Month: November 2020

Dear families,

 

Our little bees from Pre-N buzzed into the week picking out leaves with their parents at home. They came up with a variety of buzzing patterns of different shapes and sizes as they did leaf printing in their arts and craft lesson. An activity that helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and this activity also helps boost self-confidence and self-esteem in our little bees.

 

“One little, two little, three little rectangles…”, sang our young Nursery bees during their Numeracy lesson. At this milestone, our little bees are beginning to identify numbers and have improved in their counting skills. They’ve learned to identify the value of each digit from one to ten by pasting the correct number of rectangles to the digit.

 

“Stand by, my rocket is getting ready to take off…”, continuing with their theme of inventions, our K1 bees made paper rockets as they learned about the various types of inventions that changed our lives. In the past weeks they were also taught about inventions from the past and present.

 

Exploring the theme on Sounds created by Living Things and Non-Living Things, our inventive bees in K2 made guitars from scratch at home. They had fun strumming the self-made guitars while learning that sounds are produced by vibrating air. Our bees also learned to identify and create different sounds like the sounds of a car engine, washing machine, closing a door and musical instruments.

 

Stay tuned for more buzzing news from our little bees, stay safe and have a buzzing weekend.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

来自我们预备幼儿班的小蜜蜂在这整整一周里都在和父母一起在家里摘树叶。他们在美术课上进行叶子印刷时，做了各种形状和大小不一致的图案。 一项有助于发展精细运动技能，手眼协调能力的活动，并且还助于增强小蜜蜂的自信心和自尊心。

 

“One little, two little, three little rectangles…”，在数学课程中，我们幼儿班的小蜜蜂唱起了歌。在这个里程碑上，我们的小蜜蜂开始识别数字并提高了计数能力。 他们通过数字粘贴长方形来识别1到10的每个数值。

 

“请注意，我的火箭正准备起飞…”，继续他们的主题 – 发明，我们的幼一班蜜蜂在了解改变我们生活的各种发明后，也学制成纸火箭。 在过去的几周里，他们被教导关于过去和现在的发明。

 

探索生物和非生物所产生的声音是我们幼二班蜜蜂的主题，他们在家中制作了吉他。他们了解到声音是由空气振动所产生的时候，他们也发现在自制的吉他上弹奏变得有趣。 我们的蜜蜂还学会了识别和产生不同的声音，例如汽车引擎，洗衣机，关门和乐器的声音。

 

请密切关注我们小蜜蜂发出更多嗡嗡声的新闻，保持安全并度过一个愉快的周末。

Dear families,

 

We check in on our little bees as they continue to buzz safely at home entering their second week of distance learning. Here’s how they’ve been up to this week.

 

Let’s start with our youngest bees in Pre-Nursery who are still buzzing with their theme on wild animals. They made lions and giraffes with coloured papers through the different shapes they learned. They were so excited to show their masterpiece on screen.

 

“Baa…baa…. Black sheep, have you any wool”. Can you guess the topic our little bees from Nursery looked at this week? The little ones learned about sheep this week, where they lived and what they produced. They ended the lesson making their own sheep using soft cotton balls as fur.

 

Our buzzing bees from K1 learned about different parts of a laptop as they made their own using coloured papers. Part of their theme on Technology, it was a buzz watching them carry out the activity with their colourful creations.

 

During their Personal, Social, Health & Emotional (PSHE) lesson this week, our curious bees in K2 learned of the importance of washing their hands. Carrying out the lesson at home, they buzzed with excitement washing their hands on Zoom with a few of their young siblings buzzing along with them.

 

A big thank you to our parents and grandparents who helped our little bees complete their activities at home.

 

And that marks the end of our buzzing week, take care and stay safe everyone.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

我们进来看看小蜜蜂继续在家中安全地进入第二周的线上学习。 本周他们有什么样的情况呢。

 

让我们从预备幼儿班幼小的蜜蜂开始，他们仍然围绕着野生动物这个主题展开讨论。 他们通过认识不同形状学习用彩色纸制作了狮子和长颈鹿。 他们感到非常高兴可以在屏幕上展示他们的杰作。

 

“Baa…baa…. Black sheep, have you any wool” 。您能猜出本周我们幼儿班小蜜蜂这周的内容吗？ 本周小孩子们了解了绵羊，它们的住处和所制造的东西。他们使用柔软的棉球作为皮毛制了自己的绵羊。

 

而我们幼一班蜜蜂了解电脑笔记本里的各部分，因此他们也使了彩色纸制作自己的电脑笔记本。 这也是他们学习的主题之一“技术”，真开心看见他们以丰富多彩的作品开展此活动。

 

在本周的个人，社会，健康与情感（PSHE）课程中，我们幼二班好奇的蜜蜂了解了洗手的重要性。 他们通过线上上课时，非常兴奋地学习洗手，年幼的兄弟姐妹也和他们一起嗡嗡嗡洗洗手。

 

非常感谢我们的父母和爷爷奶奶们，他们帮助我们的小蜜蜂在家里完成了很多活动。

 

这标志着我们忙碌的一周又结束了，请照顾好并确保所有人的安全。

Dear families,

 

Although schools may be closed, we are buzzing to inform you that the Department of Social Welfare has given us permission to reopen our daycare services for working parents whose children are below the age of 4. We simply require an official letter from the employers of both parents who are working stating that daycare service is required by your children.

