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欢度儿童节

bbc — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:57:32 +0000

我们一起去游乐场啰！

期盼已久的儿童节又到啦! 花萌百乐中心的小朋友们开心极了！

十月五号一大早，他们们就高高兴兴地来到了学校，因为今天老师要带大家一起去游乐场游玩，有些孩子的家长也来了。瞧，我们兴高采烈地出发啰！来到游乐场，小朋友们以百米冲刺的速度冲向游乐天地。有的去玩滑梯，有的去玩索道飞人，有的去打球，有的去骑车……啊，真是高兴极了！

让我们来比一比，谁的服装最美丽？

欢乐的时光总是很短暂的，一上午的时间在小朋友们的嘻笑玩闹中不知不觉地溜走了，大家意犹未尽地离开了游乐场。明天小朋友们还要参加儿童节的庆祝活动呢！

在老师的带领下，小朋友们在一起猜谜语、玩游戏，进行拼图比赛和服装表演，别提多开心了！祝所有的小朋友们，儿童节快乐！天天快乐！

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Best Staff Award & Long Service Award 2011

bcc — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:58:33 +0000

Many thanks for your hard work and dedication, Teacher Jasline!

Blossom Edugroup’s 2011 ‘Best Staff Award’ went to Teacher Jasline of Blossom Creative Centre!

Teacher Jasline possesses a cherry disposition and is a diligent worker who cooperates well with colleagues and management and often lends a hand to everyone. Besides having a good teacher-child relationship, she has also developed great rapport with parents, regularly updating parents of their children’s progress and development. She also does not hesitate to help the teachers in other ways other than assisting the class and be a hands-on contributor to the well-being of the children in our centre.

A fantastic assistant teacher, she has proven to be an asset in whichever class she helps assist. A firm educator who is experienced in assisting the main teacher in class management, she is able to train our younger children in self-help skills and assist the teacher in helping the form teachers deal with behavioural issues in class. Using her initiative to engage the children in music and movement, she is also a wonderful teacher who dotes on all the children and is excellent in adjusting new children. The children in her classes love her very much and so do all their parents!

Congratulations Teacher Geetha! We wish you many more happy years working at Blossom!

A worthy recipient for the Best Staff Award 2011, we would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank Teacher Jasline for her immeasurable dedication and commitment to Blossom and to the children and parents of Blossom Creative Centre!

Next up, we also took the opportunity to honour the only receipient of 2011 Blossom Edugroup’s ‘Long Service Award’! This award went to Teacher Geetha of Blossom Creative Centre! A hearty congratulations and a big thank you for her hard work and dedication towards the children and our organisation through the years!

The management would like to wish Teacher Jasline & Teacher Geetha many many more happy years of working with Blossom!

September Holiday Programme

bec — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:27:45 +0000

"We just cant wait to start baking!"

The children of Blossom Educare embarked on a “baking” journey with Chef@Cookery Studio to bake cupcakes and doughnuts this September.

The K1 and K2 children travelled to Chef@Cookery Studio to try their hands at baking cupcakes. While there, the children listened attentively as the trainer introduced step by step instructions on cupcake baking and watched a video demonstration too!

"Hmmm...how should I decorate my cupcake?"

The children couldn’t contain their excitement and chatter while they waited patiently to lay their hands on the ingredients and start creating their very own cupcake masterpiece! Everyone was thrilled to have the opportunity to bake and decorate their own cupcakes from scratch! What fun it was decorating the cupcakes with marshmallows, M&Ms, rainbow-coloured sprinkles and so many many more!

Viola! What a surprise the teachers had when they saw the lovely creations the children made for themselves! Each child’s masterpiece was a rainbow of colours and looked absolutely mouth-watering too!

"Let me try the marshmallows."

Our younger ones weren’t left out on this baking adventure of course! The trainer from Chef@CookeryStudio made a special trip down to our centre to conduct the baking class for our little ones! This time, the children had a go at decorating doughnuts! Each of them were given a plain to decorate. Such fun they had decorating the dougnuts with various chocolate dips and sugary snacks!

What a finger-licking good time the children had as many were seen licking off chocolate syrup from their fingers! Some were also busy popping the decorations into their mouths while busying with the decoration! Such splendid time the children had as they exercised their 4 senses of touch, taste, sight and smell through this hands-on activity!

