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Important Notices Congratulations to all our taekwondo students for earning their
yellow tip belt! To learn more about our Taekwondo CCA pro-
gram see the article below.
Check out a great article about racing legend Jackie Stewart and
his advocacy for children with learning challenges and his own
struggle with dyslexia: http://issuu.com/learndifferent/docs/
jackiestewart_rewind?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage
BIWEEKLY
NEWSLETTER April 23rd — May 4th, 2012
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Coach Lynne and Mr. Lai.
We are very proud of our Taekwondo students this week. They ALL passed their first grading and have earned their yellow tip belt! Their STF (Singapore Taekwondo Federation) grading took place last Sunday at JH Kim, Turf City. We commend their dedication and hard work, and applaud their wonderful coach, Ms. Lynne Grant. We thought you might like to know a little more about our multi-talented Ms. Lynne who also happens to be Human Resource Manager and Integrated Therapy Receptionist at Learn Different. So, here’s a short interview:
When did you begin Taekwondo? I started in 2008
What is your rank? I am a Black Belt, 2nd Dan, NCAP Level 1 and a Poomsae Coach.
What got you interested in the sport? I had just arrived in Singapore and I wanted to meet friends.
How have you benefitted from regular Taekwondo practice? I am stronger and my fitness has improved. I have also transitioned from student to instructor and I find coaching very re-warding.
What are the benefits for children? Their focus, concentration, gross motor skills, fitness, and strength all improve and I think children learn perseverance and benefit from being part of a community by developing new friendships.
We know you like to compete but is it necessary? No.
If a child would like to compete, how do they get started? First, let your instructor know and they can set a training schedule for you. Students must be aware that competitions are taken quite seriously and require commitment to training. Also, the competition environment tends to be noisy and takes place in a big hall, so students will have to be able to cope with all that.
What is the most rewarding part of coaching? Student achievements!
What is your favourite move? Knife hand strike!
We would like to give a special thanks to the JH Kim Taekwondo Institute, Bukit Timah and Mr. Lai for supporting our Taekwondo CCA and for allowing the grading of our students to take place at JH Kim, Turf City. See photos on page 4.
Taekwondo: The Road to Black Belt!
Our talented students!
pics; the sports involved,
the rules, and who partici-
pated. It was very differ-
ent from today’s games
We have had a quiet rainy
week this week in Recep-
tion 2 but, as usual, the
boys are lively and happy
to be at school! Last
week we began our new
IPC theme the ‘Olympics!’
The entire school partici-
pated in their own Open-
ing Ceremonies where
they got to re-enact the
relay and torch lighting.
This week, we learned all
about the Ancient Olym-
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Higher... Faster... Stronger!
It’s all about the Olympics. For
the past two weeks, the stu-
dents have been jumping
around the school, either with
their Olympic torches or their
home country flag. Everybody
is psyched for the Summer
Olympics in London this July.
We had the Entry Point for
this new unit last week. We
prepared for it by colouring
different flags, designing ath-
lete’s bibs and making our
own Olympic torch. The cul-
minating activity for the Entry
and what will take place
in London in July this
year! In Maths we have
been working on frac-
tions. The boys caught
on to this unit quickly
and enjoyed trying to
teach each other differ-
ent ways to equally sepa-
rate shapes into parts. In
Literacy we have been
focusing on the sound ‘-
tion’. It is a difficult
sound to read and to
write. We are also con-
tinuing with our guided
reading and comprehen
-sion activities. Keep
up the great work boys!
RECEPTION TWO , MS. ASHLEY’S CLASS
Olympic atmosphere. To add
to the drama, we earnestly
recited the Olympic Oath of
Athletes. It was wonderful to
pretend to be an Olympic ath-
lete even for just one day. The
students have been doing a lot
of work in the area of reading
comprehension. They have
been answering their reading
comprehension worksheets on
their own, using proper punc-
tuation and neat handwriting.
At composition writing time,
we directed our attention
Point was held during the
school assembly. We watched
the video of the Opening Cere-
mony of the Beijing Olympics
and were amazed with the py-
rotechnics and manpower in-
volved. During the afternoon,
we conducted our own Learn
Different Olympics Opening
Ceremony. The students
proudly paraded around the
school with their home country
flags. We had the lighting of
the torch with the dramatic
song “Chariots of Fire” in the
background to enhance the
YEAR ONE , MS. KATRINA’S CLASS to the heart of all stories- our
IDEAS. Inside paper light bulbs,
we wrote our ideas about ide-
as: What are ideas? Where do
they come from? How do they
occur? The students’ answers
were astounding. E.g. “Ideas
are feelings”, “Ideas are like TV
shows playing in your head”.
Incredible Ideas! Mastering our
times tables was the focus dur-
ing Maths. The students prac-
ticed simple multiplication with
the use of a number line and
number charts. The students
will encounter more multiplica-
tion problems in the next few
weeks. Special thanks to Luca
Jones and family for inviting us
to his 8th birthday party at the
Sengkang Swimming Complex.
We had a fantastic time! Con-
gratulations to Marissa & Tvish
for passing their grading in
Taekwondo. You both rock!
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RECEPTION TWO , MS. KARINA’S CLASS
RECEPTION ONE , MS. GETTY’S CLASS
the meaning of an exclama-tion mark and had pronun-ciation practice. They are really good at playing with their intonations. Reading will never be the same again. Awesome job, every-one! In Maths, the children revisited skip-counting and practiced counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to help them count the value of money. They used real coins to count 5 cents, 10 cents and 50 cents and after being such great “bankers” they all started using paper mon-ey. Parents, your kids are ready to go shopping!
On your marks, get set, Olympics! This is the new IPC theme with which we will end the year. We started the theme off with our own Opening Ceremony. Students from each class made their own Olympic torch-es, their own Olympic bibs and each class made an Olympic ring. Learn Different Academy 2012 Olympics Opening Cere-mony was a success! We even included the torch passing, a parade of countries and assembling
ville, the Mascots of the 2012 Olympics, which will be held in London in July. Now they know that both mascots are made of metal and travel on a rainbow to different parts of the world. We also had fun dancing to the mascot song “On a Rainbow” and we tried our best to follow the steps. To add to our learning, the students researched the meaning of the Olympic Rings. Now they know that the five rings represent five continents. After an in-depth discussion about the Olympic rings, the children created their own designs using five and talked about their de-signs. The excitement contin-ued when we watched short clips about different sports in the Olympics. They were so thrilled when they knew that Taekwondo is one of the sports in the Olympics. The
The Learn Different Olympics Opening Ceremony marked our new and last IPC theme for the year. By participating in the torch relay and torch-lighting ceremony, the children had an opportunity to experience the atmosphere of one of the greatest sporting events in the world. As the children learned many aspects of the Olympics, they found interesting facts about Wenlock and Mande-
of the Olympic rings.
Although we had several
students ill this week, we
still continued on with
our learning. In Literacy,
children also learnt that it takes a lot of preparation and hard work to be able to com-pete and to be successful, and that sportsmanship is the most important thing in the Olympic Games. In Literacy, the children worked diligently to complete their writing tasks. They worked inde-pendently to write their crea-tive sentences about picture strips. Along with the reading activity, the children learnt
we focused on our c-v-c words (c, k, u, b, e, l, h) and sentence writing. And in Maths, we con-tinued on counting mon-ey using paper bills this time.
Sadly, we said good-bye
to Miss Getty this week.
We wish her all the best
and we hope she enjoys
spending time with her
family and friends. We
look forward to a full
class next week and we
wish everyone a healthy
weekend.
Every child deserves the right to be taught in the way he or she learns best!
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