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Parents’ Education Workshop: ‘Playtime! An Interactive Workhop on Good Manners’

be — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:42:15 +0000

Actions really do speak louder than words and parental role modeling helps teach children to be caring and kind. In fact, parents have the power to nurture, guide, show and instill kindness, responsibility and gentleness. Young children do not automatically use manners. Like apologizing and sharing, learning to use manners is part of a child’s social development and is best learnt through modelling and coaching, not by force. When children are polite, kind and honest, they develop character and also make their parents look good!

Good manners are important skills children should develop when they are young. After all, manners are beneficial for the rest of their lives. For children to be successful in life, they need to have social skills as well as academic skills. And if parents help young children learn polite and caring behavior, they will continue to use good manners and become more socially aware as they get older. Children become what they absorb around them. Be what you want them to become, and treat them the way you wish them to learn to be with others.

As such, Blossom organised an interactive ‘Playtime’ workshop on ‘Good Manners’ to help parents learn to educate their child with this ‘lifelong survival skill’ and learn tips on how to make learning manners fun! The workshop was conducted on the morning of 23 July 2011 (Sat) at Blossom Creative Centre (Bedok branch). The trainer, Ms Rosalind Yeow, is a trained facilitator for Parenting with Confidence and Playtime programs. She is passionate about proactive parenting and encouraging families to set a good foundation especially while their children are young.

All participants, young and old had loads of fun as Ms Yeow offered great advice for our parents and engaged the children in a myraid of fun activities to promote good manners among them. Besides having fun, she also gave parents some tips on how to instil good manners in their children. During the workshop, we learnt that teaching young kids manners is an on-going process. Try to be patient, and keep our expectations in line with what our child is capable of achieving at his/her age. Our time and patience will be rewarded every time he/she says “please” and “thank you”. The session ended with parents taking home valuable knowledge and tips for practising good manners with their children.

Every child is capable of age-appropriate manners. We cannot expect young children to be perfectly well-behaved all the time but we can get them in the habit of practising polite behavior early on. Children become what they absorb around them. Be what you want them to become and treat them the way you wish them to learn to be with others.

Learning Together….Laughing Together: Blossom Edugroup’s Annual Staff Workshop

Linn — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:13:43 +0000

Blossom Creative Centre's staff boogied into the judges' hearts with their tambourines, egg shakers and retro moves!

Focusing on improving on our curriculum and the all round development of children is of utmost importance here at Blossom Edugroup. More than that, Blossom also aims to develop camaraderie and good relationships among all its staff spread out across 4 different branches.

It is with this in mind that a staff workshop is conducted for the staff annually, where we come together to share ideas for improvement, get to know each and every staff and work hand in hand to seek continual improvement for all our centres.

Part 1 of the workshop was held at Blossom Educare Centre where the staff maintained a positive atmosphere of continuous learning. Each teacher had the opportunity to share with the rest, one lesson they have carried out in the class including the songs, visual aids, games and learning materials used. After listening, the rest of us took turns to share our comments and give suggestions on great lesson ideas and suggested improvements. Sharing ideas with one another also encourages teachers to try out various teaching methods and learn to be confident in their very own lesson deliveries!

Part 2 of the workshop was fun, fun and more fun! Over the years, we have had a retreat, an ‘Amazing Race’ like competition and a barbecue. This year, the teachers let our hair down and sang our hearts out at a Karaoke session. All the centres prepared a song and dance number which included 1 group performance and 1 solo item by a nominated budding talent! . Each
performance displayed creativity and immense unity among members of the group. Everyone had a blast watching their colleagues shed their usual proper and straight laced images into funky dancing and singing divas!

The highlight of the competition was the individual singing segment where each centre had their representatives strut their stuff. Miss Jin Xue from Blossom Educare and Teacher Susilawati from Blossom Creative Centre were no doubt, the shining stars of the day! The group prize was taken home by the staff of Blossom Creative Centre for their outrageous retro dance steps, led by lead singer, Teacher Susila as she belted out ‘Dancing Queen’ by Abba!

At the end of the day, everybody had loads of fun and totally agreed that it was good for the staff, teachers and the management to take time out to relax, laugh and bond with one another, in order to work cooperatively and get along harmoniously!

Germs, Germs, Get Away from Blossom Creative Centre!

Linn — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:35:24 +0000

The Health Promotion Board set out to send a message across to Blossom Creative Centre about hygiene through an animated role-play performance. The cast, made up of a trio, Zac, Didi and Katie Cat, were invited by the school to entertain the children with their hilarious antics as they taught everyone good hygiene practices through their ‘Germs, Germs, Go Away’ skit.

"Wishy, Washy, this is how I keep my hands clean and free of germs!"

