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Blossom Aspiration Centre @ Bartley

bac — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:22:19 +0000

From January 2012, a new Blossom child care centre is opening at Bartley. Blossom Aspiration Centre LLP, which is located at 26 Serangoon Avenue 1, is about 1km away from NEX shopping mall and the Serangoon and Bartley MRT stations.

It is operated by Winnie Pang and Seet Chong Ghee who love children and have been involved in child development in various ways. They would like to create an environment to inspire learning in children and help them realise their dreams of providing quality care and education to children.

On 10^th Dec 2011, parents of existing children were invited to the first Meet-the-Parents session. It was delightful to see the excited parents looking forward to the new centre’s opening. The session started with an in-depth sharing of the Blossom curriculum, followed by other discussions on physical upgrading, transition timeline and administrative matters. Some of the plans for physical upgrading are a new coat of paint for the interior and extra fittings such as fans and lights, giving the centre a fresh new look! There was also good feedback from parents who highlighted several areas of improvements so as to make the centre a more conducive environment for learning.

The registration for enrolment in calendar year 2012 has started. The new Blossom Aspiration Centre has certainly opened up more opportunities for Blossom Edugroup to grow. We aim and truly hope to remain the preferred choice for quality child care and pre-school education!

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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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!

Blossom Discovery’s Relocation to Lorong Chuan

bdc — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:00:38 +0000

A make-over for Blossom Discovery @ Lorong Chuan!

In July 2011, Blossom Discovery relocated from its old premise at Chartwell Drive to Lorong Chuan. The new premise underwent extensive renovation with the aim of becoming the model setup for Blossom’s group of childcare centres.

Apart from a new coat of paint for the interior and exterior, extra fittings such as fans, lights and furnishings were added to give the school a brand new look. Existing fire safety installations were also upgraded to meet the latest fire safety regulations. To increase the overall capacity of the centre, extension of the basement was carried out too.

Have a look at our bigger outdoor space!

The relocation to Lorong Chuan has enabled Blossom Discovery to grow not just in size but in numbers too! The centre is now licenced to accommodate a full capacity of 52 children up from 44 children! Our children have settled in very well and have gone on to make many new friends and interact with new staff and teachers. The new premise has also brought much joy to our children as Blossom Discovery now boasts a bigger outdoor play space with more playground equipment, complete with a mini garden too!

The new Blossom Discovery has certainly opened up more opportunities for Blossom Edugroup to grow. Through this relocation, it has enabled us to reach out more to the public and provide evidence of our effort to continually seek to improve and upgrade ourselves. We aim and truly hope to remain the preferred choice for quality childcare and preschool education!

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!

Stand to Win Educational Prizes Worth More Than $300

be — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:59:31 +0000

This contest has ended as of 23 Sep 2011 (Fri).

What will I win?

When is the contest?
Duration: 3 Sep – 23 Sep 2011
Closing date: 23 Sep 2011 (2359hours)

What do I have to do?
1. Be a resident of Singapore. This contest is open to anyone, except employees and partners of Blossom Edugroup Pte Ltd and its advertising agency.

2. Please furnish your particulars as follow:
a. Name as in NRIC
b. Address
c. Mobile

3. Please self-collect prize at the designated Blossom centre.

4. Acknowledge that a photo of you collecting the prize will be taken and used as a part of Blossom’s marketing materials that may appear on Blossom’s website and/or at Today’s Motherhood.

How do I enter this contest?

Simply answer 3 questions about Blossom Edugroup and furnish your particulars at Today’s Motherhood

Terms and conditions
1. Incorrect or incomplete entries will be disqualified.

2. Winners will be notified by email and/or SMS.

3. All prizes are non-exchangeable and non-refundable.

4. The organizer reserves the rights to use the winners’ particulars and photographs for publicity purposes without prior notice or compensation.

5. The lucky draw will be held at Blossom Edugroup Pte Ltd on 26 Sep 2011 (Mon).

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