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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.

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!

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!

Best Staff Award 2010

Linn — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Way to go Aunty Foo!

The Blossom Edugroup 2010 ‘Best Staff Award’ went to Aunty Foo Kwee of Blossom Creative Centre! Aunty Foo undoubtedly deserves Blossom’s best staff award as her good working attitude can be witnessed and is often admired by all the teachers and the management of Blossom. She goes about quietly getting her job done conscientiously, takes great pride in her work and carries out her duties without hesitation.

A hardworking individual, she is very thorough in her cleaning duties and does not need to be reminded to carry out her assigned duties well. With her positive work attitude, she has definitely brought the standard of our centre’s health and hygiene up. Possessing a cheery disposition, she also does not hesitate to help the teachers in assisting their classes and be a hands-on contributor to the well-being of the children in our centre.

A worthy recipient for the Best Staff Award 2010, we would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank Aunty Foo for her immeasurable dedication and commitment to Blossom! The management would like to wish her many many more happy years of working with Blossom!

Best Staff Award (Sep 2008 – Aug 2009)

BlossomEduGroup — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:01:29 +0000

Mr Lawrence Lim, our Principal presenting the award to Aunty Teng Moi

Aunty Teng Moi received Blossom’s Best Staff Award 2009 for her tender care, patience and love shown to our children and the exemplary performance, dedication and teamwork displayed.

She is a responsible and diligent team player who has demonstrated good time management to juggle between the roles of a cleaner cum assistant teacher efficiently.

As a cleaner, she takes full responsibility of making sure that the centre’s hygiene and cleanliness is of ‘tip top’ condition. She even takes the initiative to help to paint the classroom and the common area or even doing some gardening work, which is not under her areas of work.

Due to the tender care, patient and love she renders to the children, she is always the ‘Ah Ma, Ah Yi’ of all toddlers in the centre. Children look at her for comfort and security, as if she is their grandmother or close aunties.

Teng Moi loves every child in the centre and treats them fairly and equally.

Healthy Mind, Healthy Body – Staff Workshop

BlossomEduGroup — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:19:36 +0000

What better way to recharge our tired bodies than fill our hungry stomachs with food, LOTS OF IT! One big smile for the camera please, before we dig in!

This year, with a healthy lifestyle in mind, a yoga session was organised for the staff at True Fitness. Everyone, including the aunties came all prepared in their fitness gears, ready for a thorough mind and body workout.

It was a breeze for some staff who have practised yoga and for the rest of us, our bodies certainly felt the “aftermath” the next day! After the gruelling session of contorting our bodies into all sorts of poses, a sumptuous spread of lunch awaited us!

The day ended with a sharing session of Blossom’s philosophy and reflection of our first exercise experience together. What an “exerciseful” day!