This year, the K2 children are a privileged lot. They are the first group of children to sleep over in the new school. The day has come, 8 August when 102 children reported for the overnight camp in the new campus. Lagged with luggage and sleeping bags of various sizes, parents were anxious when sending...
A philosopher once said, “Change is the only thing that is constant in life” (by Heraclitus). Change is part of life, and thus we must be prepared to face it and the challenges that are brought by that change. Marymount Kindergarten had a vast change as the school had to transfer to its new location...
新加坡是一个多元种族、多元文化的国家，为了避免种族冲突重演，政府把每年的七月二十一日订为种族和谐日，提醒国民不分种族、语言和宗教，能够团结一致，为新加坡做出贡献。 在种族和谐日的这一天，我们幼稚园开设了庆祝活动，活动的目的是让不同种族的人了解其种族的文化，认识彼此的种族习惯，而且有不同种族的人跟我们生活在一起，我们可以学到不同的语言、习俗、历史，还可以吃到传统美食呢！ 让学生明白种族和谐的重要性，老师和学生们都穿着民族传统服装上学，体现了新加坡多元的种族社会文化。我们要彼此尊重，彼此学习，这样才能在一个和谐、美好的环境下更好的学习。
我们华文教学的基本原则是以幼儿为中心来开展各种教学活动的。我们采用的是主题式综合教学法。每个学期我们都会选择一个适合幼儿年龄特征的主题内容，并围绕这一主题从幼儿六大领域的发展来开展丰富多采的教学活动。 我们幼儿班的教学方式主要是从听、说、认、读、写五个方面来开展的。 除了在课室里进行多样化的教学活动，我们也会带幼儿走到户外，让他们观察大自然的奥妙，聆听大自然的声音，在轻松开放的环境中培养幼儿学习华文的兴趣。让幼儿在轻松愉快的氛围中逐步建立起听、讲华语的信心。 游戏是儿童的生命，也是幼儿最乐于接受的学习方式，因此我们非常重视采用多样化的游戏教学活动，让幼儿在游戏中感受快乐学习的乐趣。 聆听故事是幼儿非常享受的时刻，老师们通过精彩的故事读本，配以声情并茂的讲解，让幼儿在聆听故事中学到知识，感受华语的语言魅力，并陶冶性情。 “说”是学习语言的一项非常重要的内容，我们组织的“谈话圈”活动，让幼儿在与同伴的对话中学习如何正确的使用语言进行交流。 “认识笔画”是我们幼儿班教学活动的一个重要内容，也是教学的难点，为了培养孩子学习的兴趣，我么把用基本的笔画，来设计拼摆一些简单的汉字，让幼儿在游戏中主动发现和学习。 我们通过阅读本和儿歌手册来培养幼儿的认读能力。 学习语言一定不能离开它的文化背景，华族传统节日的教学也是我们日常教学的一个重要内容，比如华人新年、中秋节等，我们会通过节日庆祝活动、制作节日手工等多种多样的方式向幼儿传递的华族文化和历史。
K2 Field Trip to the Chinese Garden on 28 and 29 April 2014 Our field trip to the Chinese Garden was planned to increase the children’s awareness of China. The children were amazed to see the following: Terracotta warriors standing guard outside Chinese styled houses Sculptures of two stone lions Pagodas Garden of Abundance Statues...
In lieu with our theme “Transportation”, the nursery teachers decided to go on a field trip to Changi Airport on 24th and 25th April 2014. We believe that a school field trip to the Changi Airport would expand students’ knowledge as it builds on classroom learning. The week before the trip, teachers talked about the...
The K1 children from Peace, Joy and Faith classes kicked off term 2 with an interesting theme, “Birds and Insects”. The objective of this theme is to create awareness and understanding of various birds and insects in our environment. In order to make learning fun and interesting, children visited the Butterfly Park at Sentosa on...
Teachers and parents need to appreciate that learning is not an isolated practice nor it is only content knowledge and subject-based. It is about a whole –child concept. The whole child concept emphasises the complete integration of cognitive, emotional, moral, social and physical capabilities which play can cater to. Play is voluntary, meaningful, symbolic, rule-governed,...
爆竹声声辞旧岁！在欢歌笑语中我们迎来了万马奔腾的一年。 华人新年是华人的传统节日，也是华人最大、最受重视的节日。 华人新年历经15天，从初一到十五。这是一个举国欢庆的日子，也是家人相聚的日子，游子们从四面八方赶回来与父母家人团聚。人们在张灯结彩大肆庆祝的同时，也不曾忘记拿着两个桔子和红包互赠祝福，献出关怀。每个人都希望能在新的一年里带来“新年新气象”、“新年好运来”。 我们的学校也融入到这欢庆的气氛中。我们的孩子们做了一幅幅承载着美好祝福的春联；也用灵巧的双手做了各种各样的新年装饰品，用它们来“打扮”自己的课室。当然，孩子们也在课室里敲起了锣鼓，练习舞狮和舞龙，以便在庆祝新年活动时，更能发挥所学的技能。 除夕那天的庆祝活动更是把节日的气氛推向高潮。老师和同学们都穿上华人的传统服装，笑盈盈地庆新年。老师和同学们齐上阵，载歌载舞迎马年。 华文老师用曼妙的舞姿来贺新年，惊艳全场！中班及大班小朋友们妙趣横生的舞龙、舞狮及大头娃娃的表演，更是博得阵阵的掌声。小班的小朋友笑嘻嘻地双手合拢，恭喜大家马年如意！ 在欢愉之中，我们不仅感受到热闹的节日气息，更感受到传统习俗在潜移默化中根植到孩子们的心中，这才是过新年真正的意义所在！
We warmly welcome you and your child back to school after the year-end holidays. We hope you have a great time bonding as a family. For those who are new to Marymount Kindergarten, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Marymount family. We thank you for making Marymount Kindergarten a school of...
