Year 2009 is coming to an end... It is the time of the year where we reflect upon what has happened and the memories we hold in our heart. It is a fruitful year for me with the Nursery 1 children.
This year was the first time we embarked on adopting project approach curriculum in our centre and the children adapted well to the change and contributed to their own learning. Through the project approach, we were given the opportunity to work on various fun and interesting activities such as 'The Little Farmer has a Farm' class play and visited many interesting places on a field trip like the mushroom farm, the MRT station, the wet market and the zoo!
Through the year, the children have matured and learnt to be independent. We have helped many little children to be toilet trained and now most of them are able to go to the toilet by themselves without teacher's assistance. (: Good job! Children have also learnt to do simple things like feeding themselves and unpacking their bags every morning.
For many of us, this year was also the first time we performed on stage during the Year End Concert. This is also my first time choreographing a dance for a concert item. And I'm glad that it turned out successfully! After practicing it countless of times for the past 1 month before the concert, children remembered the steps so well that they can even dance to the concert song when I play it again in class now! Awesome!
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Now, they have all been promoted to the Nursery 2 class with me, Teacher Shirley, as their form teacher, and partner with Teacher Winnie and Zhang Lao Shi. I am pleased to be given the opportunity to follow the children up to Nursery 2 class for another year of fun learning and to make new discoveries together! With the new year, we have a new classroom setting where new rules will be in place to reinforce positive behaviours. Children will be given more opportunities to explore their likes/dislikes and gain confidence through more group sharing session to encourage them to be confident individuals. Parents, I thank you for the support you have given me through the year 2009. I hope that in the new year to come, we can continue to work hand-in-hand together to deliver the best childhood learning experience for your little ones. May you have a successful and wonderful 2010!Happy New Year! ((:Labels: Reflections
Love,
3:17 PM
A very belated
Merry Christmas to all my little ones and their families. I hope that you all had a great celebration filled with love and joy with your loved ones! On behalf of all the teachers, I thank you for all the little gifts and goodies you have given us, we really appreciated them.
We have been having so much fun together with the little Nursery 1 children during the december holiday progam! We had science week, art festival week, story week and christmas love week! Through these few weeks we have been out to several fun field trips as well!
Field trip #1: Health Promotional Board
Children attentively engaged in the cute puppet show on teeth cleaniness and they reinforced the importance of brushing their teeth at least twice a day.
Field Trip to the Singapore Flyer
We are all waiting for the guide to bring us on the Singapore Flyer! Look at all the little children's excited faces! ((:
All of them enjoying the wonderful view from the top!
Week 3: Story week - Peter Pan & Tinkerbell
Teryl, dressed as the pretty Tinkerbell
The Chan family (Didi and Meimei was shy to come up alone... so we had Jiejie to join them!)
Our little angel and devil! (by Esther and Xing Wu)
Lastly, we didn't know how Captain Hook and Peter Pan could be best friends!
Esplanade play: Farmer, Fox, Bird and other short stories.
Our children posing along with the actors of the theatre play!
And time flies... our little ones are no longer called the Nursery 1 children. Instead, they have been promoted to the... Nursery 2 class! Congrats! ((: You are big boys and girls now!
Labels: Field Trips, Holiday Program
Love,
9:50 PM
