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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL
CONTENTS
Pg 2: Mother’s Day Celebration
Pg 3: Parent’s Workshop
Pg 4: Little Sunshine
Pg 5: Terrific Toddlers
Pg 6: Thoughtful Threes
Pg 7: iN2resting
Pg 8: little esK1mos
Pg 9: Sixth Sense
Pg 10: I Love Chinese
Pg 11: Bahasa Melayu
Pg 12 & 13: Discovering Nature in Botanic Gardens
Pg 14: Care For Environment Day &
I Am Eco-Knight! by NEA
Pg 15: Biodiversity Week - Hershie the Hermit Crab
Pg 16 - 19: Project Approach - KMBR fights back
for Wildlife
Pg 19: June Project Approach – Fieldtrip to the Zoo
Pg 20: Cultural Week ‘Budaya Kita, Warisan Kita’
Pg 21: Teacher’s Training
Dear Parents,
We hope that you have enjoyed reading the first issue of our newsletter in Term 1. In this issue, we will share
with you the children’s learning journey and their recent June Project Approach, which covers the broad theme
‘KMBR Fights Back for Wildlife’.
We had also organised a Cultural Week on ‘Budaya Kita, Warisan Kita’. This is a new initiative in 2017,
where children will embark on a week of cultural awareness, a week before the festive season. For example, the
children learnt more about Malay traditions and customs, and various types of Malay music and dance. We hope
that you will continue to support us as we work hand in hand to make our children’s learning journey more
enjoyable and meaningful.
Our KMBR team has been working hard in planning for lots of exciting and purposeful activities and learning
journeys for the upcoming Term 3. We would like to seek parents’ consent in allowing your child to participate.
If you have any enquiries or feedback, do email to me at [email protected] .
Regards,
Mdm Ninah Khader
PAST EVENTS
1 April (Sat): KMBR Tea Session
17 April (Mon): Fieldtrip to Botanic Gardens
20 April (Thu): Environment Day
22 April (Sat): Parents Workshop: KMBR Goes Wild
5 May (Fri): Mother’s Day Celebration
19 May (Fri): I Am Eco-Knight!
9 June (Fri): Fieldtrip to Singapore Zoo
16 June (Fri): Father’s Day Celebration
30 June (Fri): Hari Raya Centre Celebration
UPCOMING EVENTS
21 July (Fri): Racial Harmony Day Celebration
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MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION
Card-Making & D.I.Y Lip Scrub
This year’s Mother’s Day Celebration was unique and
special as only fathers were invited, not mothers. The
children and their fathers created gifts for the queens
of their hearts. Fathers were sporting and contributed
much to creating the special gifts with their little ones.
Mothers were definitely surprised! It was a memorable
experience for the children as their fathers participated
in this activity with them at school.
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PARENT’S WORKSHOP KMBR’S INDOOR GARDEN GOES WILD
The aim of the workshop was to involve parents in the SSDB
Initiative that KMBR is currently embarking on. Thank you
parents for attending the workshop. We hope that the
terrarium making activity had made you more like a gardener!
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LITTLE SUNSHINE Babies grow and develop their speech and
language when they are born. Starting with
babbling, these will turn into words and then
sentences.
Look at them! They enjoy bonding with their
caregivers as we enhance their language skills
through singing nursery rhymes and
communicating to them frequently.
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Touch & Play They curiously touched the sensory board and
played with the sensory bottle that we provided
to improve their sensory skills.
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“Learning environment can make or break a child.”
― J Greenman
During Discovery of the World, children
learnt to scoop water and observe items
that sink and float. They were excited as
we heard them saying “Oww” and “Wow”.
As our theme is on ‘Food’, toddlers
had a chance to explore and learn
about the different kinds of food.
They smelled different fruits, played
dress up and even manipulated with
spaghetti as part of sensorial activity.
TERRIFIC TODDLERS
Toddlers were exposed to activities which
enhance their development holistically.