Yakult~健康之旅

bbc — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:17:53 +0000

来，让我们和益多在一起拍照留念吧！

九月金秋，阳光灿烂，蓝蓝的天空白云朵朵。Yakult,健康之旅，我们出发了！

Yakult为家长和小朋友们播放了肠道健康知识动画片，带着小朋友在人体的“肚子”里进行了一次奇妙的旅程。通过这轻松愉快的形式，让小朋友对人体的健康科普知识有了初步的了解，也为每位参观的小朋友和家长准备了新鲜的维它精饮品和精美的健康涂色册，小朋友可以通过给健康涂色册填涂自己喜欢的颜色，既锻炼了小朋友的动手能力，又增加了对肠道菌群健康知识的认知，培养了小朋友从小就懂得关注自己身体健康的意识。这些礼物深受小朋友们和家长的喜爱。

哇，益多乳酸菌真好喝！

沿着“参观通道”一侧的落地玻璃，维它精的整个生产过程一一尽现，在这里你不会错过任何一个生产细节。我们不仅能将生产过程尽收眼底，还能与维它精专业人员进行沟通，了解更多关于乳酸菌和肠道的健康知识。

了解了维它精作为肠道的守护者，为人体健康所起到的促进作用。参观通道的尽头，几乎所有人都发出阵阵感叹，对于益生菌对人体的健康所起到的作用，有了更深地了解。相聚总是短暂的，短短的半天活动时间，大家都意犹未尽。临别之时，大家纷纷拍照留念。带着一份健康，带着一份祝福，踏上回返的路。

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Occupations: Blossom Discovery’s Cook and Cleaner Play Special Roles

bdc — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:59:02 +0000

Aunty Goh (left) demonstrates how to crack and beat an egg.

Aunty Goh shows the children how to cook the perfect scrambled egg!

Term 3 has ended and the school holidays are here again! In September, Blossom Discovery Center to the holiday theme ‘Occupations’. First up, we were introduced to the occupations found in our very own school eg: teacher, cleaner and cook

To be introduced to the jobscope of our school’s cook and cleaner, the children had the opportunity to watch the aunties go about their daily routines (ie. preparing meals for the day, and cleaning the school.) For a cooking demo, the children from Playgroup, Nursery 1 and Nursery 2 witnessed the aunties in action as they demonstrated the art of frying a perfect scrambled egg, followed by a step-by-step demonstration of cooking a wok full of mouth-watering fried rice!

: Aunty Helen demonstrates the proper way of cleaning a table before getting the Kindergarten children to take turns trying out various cleaning activities.

For the older children, they were introduced to a cleaner’s jobscope! For this, Aunty Helen was roped in on the action as we got her to explain to the children the importance of being responsible and learning to play a part in keeping the school clean. Aunty Helen demonstrated various cleaning tasks as she explained the importance of maintaing a clean and hygienic environment for us all! Preschoolers will learn responsible habits more easily if they are given a set routine early on and understand that chores a part of everyday life. You’ll be amazed by how much pride and self-reliance preschoolers gain from undertaking simple daily chores.

A BIG THANK YOU to Aunty Helen and Aunty Goh as they took time out to introduce their daily responsibilities. The children had the golden opportunity to learn to appreciate all the hard work and efforts the aunties put in on a daily basis to ensure the smooth running of our school. Great job, Aunties! You’ve been excellent teachers for the day and role-models for our children!

Outdoor Fun with Nature

bdc — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:09:02 +0000

Rachael braves herself when called upon to place the plantlet on top of the culture board at the nursery greenhouse.

Blossom Discovery was all set to have an adventure on our very own home grown hydroponics farm and butterfly lodge at Oh Chin Huat Hydroponics Farm located at Yishun. The clear blue sky that morning brightened up each of our spirits as we journeyed towards the farm. We started the day at the ‘Harvesting Centre’ where a farm guide led us to the trimming, weighting and packing of the fully grown vegetables before delivery to the supermarkets.

The children and teachers learnt that the farm grows six types of vegetables including Kangkong, Chye Sim and Xiao BaiChai as well as 10 different types of herbs such as Italian basil, mint, Italian parsley, thyme and Stevia. The best part of the farm tour was a visit to the Cold Room (4 to 8 degree Celcius) which resembles a walk-in giant refrigerator. he farm. Here, the farm produces are stored to keep them hydrated so that the vegetables stay fresh before delivery.

The farm tour ended with an outdoor classroom with a fascinating show and tell session conducted by our affable guide. During the presentation, our children were encouraged to experiment with hydroponics at home using a cut up water bottle and some Kangkong seeds. The session wrapped up with a simple question and answer session. Those who answered the questions well had reasons to smile as they walked away with some healthy-looking potted plants!

"It's freezing! Let's stay together to keep our bodies warm!"

To end the eventful day, the children were introduced to butterflies at the butterfly lodge. Our guide took us through the butterfly’s life cycle, from miniscule eggs deposited on host plants, to the caterpillars’ metamorphism, their pupation and finally their transformation into beautiful butterflies. The children were fascinated at the sight of an Autumn Leaf caterpillar crawling up the leaf of a potted plant whereas some eager enthusiasts stayed closely at it just to catch a better view. A butterfly quiz had the children vying for plant prizes including some butterfly host plants.

"Look at the caterpillar crawling on the leaf!"

