YMCA Student Care Centre @ Kuo Chuan Newsletter July 2016 – December 2016 t
Warm greetings from the teachers. A BIG HELLO TO ALL PARENTS & CHILDREN! We hope you have enjoyed the first issue of our Newsletter. Thank you for joining the YMCA big family and the opportunity to work as one for the children that we love dearly. As we usher in the New Year; we hope for many more fond memories and fulfilling time together with you and your children. May peace, love and joy be with you throughout the year!
In this issue, we will be sharing with you the exciting events and programmes that took place. This includes our very first Junior Entrepreneur Programme, Y Master Chef, and other exciting programmes which we hope our children enjoyed. But before all that, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the proud winners of the Good Behavior Award. This award is presented to children for being on their best behavior.
June 2016
Left to right: Leow Zhen Yu Kazuo and Pee Siew Le Ken.
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The Good Behavior Award goes to
Leow Zhen Yu
Kazuo (Lower Primary category) and Pee Siew Le Ken (Upper Primary category).
The votes cast by the teachers for the boys were unanimous. We agreed that they demonstrate tremendous effort in putting on their best behavior. THREE CHEERS FOR THE BOYS!!!
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Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) The JEP aims to promote a spirit of social entrepreneurship by exposing the children to the challenges of starting a small enterprise. Held once a year, children work in teams and ignite their entrepreneur spirit to raise funds to help others who are less fortunate than them. The funds raised were donated to charitable organisations identified by Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School.
Above: The lower primary children hard at work preparing the sales items.
Above: The boys peddling “Candy for the children”
behind the scene… Prior to the actual sale, our children were hard at work promoting and preparing the sale items. We are deeply touched by the tremendous effort and dedication the children put in to make JEP a huge success. We would like to take this opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks to the children.
Left to right: Clara Leung and Lee Yi En “ Betterfly to eat!!!”
“A BIG THANK YOU, CHILDREN” Above: The entrepreneurs.
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Above: The girls promoting the sales items to their friends
Left to right: Choy Ezer, Kelsey Tanudjaja, Su Richelle Vickie, Choy Issac, Amelia Dina and Lee Yi Heng promoting the JEP project during assembly.
Above: The lower primary children showing off the sales items for “Drink & Help”. -2-
Y-Master Chef . Each term has its own uniquely themed enrichment programme. In term 4 we had “Y Junior Master Chef” This is definitely another platform for the children to demonstrate their creativity.
A trip to Pastamania… In order to spice up creativity, we brought our aspiring chefs to Pastamiania @ Nex.
The importance of healthy eating and consuming the right amount of nutrients was introduced and inculcated in the children.
Above: Puah En Kai focusing on cutting his hard-boiled egg.
Above: Micole Tang not forgetting to smile for the camera.
Above: The children cooking up a storm at Pastamiania @ Nex.
Above: Tan Jian Yu looking like a master chef
The children enjoyed the hands-on experience and learnt about food preparation. Cooking is FUN!!!
Above: Asher Chiam “YUMMMMY!!!”
Above: Ethan Koh’s pizza looks delicious
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HAPPY Children’s Day This is a special day for our children and definitely a day to celebrate. The children had a Pizza party, a movie treat and a little gift from the teachers.
December School Holidays During the December school holidays, various holiday workshops and outings were planned for the children. Below are pictures of some of the programmes.
Charlotte’s Web @ KC Arts Centre Charlotte's Web has been a classic tale and the friendship between Charlotte and Wilbur illustrates a positive, powerful, loving and true friendship for children.
Do-it-yourself Ice Cream Making Workshop @ Snow City
Above: Children beaming happily for the picture.
Above: Children mixing the ingredients for the ice cream.
Above: Children posing with the Charlotte’s Web structure.
Future World: Where Art Meets Science @ ArtScience Museum The children’s presence and participation brought the sixteen spectacular art installations to life and evolved in real-time. Above: The boys waiting patiently for their PIZZA.
Left to right: Teo Zi Xuan, Pee Siew Le Ken and Darius Lim freezing the ice cream mixture with liquid nitrogen.
Above: Children outside ArtScience Museum. Above: Children smiling for the camera.
Children are our most valuable resources and our best hope for the future.
Above: Children savouring the ice cream they prepared.
We sincerely hope that the children had a fun and fulfilling 2016. See you in 2017!!!
HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY!!! -4-