We had cookery lesson in Week 5 of
the month. Children had fun assisting
their teacher in mixing and stirring!
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THOUGHTFUL THREES! In Term 2, the Nursery 1s were exposed to the theme, ‘All Around Me’. The sub-themes were ‘Milk &
Water’, ‘Food’ and ‘Fruits & Vegetables’. Children were engaged in a lot of sensorial and cookery
activities such as making banana chocolate sandwiches, fruit salad and fruit kebab. They portrayed
curiosity, showed interest in learning and participated actively in the classroom activities.
“Box to bag!” To commemorate “Care for
Environment Day”, children brought
boxes to school. In creating awareness
on recycling, teachers led the children
to make a sling bag using the boxes
they brought.
“Sensorial & Exploration”
Children were engaged in the activities using the materials given at the Sensory & Exploration Interest
Area such as ‘Seed Shakers’, ‘Fruits Galore’ and ‘Fragrant Bottles’. They used their five
senses - taste, smell, sight, hear and touch when doing the activities.
The Making of “Fruit Kebab”
Activity: Seed Shakers Activity: Fruits Galore Activity: Fragrant Bottles
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The N2s learnt the importance
of eating healthy food. Through
an interactive game, they
recognised the different
food groups.
What makes our city fresh and beautiful?
Children discovered one way of keeping it
colourful. What else, but by being gardeners
of their own little garden. Now, be prepared
for our budding gardeners!
Yes! We can start
in our own little
space and even in
little recycled
pots!
Cookery time! We not only make a healthy
dessert, we also make it yummy. This ‘Dirt
Cup’ may not sound appetising but this yogurt
dessert is a sure way to make you happy :)
Let's keep on going healthy with
physical activity! Run...or rather
swim away sharks!
Our little bug friends beautifying
our place with our eco-friendly
recycled egg cartons. Page 7
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MY FAMILY & NEIGHBOURHOOD In Term 2, children learnt topics about family, the people in the
community, places in the neighbourhood and healthy eating.
There was an overwhelming response for the Parent-Child Activity. As such, more
children were able to take part in the Show & Tell session every alternate Fridays.
Teachers have seen positive changes in the children’s attitude. There is also
improvement in their verbal language. Do continue to support us for future Parent-
Child Activities as your support contributes to the children’s learning development!
IGP 2017 TIGERS
Children applied graphing skills that they learnt in this term, into voting for the animal of study that they
would like for their Innovative Guidance Project (IGP). The majority, 8 out of 9 children, voted for
tigers. As an introduction to the project, children made tiger masks and learnt the ‘Tiger Boogie’, an
adaptation of Animal Boogie with specific lyrics created just for tigers by the children. Through this
song, they learnt the movements of the tigers as well as a brief description of a suitable habitat for tigers.
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SIXTH SENSE
My Favourite Recipe
During the Public Speaking lesson in May, the children
presented on their favourite food and the recipes. There were a
variety of recipes such as Egg Mayo Sandwiches, French Toasts,
Chicken Rice and Singapore’s favourite breakfast, Nasi Lemak.
What was interesting about the lesson, the children exchanged
thoughts and opinions about the different dishes. They were able to
point out the similarities and differences between the dishes. For
example, they pointed out that in Chicken Rice, the rice is cooked
with ginger and garlic but in Nasi Lemak, coconut milk and pandan
leaves are used.
Save My World
The focus for the Innovative Guidance Project (IGP) is
on endangered animals. Children have been exposed to
endangered animals through storytelling and Music and
Movement. The K2 children has chosen elephant as their
animal focus. Throughout the remaining journey of IGP,
children will have more exposure and awareness about
elephants and their habitat.