 

Do give us a buzz if you require further assistance or have any questions, we’re here for you.

 

Zooming on the go…. From Pre-Nursery to K2 bees

 

As we’re all staying safe at home this week, the team has been buzzing with activity working on transferring the curriculum for distance learning. We’ve been getting lots of feedback and thumbs up as our little bees continue to experience the buzz of learning safely at home.

 

It was a delight watching our little bees Zoom in with excitement as they learned their ‘suku kata’ during their Bahasa lesson, tricky words in Phonics, and describing their hobbies in Mandarin class, just to name a few.

 

The highlight of the week was definitely our little bees making Deepavali themed craft. With the festival of light just around the corner, the little ones made a range of craft bringing bright colours into their homes. A big thank you to all parents who were involved in making the activity meaningful and enjoyable.

 

“Deepavali Nal Vaalthukal” to all who are celebrating.

 

Stay safe. Have a wonderful Deepavali with your family and keep buzzing.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

尽管学校可能已经关闭，但我们还是想嗡嗡地通知您, 社会福利部已准许我们重新开放提供父母若有子女在4岁以下的日托服务。我们只需要双方雇主的正式信件，指出正在工作的父母你们的孩子需要日托服务。

 

如果您需要进一步的帮助或是有任何疑问，请给我们发送信息，我们会在这里为您服务。

 

继续进行线上课程。。。 从预备幼儿到幼二蜜蜂

 

由于本周大家都在家中保持安全，因此我们的团队一直在忙于开展有关转移课业活动到远程学习。小蜜蜂不断体验在家中安全学习，在里头我们也得到了很多反馈和赞许。

 

很高兴看到我们的小蜜蜂在马来文课学到他们的“ suku kata”，在Phonics学习单词，并在华文课上学习爱好描述他们的爱好，仅提供几句。

 

本周的亮点绝对是我们的小蜜蜂以屠妖节为主题的手工艺品。 随着即将来临的万灯节，孩子们制作了一系列的手工艺品，将鲜艳的色彩带入了家中。 非常感谢所有父母的参与使活动有意义和愉快。

 

向所有正在庆祝的人们说声 “屠妖节 Nal Vaalthukal”。

 

请注意安全，并与您的家人共度美好的屠妖节，并保持嗡嗡声。

Dear families,

 

Story telling isn’t just about reading books, retelling fairy tales or adapting a well-known story. This week our little bees in Nursery had a buzzing time during their role-play session after listening to the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”.

 

It was buzz watching them reciting the story having memorised the story line and acting at the same time.

 

“Someone has sat on my chair”, said Papa Bear. Someone has sat on my chair too” said Mama Bear.  Baby Bear between tears, “Someone has sat on my chair too and it is broken….”.

 

Role-playing, particularly with the friends they know and trust, is a chance for them to use their imagination, be inventive and develop social skills.

 

Meanwhile our busy bees from K1, Pollen and Honey became Robotic Engineers for the day as they created various types of robots calling them toys of today. As they are still on the topic of “Technology”, they showed their creativity by using recycled items to make their robots. Upon completing their robots, the bees further enhanced their communication skills through ‘show and tell’ by sharing with their friends how their robot functioned.

 

We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teachers’ hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world. (David Warlick)

 

We ended the buzzing month of October on a colourful note with our little bees making interesting craft to celebrate Children’s Day at the hive.

 

Have a great weekend everyone and stay safe.

亲爱的家长/监护人，

 

讲故事不仅仅是读书，重述童话故事里面的情节或改编知名故事。 这周我们的小蜜蜂带来了扮演当讲述“金发姑娘和三只熊”的故事之后，在角色扮演环节中忙得不可开交。

 

真开心能看见他们背诵故事，记住故事的情节并同时表演。

 

“有人坐在我的椅子上”，熊爸爸说。“有人也坐在我的椅子上”，熊妈妈说。 小熊也忍着泪水说，“有人也坐在我的椅子上，而且还坏了……。”

 

角色扮演，尤其与他们认识和信任的朋友一起扮演角色是一个很好的机会让他们发挥想象力，发挥创造力和发展社交技能。

 

同时，我们忙碌的幼一班蜜蜂成为了当今的机器人工程师，他们创造了各种类型的机器人，并称它们为今天的玩具。由于他们仍然学习“科技”这个主题，他们通过使用回收物品制造机器人来展示自己的创造力。小蜜蜂完成机器人操作后，也和朋友分享展示和讲述机器人的功能性，从中也进一步增强了他们的沟通技巧。

 

We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teachers’ hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world. (David Warlick）

 

不断地嗡嗡响结束了十月也为这个月份带来了许多色彩，我们的小蜜蜂制作了有趣的手工艺品，以庆祝儿童节。

 

祝大家周末愉快，并保持安全。