lettuce.

Now it’s time for us to eat. “

 

这就是我们幼一小蜜蜂本周吟诵的押韵，他们学习了自己制做早餐那就是鸡蛋三明治。小蜜蜂首先将牛油涂在面包上，然后用鸡蛋泥和蛋黄酱的混合并铺满在黄油上，然后学习沿途所用的材料名称。

 

小蜜蜂在制作三明治的过程中辨认正方形和三角形，并与朋友比较三明治的形状和大小。 一边享用美味的早餐，一边举起大拇指。

 

而我们嗡嗡作响的幼二班蜜蜂了解我们日常所使用的物品的材料名称和类型，这是本周他们要探索的事物。根据材料的特性对材料进行分类，例如塑料，橡胶，金属，木材，织物和玻璃。

 

他们会发现，每种材料都可以制成或形成不同的物体和对象，而某些物体包含的制作材料不止一种，例如椅子和桌子是如何由木材和金属两种材料制成的。

 

我们好奇的蜜蜂还通过比较塑料尺和柔性塑料卷尺的灵活性来做比较, 比较它们的坚硬程度和柔性，以了解每个物体具有的不同特性。

 

祝大家周末愉快，下周见。