The main aim of the performance was to instill and reinforce good hygiene habits to children while highlighting the don’ts as well. Zac , Didi and Katie Cat then proceeded to teach the children the proper steps to washing their hands before, after meals and play and reminded the children to cover their mouths while coughing and sneezing!

"Germs, germs, go away! Keep clean so they won't attack you!"

There wasn’t a dull moment in the act as the characters asked questions about personal hygiene, told jokes and sang the ‘Washy Washy Clean’ song together with the children. The children were thoroughly entertained and paid close attention to the trio as they acted out different scenarios of good personal hygiene!

And what could have been more appropriate in reiterating good hygiene practices than to present each child a souvenir bottle of ‘Lifebuoy’ body soap, for being the enthusiastic and keen audience they were. It was indeed wonderful to have Zac, Didi and Katie Cat visit Blossom Creative Centre that morning! Till then, all the teachers and children wait anxiously for the next Health Promotion Board skit!

Blossom Edugroup Curriculum Briefing 2011

be — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:25:06 +0000

Parents listened attentively as we explained our "Triple Track Syllabus".

Blossom Edugroup constantly engages in upgrading its teaching and learning curriculum in order to ensure that our children are provided with the most up-to-date pre-school curriculum. At the start of every academic year, we organise briefings for parents to highlight the salient features of our curriculum .

This year we conducted four individual centre curriculum briefings. In addition to providing an overview of our curriculum, the main objectives of this year’s briefings were to share the two key curriculum focal points: Blossom’s ‘Triple Track Syllabus’, the incorporation of different learning styles of children in the lesson design and reviewing the ‘Parent Partnership Programme’ which was introduced into the curriculum last year. Each briefing began with an overview of the curriculum presented by the Principal and the Supervisors. It provided an opportunity for the parents to familiarise themselves with the curriculum, as well as to have their queries answered.

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The presentation by the Curriculum Specialist highlighted the importance of taking into account the different learning abilities and learning styles of the children while planning each lesson. She detailed how Blossom has designed the ‘Triple Track Syllabus’ to cater to the different learning abilities of the children. She also highlighted the teaching approaches and strategies in planning lessons to cater to the Visual, Auditory and Kineasthetic learning styles of children. This ensures that every child in Blossom is able to derive the maximum benefit from the lessons.

Lastly, the principal ended the night by going through the results of our annual survey held in 2010 and sharing parents’ responses to the Parent Partnership Programme. It was heartening to note that majority of our parents welcomes the opportunities provided by the school to play a part in their child’s learning and finds the activities designed highly meaningful.

Germs Go Away!

bec — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:09:47 +0000

"Are my paws cleaned now?" Meow asked the children.

In November, the children were treated to a 30 minute skit organised by Health Promotion Board (HPB) when the casts of ‘Germs Go Away’ came down to the centre to engage the children with a fun and entertaining skit on keeping oursevles clean.

The first act featured Meow, the cat who did not know how to wash her hands properly. The funny trio kept the children entertained by showing them the correct procedure for hand washing. Questions were then posed to the children about the correct way of washing their hands. All of them answered the questions enthusiastically.

"Let me teach you the proper way of washing your hands, Blue!" says Yellow.

The next act featured ‘Blue’ and ‘Yellow’. Blue and Yellow entertained the children with “wrong ways” of washing hands which created a little din among the children! To ensure that the children wash their hands properly, Blue and Yellow taught the children a catchy handwashing song that they can sing along to while washing their hands!

At the end of the skit, the children were each given a bottle of hand washing soap too! What a clever way of driving home the importance of hygiene!

Learning about Road Safety this September Holiday

bec — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:42:35 +0000

"Weeee...this sure is fun!"

The children were off to the Road Safety Community Park this September for our holiday theme on ‘Road Safety’. In order to understand more about road safety, the children were introduced to road safety through story books and class discussions prior to the excursion.

At the venue, the children, parents and teachers were treated to a 10 minute video clip on road safety: the dos and the don’ts of road safety and traffic rules. Finally, the moment the children have all been waiting for came – riding on the go-carts!

Meet Blossom's future traffic enforcers!

The children patiently took turns to ride on the go-carts while the younger children had the opportunity to be pedestrians. Not only did the children had their go at the go karts, the parents and staff had their share of fun with the adult go karts too!

Wasting no time, the parents and staff hopped onto the adult go-carts and had a go peddling away! Children, parents and teachers were having a whale of a time going round and round the circuit! While having fun, the children were also reminded to observe road traffic rules and give way to their little pedestrain friends.

The wet weather could not dampen anyone’s spirits that day, as children and adults alike, walked away from the park, learning valuable lessons on road safety!

Chefs for a Day!

bbc — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:42:13 +0000

Let's listen closely to the trainer as she demonstrates the steps for preparing the muffin batter.

