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Kidz Meadow Childcare @ Buangkok (Blk 979c) Term 1, 2019 Newsletter
MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL
Warm greetings to all parents and guardians. In this term’s newsletter, you will be able to take a look at the events and activities that your child had been engaged in, based on the theme ‘All About Me’, where they learned about their immediate surroundings such as themselves and their friends in school.
There were many activities and events, both indoors and outdoors. We had our Tea Session, Chinese New Year celebration and the launch of Nature Magnified programme at Singapore Botanic Gardens. To expose children further into the Malay and Chinese heritage and culture, we have also introduced termly MTL Cultural Heritage day.
Apart from that, we have monthly parent-child activities as we feel the importance of parental involvement in the children’s learning. With your support, we hope that it gives your child the assurance to succeed and the courage to learn new skills.
Regards, Mdm Nur Afidah Suhaimi
Front Page: Principal’s Message/Dates to Remember Page 2: Nature Magnified
Page 3: Chinese New Year/Tea Session Page 4: Care for Family Page 5: Infant Rugrats Page 6: Toddler Smurfs
Page 7: Nursery 1 Duck tales Page 8: Nursery 2 Flintstones Page 9: Nursery 2 Chipmunks Page 10: Kindergarten 1 Titans
Page 11: Kindergarten 2 Ninja Turtles Page 12: Welcome!
Page 13: What Our Parents Say… Page 14: Try It With Your Kids!
Page 15: Parenting Tip – Parent Cue Page 16: Our PMVV
• MERCUMania
13 April (Sat)
• Good Friday (PH)
19 April (Fri)
• Labour Day (PH)
01 May (Wed)
• Vesak Day (PH)
20 May (Monday)
• Hari Raya Puasa (PH)
05 June (Wednesday)
• Teachers‘ Training
20 June (Thurs)
• Gretel and Hansel Theatre
• Mother’s Day
• Disposition Day
(Care for Community Helpers)
• Fieldtrip
• Malay Culture Week
• Hari Raya Celebration
• Father’s Day
• Superkinder Camp
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Kidz Meadow Childcare @ Buangkok (Blk 979c) Term 1, 2019 Newsletter
The launch of Nature Magnified programme was held at Singapore
Botanic Gardens for children from N2 to K2 from different centres.
Nature Magnified aims to instil the love for nature in the children.
Back at the centre, children created craftwork with items from
nature like twigs and leaves, played scavenger hunt and carried
out nature observations. This programme is conducted twice
weekly, where children will receive a badge upon completion of
all the activities in the termly passports. Do look out for the
parent-child activities too!
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KMBC held our Chinese cultural week and Chinese New Year
celebration to create the culture awareness in our children. The
teachers presented on Chinese cultures and beliefs. K2 children
had a short skit about the 12 Chinese Zodiacs. A variety of
activities were also planned for the children, including the infants.
Parents were invited to the annual Tea Session where they learned more
about the curriculum and the operation of the centre. Parents were also
introduced to the enrichment programmes. Apart from that, the teachers
planned activities for parents to experience how learning takes place in
the classroom through a mock lesson. Page 3
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This term’s Disposition Day, ‘Care for Family’ was held to show
awareness on how to care for their family members, especially the
grandparents. K1 and K2 children together with their family members
had a fun Family Day Carnival. In line with MERCU’s 20th Anniversary
theme of “Giving Back”, parents and grandparents from the four
Northeast Cluster centres were invited to the event. Proceeds from the
event were donated to Singapore Red Cross. Thank you to all our PSG
members who made time to assist in mending the fun booths.
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Ice Play!
The infants participated in “Ice
Play” activity. They were able to
explore by using their fingers to
touch the cold ice. This activity
helps to enhance their eye-hand
coordination.
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All About Me
For this term, children from Toddler Smurfs had fun learning about “My Body” and
also “My 5 Senses”. From dancing to handprint, these activities help to improvise
the children’s eye-hand coordination, social and emotional, and overall literacy. Take
a look at the pictures the teacher captured and see their great work!
