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Blossom’s Year End Staff Workshop

bec — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:05:58 +0000

Identifying good and bad rubrics

The main focus of Blossom’s second staff workshop of the year was to review the assessment rubrics being used in the children’s progress reports found in our e-profiling. The preparatory work began a couple of months prior to the workshop with the training for subject coordinators and the review of the entire set of rubrics for each subject for all the levels from Playgroup to Kindergarten 2. On the day of the workshop, following a brief training, detailed discussions were held with the teachers from the different centres teaching each of the subjects, during which necessary amendments to the rubrics were decided. These changes will be incorporated into the assessment rubrics for the next year.

At Blossom, we constantly review and update our curriculum. The second half of the staff workshop was set aside for reviewing the curriculum in 2011. The teachers are given two curriculum review forms for the subjects under their purview, one in the first half of the year before the subject meetings and the other during the second half of the year before the staff workshop. The teachers will reflect on what they have taught and highlight any problems or issues with the syllabus and suggest possible solutions or amendments to be made to the curriculum.

: Identifying good and bad rubrics

Subject meetings are also held to gather all of the teachers’ feedback. During the workshop, the teachers and the subject co-ordinators reviewed the curriculum for the whole year, while incorporating the amendments suggested in the two curriculum review forms as well as the subject meetings. With this, the curriculum for the following new year is finalised.

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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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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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.

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!

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!

‘One Moment of Glory’ for Blossom Berrykidz and Blossom Creative Centres

Linn — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:57:05 +0000

Grooving to a Mexican tune!

Blossom Berrykidz Centre and Blossom Creative Centre commemorated our graduating classes of Kindergarten 2 children by once again, holding a Graduation Ceremony cum Concert in December 2010. This time, the concert was held at the DBS auditorium.

The event kicked off with a speech by Blossom Edugroup’s principal Mr Lawrence Lim, as he addressed the milestones Blossom Edugroup has reached through the year as well as, new projects and developments it will undertake in 2011. The concert officially commenced after that, with the graduating classes taking center stage!

Following the graduation ceremony, our emcees for the day did a fantastic job of welcoming the audience and introducing each centre’s individual items. The theme for the evening was ‘One Moment of Glory’, where our children got to showcase their talents as they put up fabulous individual class and enrichment peformances for the audience! The ever sporting audience which consisted of proud parents and family members cheered on they waited for each item with anticipation and cheered on all our little ones during their performanceswith enthusiasm!

Stomping their way into the audience's hearts!

An array of performances by our little ones from both centres included some crowd favourites – Chinese Recitals by the Kindergarten 1 children and the ever popular Ketchup and Mexican dances by the Nursery 2 children!

The STOMP inspired item by the Kindergarten 2 kids was a admirable attempt at working on their concentration and coordination, getting the right beats using sticks, chairs and other recycled materials! Their stage presence and captivating moves kept everyone cheering and clapping in awe!

It was truly a proud moment for parents, children and teachers alike! See you again in 2011!

学会生活, 使生活更精彩!

bec — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:02:40 +0000

用我的小手将水果串一串。哇，水果真好吃！

生活本身就是大课程，不论是在日常生活中还是在模拟的生活情景中，从小引导孩子学习自己动手做事、动脑思考解决问题、学习与同伴合作、共同分享等等，都是非常重要的，这样慢慢地让他们学习如何独立。我们的生活课程包含：个人自理能力、自理活动、烹饪、小肌肉动作的技能以及品德教育。

烹饪——人们都说嘴巴馋是孩子的天性，我们认为，吃是人的第一需要，吃什么、怎么吃，可就大有学问。这个学问就要让孩子们从小就懂得探寻。我们通过烹饪课程，不但引导幼儿学习涂抹、搅拌、煎、榨、等技能，让幼儿学习自制三明治、水果、蔬菜沙拉、果汁、煎鸡蛋、煎饼等，还使幼儿了解这些食品的营养成分，教育幼儿从小认清绿色食品，吃健康食物。

瞧！我的小手很能干吧！

玩沙、玩水——孩子是非常爱玩沙和水的，因为它们可塑性强，能发挥孩子的创造力。玩水游戏可以让孩子认识水的性能，丰富有关水的知识，获得愉快和满足。玩沙幼儿可以激起幼儿的想象力和创造力，以及解决问题的能力。通过玩沙、玩水，不但可以加深幼儿对沙和水的感性认识，还可以引导幼儿的玩的过程中，练习各种技能，如：摇、舀、等，更好地发展幼儿的小肌肉技能，从而让我们的教育真正体现在轻松玩，快乐学。

品德教育——孩子们在成长过程中，会遇到各种各样的问题，从小树立他们的自信心、在与他人一起时懂得轮流，懂得尊重他人、知道和同伴如何保持积极互动的关系，我们一般通过讲故事，表演故事，模拟日常生活情境等方式引导幼儿学习。生活是一种实践、一种参与，也是一种体验。教育要利用生活，教育要使幼儿学会生活，教育是为了生活得更美好。

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.

Cheery Christmas Greetings from Berrykidz!

bbc — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:02:58 +0000

Lukas passes the hat to Manan during the relay "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer".

Blossom Berrykidz celebrated Christmas with games, food, friends, and tonnes of fun! A simple but activity-filled celebration was organised to celebrate Christmas – the joy of sharing, giving and spending priceless time with friends and family.

The celebration kicked off with a christmas movie which tickled everyone’s funny bones and geared the children up for the next round of fun and excitement! Different games were prepared for each age-level, providing opportunities to develop cooperation, sportsmanship and friendship among our children.

Maia completes the Snowman Puzzle on her own. Great job, Maia!

After a round of entertaining games, the children started an endless chatter as they could not contain their excitement as they waited patiently for their turn to receive their Christmas presents.Last but certainly not the least, the festive occasion would not be complete without food! Teachers and children had a jolly good time feasting on yummy treats which our parents lovingly took time to prepare.

Berrykidz would like to extend a big thank you to all the staff and parents who have given their time and continued support to make this Christmas celebration a fun-filled and memorable time for the children.

Till the next Christmas, everyone!