YMCA SCC @ Sengkang Green
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: HIROSHIMA PEACE LANTERN 1
NATIONAL DAY (1)
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(2) (1) Li Xuan is carefully placing cutouts for her lantern. (2) Hailey quietly choosing the color to outline the words on her lantern.
Every July, YMCA SGSCC students have always given time and effort to make peace lanterns in memoriam of the bombings during WWII in Japan. Once all the lanterns are ready it will be shipped to Japan. In that way, we are with them in spirit as we pay tribute to the pain that the Japanese had that day.
HAPPINESS @ HORT PARK 2
STORYTELLING COMPETITION 2
MOE KINDY BUDDY 3
SPEECH & DRAMA 3
FUN WITH CRAYONS 4
DELIGHTFUL DECEMBER 5
AWESOME OUTINGS & WORKSHOPS 6
SHOOT THAT BALL! 7
THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR 8
P! & P2 students showcasing their flags as a sign of patriotism.
Abel is gladly showing his patriotism through art.
This 2016, Singapore’s National Day theme is “Singapore: Building A Bright Tomorrow.” The students made flags and a collage that consisted of Singapore’s famous structures such as the Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer.
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Venus and Yi Ting are excited to start their national day collage!
P1s and P4s giving their sweetest smiles in spite of the tiring yet fun walk.
P2s and P3s staying positive even after a long walk at the park Below: Ms. Ng & Ms. Vivian together with Ferlin’s parents celebrate a victory through a snapshot.
The 2016 YMCA storytelling competition was our 4th time participating and we had the highest number of participants from our centre. We had 12 contestants in all during the preliminary rounds. It was a great joy for the teachers to see our children’s enthusiasm and diligence to master the presentation of their stories.. They demonstrated a high level of commitment and responsibility in preparing for this event. Our teachers also worked hard to encourage and affirm their concerted efforts. We rejoice to see that the joint efforts of the children and teachers paid off when our centre was awarded the First Prize for the Upper Category (Primary 3 to 6) to Ferlin Fang from Primary 3. The story she told was entitled “Sticking Together” which is one of Aesop’s fables. Indeed, it is a great honour to our centre to win a first prize for the first time. Our other 3 contestants, Goh Guan Rui (Pri 4), Cliff Lee (Pri 2) and Lim Yi Jun (Pri 2) also displayed their best in the semi-finals. It is very encouraging to see our children growing and thriving in developing their storytelling skills. We would like to acknowledge and thank the support of our contestants’ parents who were present at the YMCA Headquarters to cheer us on.
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Back to Front: Valen & Adam are enjoying the conversation with their newly found pals.
In October, YMCA SGSCC worked hand in hand with MOE Kindergarten for a Buddy Event. The upper primary pupils guided the kindergarten children to buy food from the stalls and chatted with them to enhance their social skills.
Joseph is teaching his buddy how to buy food from the stalls..
P1s reciting the poem, “The Frogs.”
On 27th and 28th of December each primary level participated in our mini speech and drama. The P1s performed a verse chorus entitled, “The Frogs”, and the P2s presented a play called “The Selfish Giant”. The upper primary students carried out back – to – back stories on the first day. P4s presented “Peter and the Wolf” which teaches about being truthful and the P3s performed a story about cooperation entitled “The Stone Soup.”
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P2s proudly showing their crayon art entitled “Future Me.”
L – R: P1s Jun Hei, Avril, Gloria, Basheera, Hailey, and Caelyn exhibiting their hot air balloons.
Sarah is creating patterns for BENTO
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L – R: Kevan, Heng Jun, and Nigel pretending to pose for a print ad of their travel poster saying, “Travel More, Explore More, Learn More”
L – R: Ethan, Avril, Xi Ming, Angel, Qi Xun, & Cedric proudly presenting their very own travel poster.
In this lesson, the pupils discovered the treasures from the past by learning about the different cultures and natural heritage sites all over the world.
During this week, the kids had a grasp of what musical instruments are all about. Alyna is testing out her pan pipes made of straw.
Right: Clariz and Wan Yi displaying their habitat collage
L – R: Chanel and Tee Weng are carefully but competitively roll ing the egg to finish first.
On 24th November 2016, 55 students from P1 – P4 watched the Disney Movie: MOANA. It is about a young navigator Moana, the daughter of a Polynesian tribal chief, who is chosen to find a precious artefact that could save her people. She teams with demigod Maui to locate a legendary island, and together the pair explore fantastic lands and encounter incredible sea creatures .
Several P1 & P2 students excitedly yet patiently awaited the movie screening of the Disney animation “Moana.”
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Yu Xiang has happily collected soft balls to load the toy machine guns!
(L) Enya, Vallerie, (R) Xi Ming, & Zung How testing out how airplanes fly through a balloon and a string.
Below: Nigel & Joseph having so much fun at KIDZ AMAZE!
D E C E M B E R
Kashmin excitedly slid off the medium - length slides.
Above: Clariz, Wan Yi, & Trina climbing up from the tricky maze ladders.
Alden & Mitzy
L – R: Faradinah, Guan Rui, Nigel, Edison, Trina, and Wan Yi acted as ambassadors (different roles )during the tour to better understandithe process of water filtration.
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On 5th October 2016, YMCA SGSCC launched its last enrichment of the year which is BASKETBALL.. The children had 12 lessons wherein they learned about the proper way of dribbling, passing, and shooting the ball. Coaches Gary and Laurenz patiently taught the children and finished it off with a friendly match.
Edison is practicing his skills in dribbling.
Ashlyn is showing off her smile and her basketball skills.
Brandon is about to chest pass the ball to his partner.
Coach Gary is teaching Sabrina how to manipulate the ball.
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UNSCRAMBLE the WORDS to FIND OUT WHAT 2017 has in store for you. 3) ROCHLA STBEA 2) HCNISEE EWN REYA 5) CMYA TNGOIU 4) STERAE 1) PCU STCKIAGN
c/o Sengkang Green Primary School 15 Fernvale Road Singapore 797661 Tel: 6447 8661/ 9835 0538 Email: sgscc@ymca.edu.sg 1) Cup Stacking 2) Chinese New Year 3) Choral Beats
4) Easter 5) YMCA Outing
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