Hand and Foot Printing Activity Art and Craft Lesson
Music And Movement
Mari mengenal nombor!
Murid-murid membuat aktiviti mengenai
nombor yang dipelajari iaitu nombor 1.
Mereka menggunakan warna cat untuk
mencetak jari telunjuk mereka mengikuti
cara menulis angka 1. Page 6
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In conjunction with the theme “Learning About My
Body Parts”, our Nursery 1 Ducktales made their
own creative masterpiece of Body Parts.
Kepala, Bahu, Lutut, Kaki. Sungguh gigih dan comel, murid-murid
melakukan pergerakan sambil
menyanyi dan belajar anggota badan.
Nursery 1 幼儿在新的学习环境中,学习认识自己的名字。知道自己华文名字怎么说。在名字上用贴纸贴上,锻炼幼儿的小肌肉发展。
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Ducktales
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中班的小朋友们通过学习歌曲《拔萝卜》,感受学习华文的乐趣,并锻炼幼儿大胆和自然的进行表演,同时体验与同伴做游戏的快乐。
Children were introduced to parts of plants like;
roots, stem, leaf, flower and fruit. Teacher brought
children to the garden to explore the plant. They
pointed and named each part of the plant.
Abu Ada Ayam…
Murid-murid belajar menyebut bunyi
vockal huruf sambil menyurih huruf
dengan menggunakan cat warna.
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In conjunction with the theme of “Back to
school”, the N2 Chipmunks, played a game
where the children had to match their teacher,
principal and class names to the questions.
中班的小朋友们通过手工学习图形:圆形和三角形,使幼儿增加锻炼动手的能力。并通过游戏来区分和辨别圆形,三角形。培养幼儿喜爱华文数学活动的兴趣。
Abu Ada Ayam…
Murid-murid menunjukkan
keberanian dan keyakinan diri
masing-masing sambil
membunyikan vocal huruf.
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1,K1的小朋友通过手工制作 来学习华人的新年文化。
2,透过活动中师生互动的体 会形成文化的认同和感受新年的欢乐气氛。
3,使小朋友能够关怀与尊重生活环境中的他人与文化。
Anggota Badan Saya
Murid-murid membuat aktiviti
berkenaan dengan tema iaitu
“Anggota badan saya”. Mereka
mencetak tapak tangan mereka
dengan menggunakan warna cat
pilihan mereka dan meletakkan
cotton buds di tapak tangan yang
dicetakkan sebagai tulang tangan
mereka.
In the activity, children
had a live reading
session in order to help
them blend the words.
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My Feelings
K2 children made an emoji crafty art using paper plate. They were delighted sharing their
feelings like “ I feel loved when I’m playing with my family and friends”, “I get scared when I see
a big dog” and “I feel sad when my cat is sick”.
Sekolah Saya
Murid-murid membuat aktiviti
berkenaan dengan tema “Sekolah
saya” dan melukiskan sebuah
sekolah menggunakan cotton buds
dan warna cat. Mereka melukis
dengan menggunakan teknik
Pointillism yang telah diperkenalkan
oleh guru.
了解华人在庆祝新年时,有舞狮表演外还有舞龙表演。让幼儿观看舞龙表演视频后,一起动手制作《舞龙祈福》。
史努比大班
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Teacher Nandhini
(Infantcare)
Teacher Siti Nabilah (Toddler)
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What Our Parents Say…
“My children never fail to share what they have learnt
in school. Special thanks to their teachers (Teacher
Gee, Teacher Razhel and Cikgu Mira). Other
teachers are special in their own way too.”
Mdm Tri Haryani, parent of Nur Eivva Denica &
Nur Eiffa Deniza (K2 Ninja Turtles & K1 Titans)
“Thank you to all the teachers involved in the nurturing and development
of our twins. We hope Adam and Auni will be well prepared for P1 next
year, with all the knowledge they are getting at KMBC. There were many
positive experiences, from the way the teachers care for the children to
the way they converse with us. Similarly for the administator, Mdm
Sharifah, who has been very helpful and attentive to our queries these
past years. More recently for our 3rd child’s transfer to KMBC.“
Mr Aidil, parent of Adam Ziqri, Auni Nuwairah & Adam Zafri
(K2 Ninja Turtles & N2 Chipmunks)
“Hilya enjoys going to school, to play and learn with her
friends. Her eczema condition has improved over time.