For a start, children made an elephant headband craft to
be used during Music and Movement lesson. They
danced along to the song ‘Animal Boogie’ which
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“一、二、三、四”
毛笔字
薄饼
小班的幼儿学习了汉字“四”，知道这个字的笔画顺序及每个笔画的名称。
我们爱吃“福建面”
我爱华文
大班的幼儿在学习写毛笔字的过程中认识了毛笔和墨汁，并能够写出自己的名字。
中班的幼儿对华人传统食物有了一定的了解，并在学习后制作了喜欢吃的薄饼。
四月，豆豆班的幼儿学习主题是关于食物。在学习的过程中，幼儿不但认识了各种各样的华人食物，也亲手制作了“福建面”。
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Budaya Kita, Warisan Kita
Pada penggal ini, murid-murid diberi
pendedahan terhadap budaya
khususnya tentang majlis perkahwinan
orang Melayu. Aktiviti membuat kraf
seperti songkok, bunga telur, bunga
manggar, bermain kompang menerusi
lagu ‘Kompang Dipalu’ dan juga
bermain peran.
Sebagai lanjutan dari aktiviti lukisan
batik pada penggal lalu, murid-murid
mempelajari akan kegunaan kain batik
menerusi buku, ‘The Amazing Sarong’.
BAHASA MELAYU
Tema
Penggal 2 memberi fokus kepada tema
‘Keluarga’ & ‘Kejiranan’. Aktiviti termasuk
berkongsi tentang keluarga mereka dan
bermain peran dengan pelbagai pekerjaan
yang ada. Mereka juga mempelajari tentang
jenis makanan dan cara pemakanan sihat.
Murid-murid kemudian mempelajari tentang
warna menerusi aktiviti ‘Treasure Hunt’ yang
memerlukankan mereka untuk mencari objek
yang berbeza warna di sekitar kelas.
Mereka juga menggunakan bunga manggar
sebagai salah satu bahan bagi aktiviti ‘non-
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Storytime with Sara at Jacob Ballas Children's Garden
The Toddlers, N1 and N2 children attended ‘Storytime with Sara’ at Jacob Ballas Children's
Garden’ programme which included an outdoor walk in the garden. They had a fun-filled
storytelling session, and explored the garden, with an up close and personal experience with
plants featured in the story.
After the programme ended, the children did on-site activities and had their snacks at
the open area in the garden, just like having a regular picnic!
The fieldtrip to Botanic Gardens was an introduction to the Start Small Dream Big 2017
(SSDB) initiative, ‘KMBR’s Garden Goes Wild’. From the fieldtrip, children learnt
about the importance and uses of plants, and discovered various species of plants.
They were taught to show care and respect for the living things in the environment.
DISCOVERING NATURE IN SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS
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DISCOVERING NATURE IN SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS
Let's Discover Plants and Animals
The K1 and K2 children attended ‘Let’s Discover Plants and Animals’ programme that allowed them
to experience the biodiversity in the garden. This programme was especially chosen to help children to
have better transition when they embark on the Innovative Guidance Project (IGP) partnership
with Singapore Zoo.
Apart from plants, children came across many animals in the Gardens such as birds, frogs, squirrels,
butterflies, dragonflies, ants and earthworms. They even saw a monitor lizard! With the help of a tour
guide, they discovered fascinating facts about wildlife in the Gardens and picked up tips on respecting
them in nature and the environment.
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Care for Environment Day
KMBR celebrated ‘Care for Environment Day’ where
children engaged in various activities to develop a sense
of appreciation and awareness to care for the environment.
Children sang along to the song ‘Save My World’ and also
recited the Save the Environment pledge. They learnt
about the importance of caring for the environment
through the story, ‘Captain Green - The Sick Day’.
To further enhance their awareness on recycling, children
did craftwork using recycled materials relating to growing
plants which is also part of our Start Small Dream Big
project, a ‘Recycle Garden’.
I Am Eco-Knight!
The existing “I’M AN ECO-KNIGHT!” is an
environmental outreach programme for preschoolers
targeting on different environmental topics and
encouraging them to become environmentally caring
individuals.
The programme aims to instill good environmental
practices among young children, covering various topics
such as resource conservation, dengue prevention and
climate change, and encourage them to take ownership
in protecting the environment.
