Y Green Delights YMCA SCC @ GREENRIDGE NEWSLETTER YMCA SCC @ GREENRIDGE NEWSLETTER July to December 2016
YMCA Student Care Centre in Greenridge Primary School began its operations in January 2016. It has been a year since…how fast time flies! Our students who came to our centre with curiosity and wonder were met with loving arms and care! We are very pleased to share that they have blossomed to become conscientious students! A big “Thank You” to all our parents and students for your continuous support! We strive to serve you even better in the coming year 2017!
Contents 1) Introduction 2) In-house Enrichment Programme - Junior Engineers @ Work - Choral Beats 3) Sep School Holiday Programmes - Junior BMT Camp - Our Nation’s Heroes 4) Dec School Holiday Programmes - Theme: Out at Sea Pirates – Raiders of the Sea - Theme: Friendship Movie: Trolls! - Theme: Endangered Animals River Safari
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Happy New Year!!
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In-House Enrichment Programme Term Three – Junior Engineers @ Work We were delighted to have Instructors from an external vendor to teach our students about Robotics! They had super fun in putting together the Lego bricks and the electronic components to work and what excitement it created when the robots starting working!! Term Four – Choral Beats
Junior Engineer Hamizah (P4)and her robot
Choral Beats was conducted in Term 4 as part of the weekly enrichment programme. Students were taught the principles behind Rhythm and Rhyme. Not excluding the children made their own instruments using household items such as tissue boxes, beans and bottles. With all that music, we had to have Sing-alongs as well! Our students were so inspired that we had them bring along their own musical instruments to play for us!
Our students learning how to play their DIY tambourine
Our upper primary students showing off their Cup Song skills!
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PAGE 3 June School Holiday Programmes Junior BMT Camp Workshop Our little soldiers discovered how it felt to be an Army Personnel! They had cameo paint on their faces and learnt how to throw a make-believe grenade! How impressive! They did leopard crawls and saw the rations that our soldiers had to eat while outfield in the field…It got them to appreciate the hard work of being a soldier for sure! Our Nation’s Heroes! Keeping up with the Theme of Soldiers… our teachers created presentations on our different Defence teams! It was heart- warming to see the look of pride on our students’ faces as we described and related the importance of our Armed Forces, Navy, Civil Defence, Police and Airforce. The students realised that each team hold a tremendous responsibility in keeping our country safe and sound!
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December School Holiday Programmes Week 1 – 2: 21 Nov to 2 Dec Theme: Out At Sea
Our little pirates posing in their DIY costumes!
It’s Michael (P1) against Renee (P2) on the plank!
How many of us have imagined ourselves to be pirates when we were young? It’s time to let our students be one now! How exciting to go across the ocean without getting our feet wet! Yahoo!!
We arranged for a two-day adventure workshop ‘Pirates! Raiders of the Seas’ on 28th and 29th November 2016. Going on a treasure hunt and walking the mathematical plank, students learnt how to create their own map using a self-made geo board and they also made their own compass. Additionally, the students learnt about the wonders of the ocean and the millions of marine animals and plants species! Week 3 – 4: 5 Dec to 16 Dec Theme: True Friendship, Real Happiness
Adillah (P4), Qian Ning (P3) and Jing Hui (P3) designing their own seascape with cupcake liners.
Friends are an important part of everyone’s lives and having them increases our chances of being happy! Students learnt about the building blocks of friendship through better social skills. We imparted knowledge and techniques on how to be confident, sociable and kind to others. We aim to make our students develop genuine friendships that last a lifetime! To bring the theme closer to our students, we brought the students out on a movie outing to watch Trolls! They had fun joining two Trolls called Poppy and Branch on their journey full of adventure and mishaps to rescue their friends! Group photo after the movie!
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PAGE 5 Week 5 – 6: 19 Dec to 30 Dec Theme: Endangered Animals
Everyone eagerly waiting for their entrance tickets!
Do you know that there are only about 3000 tigers left in the world? Tigers and thousands of other endangered species may soon become extinct. Our students enjoyed themselves during the learning journey to River Safari, where they had the opportunity to come up close to over 6000 animals! They learned more about what is causing animals to be endangered and what they can do to save and protect these endangered animals.
↑ Looking into the peephole to see some amphibians
Marvelling at the sight of the unusual fishes!
Our students at Kai Kai and Jia Jia’s home.
“I’ve never seen this fish before!”
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Upcoming Events in 2017 Centre Closure Date
Day
No. of Days
10-Mar
Fri
1
Staff Training
SCC Closure
16-Jun
Fri
1
Town Hall & Staff Training
SCC Closure
Term
Enrichment Programme
1
Sport Stacking
2
My Fun Crayons!
Event
Enrichment Programmes
Centre Programmes Dates
Programme
27-Jan
Chinese New Year Party
10-Feb
Parent – Teacher Meeting
YMCA SCC @ Greenridge c/o Greenridge Primary School 11 Jelapang Road Singapore 677744 Tel: 6219 5431 H/P: 9674 5807 Email: grscc@ymca.edu.sg
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