She loves all her teachers.“
Mdm Diyana, parent of Hilya Dahlia (N2 Chipmunks)
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Frozen Banana Lollies
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Method 1. Peel the bananas and trim off the very ends if you'd like them
neater. Then chop them each into 4 equal-sized chunks. Thread a
strawberry onto each lolly stick first, then push on the pieces of
banana.
2. When all your banana pops are made lay them on a baking tray
and put in the freezer, uncovered, for 1 hr.
3. Put the yogurt into a tall glass or jug then dip each banana pop
into the yogurt to coat (avoiding the strawberries), then place back
onto the tray to refreeze until set.
4. Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second bursts (stirring
after each blast) then pour into a mug. Dip the end piece of each
banana pop in the chocolate then sprinkle over the hundreds and
thousands.
5. The chocolate should set pretty much instantaneously, but you
can keep them in the freezer until you want to serve them for up to
1 week.
Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, August 2017
Ingredients 2 bananas
4 large strawberries
100g natural yoghurt
200g dark chocolate
1 tbsp hundreds and thousands
You will also need:
4 wooden lolly sticks
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 5 mins Serves: 4
Make for kids and big kids, too! These banana lollies with
chocolate, hundreds and thousands and strawberries are
great for a party or after-school treat
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Parents can never tell if their child is either too occupied or choosing not to pay attention. Regardless,
learning how to listen will be benefit children in the long run. People can learn by listening. In a
conversation, sometimes actively listening is more productive than actively speaking.
But listening isn’t just narrowed down to children listening to their parents. Listening is also a way of
identifying. The sense of sound is very important. Without hearing, life would be difficult.
Teaching a child how to listen from a young age is very effective. The following activities will benefit a
child in the long run.
Slow and fast This game activity is all about rhythm. Select a CD to play and have your child listen to various tempos of
music. Every time a fast song is played, ask your child to dance as fast as he or she possibly can. Then
play a slower song and ask your child to lessen the pace. Play a few songs of varying rhythms and see if
your child can pick up on the various speeds.
Going to bed and waking up This activity is a way to train kids about rising and falling. Grab your child’s favourite blanket and have him
or her pretend that it’s time to sleep. Tell them “goodnight” and let them pretend that they are
sleeping. They can even incorporate snoring if they want! Then after a few minutes or so, say, “good
morning!” and see how quickly they get up. Do this a few times until your child picks up on it. This works
as great training for them to get used to for when it’s real.
Clapping the rhythm This is a great activity that tests the attention of children. Ask your child to stand facing you. With your
hands, clap a certain rhythm and then stop. Ask your child to repeat what you just did. See if he or she
can duplicate your rhythm. It is up to you to determine the length and difficulty of each rhythm.
Animal imitations Although this may make you feel silly, it will get kids familiar with the various sounds of animals. From
making moo sounds to barking and meowing, your child will definitely find this activity fun and silly at the
same time.
Article from www.momswhothink.com/activities-to-help-kids-listen/
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PARENT CUE
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OUR CORE VALUES
Community and Parental Involvement We build a strong and trusting partnerships with the parents and the community to enhance the
development of the children.
Active Learners We understand that children are natural and active learners. Through project work, thematic and
integrated learning, they are given opportunities to explore, gather information and share
knowledge.
Resourcefulness We continuously upgrade our teaching and learning resources in enhancing children’s learning
experiences.
Excellence We strive for excellence in everything that we do.
OUR PHILOSOPHY We believe in providing an engaging and positive environment for the children to develop
their potential to the fullest in all aspects of development.
OUR MISSION Provide a quality and innovative programme that nurtures children to be socially responsible
citizens, active learners and thinkers.