As we embark on the SSDB project ‘KMBR Goes Wild’
where we focus on recycling and gardening, KMBR
chose the topic on resource conservation which included
the 3Rs and its practices. Children learnt various ways
that they can apply at their homes and even outdoors by
identifying the neighbourhood recycling bins.
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KMBR participated in the biodiversity week
with ‘Playtime with Hershie the Hermit Crab’
initiated by NParks which focused on
Singapore’s intertidal wildlife. They watched
a video about a hermit crab named Hershie, as
he journeys in search of a new shell.
In addition to watching the video, an
interactive sticker book that follows Hershie’s
story was provided. The teacher also planned
other interesting and engaging activities for
children to better understand and learn about
the intertidal biodiversity.
Kindness Day was celebrated as an occasion for
Singaporeans to come together in celebration of
kindness and graciousness. The yellow gerbera that
children made is a symbol of appreciation and a
perfect way to send love and show gratitude to
people whom they treasure. Infants doing craft
‘’Kindness Day SG Special
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In June, the children learnt about conserving endangered animals. The Toddlers learnt about
jaguars; N1 - orangutans; N2 - Golden Lion Tamarin; K1 – tigers and K2 - elephants. For the
children’s Second Language lesson, they learnt about tortoises.
As the K1 and K2 children embarked on the IGP, other levels had the opportunity to experience
it as well when they went to the zoo to observe the animals as part of their project.
Nursery 1 – Orangutans
The N1s were introduced to the
endangered animal, Orangutan. They
were engaged in lots of craft activities
related to the topic. It also helps in their
fine motor skills development. Their
teacher also prompted them with open
ended questions which stimulates their
creative thinking skills.
Toddler - Jaguar
The toddlers were introduced to the endangered
animal, Jaguar. The children did a lot of group
activities such as spray painting, collage and
blocks play. These activities provided them an
opportunity to know about the animals and at the
same time enhanced their developmental skills.
Nursery 2 - Golden Lion Tamarin The N2s were introduced to a monkey
that looks more like a lion, hence the
name Golden Lion Tamarin. The
children enjoyed imitating the monkey.
They also engaged in various activities
such as comparison with other species
of monkeys, which hone their critical
thinking skills. Page 16
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Kindergarten 1 (Tigers)
The K1 children find learning
about the different species of
tigers in the world intriguing!
They now know that tigers
have variation of fur tones.
The children now realise the
impact of tiger poaching and
understand the importance
of conserving wildlife.
The K2 children can now
differentiate between
Asian and African
elephants. The teachers
shared on the habitats and
the differences in the
physical appearance.
Most importantly, the
children are aware of why
elephants are endangered
animals.
Kindergarten 2 (Elephants)
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Chinese Language (Giant Tortoise)
乌龟
Malay Language (Giant Tortoise) Murid-murid diberi pendedahan kepada kewujudan kura-
kura yang berbeza dan cara memuliharanya agar ianya tidak
pupus. Dengan adanya projek ini, mereka mempelajari
tentang habitat dan sebagainya, Bagi mengakhiri projek
mereka, mereka menyiapkan ‘Tortoise Shell-ter’ mereka
sendiri.
Children were exposed to the existence of different types
of tortoises and its differences. They learnt about its
characteristics, habitat and ways to conserve them so
that it will not extinct in times to come.
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As a follow up to the June Project, children went for a
fieldtrip to the zoo. Children were given opportunities to
observe the endangered animals and learnt interesting facts
about them.
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A week before Hari Raya, KMBR
organised a Malay Cultural Week -
‘Budaya Kita, Warisan Kita’. The infants
and childcare children were exposed to
the different Malay traditions and
customs, including delicious Malay
goodies such as pineapple tarts and
honey cornflakes.
Infants participating
in Cultural Week
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On 2 June, a mass training was conducted for all MERCU staff at HQ
2nd SCDF Division in the morning and had a curriculum briefing at
KMBC by the Quality Assurance and Product Development departments.
Teachers, SMILE!
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