Here come the professionals from Cookie Monzter, equipped with aprons, chef’s hats, whisks, metal bowls, plastic spoons, syringes and more! Cookie Monzter arrived at Blossom Berrykidz to bring culinary baking lessons right up to our door steps!

Soon enough, together with our parents and teachers, the children busied themselves measuring and sifting, mixing and whisking together! Through this baking session, the children picked up valuable life skills while having loads of fun. They patiently went through the entire process of breaking an egg to forming a batter and later to decorate the entire baked muffin.

For most of them, it was their first hands-on exploration on simple everyday life skills things like breaking an egg , sifting flour and stirring a batter. Although it was a messy process, the experience the children went through was certainly something special and unforgettable!

Johanson and mummy take a break from stirring to smile for the photo!

Some of our parents also shared that it was fantastic idea to allow the children to have a taste of baking from scratch and exercising their imagination to decorate! At the end of the tiring but fruitful day, the children were delighted as they brought home a beautifully decorated muffin.

The children also received a photo certificate for successfully baking and decorating their very own muffin! Once again, a BIG thank you to all the parents and grandparents who took the time to join Berrykidz and little ones in this baking workshop!

Delicious Desserts for Dear Daddy!

bcc — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:12:50 +0000

All prepped and ready to take in instructions from the trainer to start baking!

To celebrate Father’s Day, Blossom Creative collaborated with ‘Cookie Monzter’ to whip up a personal, baked from scratch themed surprise for daddies, titled “My Daddy’s Car!” As research has shown that fathers play an important role in a child’s personal development and proactive fathers bring about a positive impact on a child’s success story in life, our school jumped at the opportunity to organise a parent-child activity and was delighted to invite the men of the houses to roll up their sleeves and join in the fun baking and decorating muffins with their little ones…

With flour and baking materials strewn all over the table tops, it was a messy but very productive baking day in school. Coupled with all the daddies who took time-off from work to give support to their little aspiring baking chefs, Blossom Creative transformed into a mini bakery churning out tantalising muffin after muffin! The most endearing part was watching the daddies put in their best effort in assisting their child/children perfect the art of baking!

Many parents expressed their appreciation to the school for taking the initiative to plan this activity where busy daddies could spend quality time with their children out of their own homes and in the school, a home away from home. And needless to say, we teachers, together with the kids and daddies, all had a jolly good time baking and decorating the muffins together! A BIG hug to all parents who made time to participate in this activity with your precious lil’ ones!

Have a peek at our fabulous Father’s Day bake session!

Storytelling at Your Neighbourhood

bdc — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:27:03 +0000

Learning to interact as part of a community is an important lesson for children. At Blossom, it is part of our teaching curriculum to help our little ones understand that everyone plays an important role in forming a community.

The classroom is the first community that many children belong to outside of their family. In many ways, it is a microcosm of the larger community and by learning to function as a part of the classroom community, children can then take these same skills and apply them to the larger community.

As such, we are honoured to work hand in hand with our friendly neighbourhood library by inviting a librarian over to Blossom Discovery Centre to be our storyteller for a day! Let the storyteller engage your child, weave a web of enchantment and transport your child from their everyday world into the world of imagination and fantasy!

All children between the ages of 4-6 are welcome!

Date: 22 Jul 2010 (Thu)

Time: 9:00am – 9:30am

Venue: 3 Chartwell Drive Singapore 558708 (Click HERE for the map)

Price: FREE admission (Pre-registration needed)

Age: 4 to 6 years old

To Register:
Contact Mrs Khoo-Ang Siew Ling @ 6284 3320 OR
Email: siewling@blossomedugroup.com.sg

Join us for Blossom’s Curriculum Briefing 2011

现场指导烘制松饼

bdc — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:25:24 +0000

为了庆祝父亲节,培养亲情和增进家人之间的凝聚力，我校特地邀请蛋糕师傅来我校现场指导制作父亲节蛋糕。六月八日早晨，虽然天空下起了蒙蒙细雨，但一些家长还是兴高采烈地带着孩子们陆陆续续地来到学校。活动开始了，蛋糕师傅先跟大家讲解制作蛋糕的步骤，家长和孩子们都听得非常认真。

然后蛋糕师傅让家长和孩子们一起按照步骤来动手尝试制作蛋糕，大家都很积极地参与，和面、打蛋，搅拌……忙得不亦乐乎。蛋糕终于出炉了，家长和孩子们看着自己的劳动成果，开心地笑了。看起来真不错，尝一尝吧！

家长和孩子们品尝着自己亲自动手制作的蛋糕，个个脸上都露出了满意的笑容。在此活动中，通过家人一起合作，增进了他们之间的感情，非常有意义。我们期盼着下一次的亲情活动。

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