All of us, young and old had an exciting and fun-filled time exploring the beautiful butterflies up close and personal. It was truly an interesting place worth visiting and an experiential learning venue for all of us! To top it off, the participants were each given two packets of leafy Kangkong home accompanied with a folder of activity worksheets for the children to attempt the quizzes to reinforce what they’ve learnt at the farm back at their own homes!

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.

Of Aeroplanes & Occupations @ Changi Airport

bcc — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:49:54 +0000

"Let's take a look at the various features of Changi Airport, K1s!" says Teacher Jet

Blossom Creative Centre’s children and teachers headed to Changi Airport Terminal 3 to learn more about ‘Community Helpers’ as part of our June school holiday program. The children explored the airport and were introduced to the various occupations that can be found at the airport eg: pilots, flight attendants passenger service agents and other airport staff work. Some of airport ground staff even spoke to the children and introduced various parts about their jobs as the teachers guided the children in understanding the display monitors which informs people of flight arrival and departure timings. The children were amazed when informed of the estimated number of people passing by the airport each day!

"Welcome to Changi Airport Terminal 3!" says a friendly airport staff

The teachers also took this valuable opportunity to fill the children in on the nature of the various community helpers’ jobs and introduced all the facilities that can be found at the airport. The children were amazed when informed of the estimated number of people passing by the airport each day!Besides the fun experience riding the sky train to terminal 2 and back to terminal 3. The children were super excited to have an aerial view of Changi Airport’s surrounds, including the control tower.

Hang on tight little ones, before the sky train moves off!

After the train ride, we went to the viewing gallery where they got to see the aeroplanes moving and preparation for their next flight. We even managed to catch a glimpse of an aeroplane landing! Through the many information panels at the viewing gallery, the children acquired a lot of information about the Changi Airport such as its origin, how it was started and who were the people behind it. We also saw miniature models of different kinds of aeroplanes used at the airport and only wished we could take one home! We also learnt that these aeroplanes not only transport people to different places, but also animals and how they are being transported.

To sum up an enjoyable and meaningful excursion, the children went to the activity corner where they enjoyed colouring pictures of the airport and different aircrafts, completing some puzzles and playing at the playground. It was indeed a long but meaningful day for the children!

In search of NEWater!

bec — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:08:28 +0000

Learning takes place with online games!

Upon arriving at the NEWater Visitor Centre, children and teachers were warmly welcomed by all the staff and were quickly ushered into the auditorium where we watched we watched a short clip on the importance of water, sources of water and saving water.After watching the clip, there was a question and answer session and some online games for the children to attempt before heading on to the next activity lined up just for Blossom Educare!

Next, we were introduced to water distillation. The children listened attentive as the guide explained the distillation process through videos and computer graphics. The guide patiently explained and showed us pictures of the step-by-step process in creating NEWater at the NEWater factory.

Water is precious, let's learn ways to conserve it!

Did you know that there are four stages in which water gets distilled as NEWater? They are: Microfiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultraviolet Disinfection and Water Conditioning. After the introduction, majority of the children needed little help in remembering the four stages! Way to go, kids!

Through this excursion, children and adults alike walked away with new found knowledge on the essence of life, WATER! We also learnt the many ways in which to save water and all start with each and everyone of us! Last but not least, we were duly reminded that water is precious and to save and use it wisely!

Smart Berrykidz Kids have Strong Bones & Healthy Teeth!

bbc — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:12:48 +0000

Here comes SMOO the mascot, entertaining the audience with his cow antics!

What can be more thrilling for little ones to learn about the importance of strong bones and healthy teeth than through an animated story-telling and presentation? For the March holidays, Berrykidz took a trip to the Health Promotion Board (HPB) where they experienced an interactive workshop entitled, “Bright Smiles, Strong Bones”. This workshop aims to educate the children on healthy habits and diet to ensure they grow up strong and healthy, with a bright smile!

Featured act was a catchy presentation where the facilitator showed brittle chicken bones and soft egg shells. This illustration portrayed weak bones and teeth. It served as motivating factor for the little ones to keep their teeth and bones healthy and strong. To promote a healthy diet among the children, foods which are high in calcium were also shown.

“Mmm, yummy!” exclaimed the children as they feasted on their healthy snacks.

The highlight of the excursion was when the SMOO cow mascot came out to greet everyone! The children could not contain their excitement at the sight of the life-sized cow mascot, cheering him on as he came out on stage. Next up, was a question and answer segment followed by a round of fun and exciting games, as children engaged themselves with new facts about keeping healthy and strong.

To end the fun-filled day, Berrykidz had a self-exploratory tour around HealthZone as they played enthusiastically in the recreational area and walked about looking at the health related exhibits. Before heading back to school, they enjoyed a cup of healthier Magnolia ice-cream at the garden terrace and each brought home a packet of SMOO milk.
It was indeed an eye-opening experience for the children as they learned the many ways to keep a healthy lifestyle while enjoying healthier versions of their favourite snacks. Till next time!