Celebrating Learning through Celebrations
International Mindedness: The
children in the K 1 Pandas class promoted internationalism by celebrating different
festivals in the class and being inclusive and embracing peers of all nations,
languages and cultures. Celebrations
like these help to increase children’s awareness and sensitivity to the
experiences of other cultures.
The parents also contributed by
participating, organising, executing these celebration events and helping us
understand their culture better!
Chinese New Year – It was a
visual treat to see our children dressed in vibrant, colourful Chinese attire.
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| Chinese New Year Performance |
Book Week - As part of Celebration, many
parents came to our class and read stories in
their mother tongue.
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| Book Week- Children dressed as their favourite characters. |
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| Parent reading a story in Korean to children. |
Earth Day- The
children in K 1 Pandas class celebrated by taking action. They used the recycled
material to make musical instruments for our school assembly. They felt that it
was a good choice to use non-toxic and eco friendly things.
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| Earth Day- Children using recycled Yakult bottles to make shakers(musical instruments). |
Japanese festival Hinamatsuri and Children’s day- The
children had a fabulous and informative session. The children enjoyed the
pictorial representation of the Doll festival, singing the songs associated
with it, listening to the story, tasting Japanese snacks and
finally the origami session!
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| Japanese Children's Day- Japanese mum was extremely appealing and animated in her explanations and the children paid rapt attention. |
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| Japanese parents sharing about the Doll festival followed by an origami session. |
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| Japanese parents sharing snacks during Tanabata Festival. |
Hari Raya- Children had great fun
clapping and dancing to the Malay tunes.
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| Hari Raya-Children dressed in traditional Malay costumes. |
Racial Harmony Day – The
children celebrated Singapore as a harmonious society built on a rich diversity
of cultures. Everybody including the teachers dressed up in their beautiful
National costumes.
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| Racial Harmony Day |
National Day – On 8th
August, the order of the day was red and white enthused with National spirit
and love for Singapore.
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| National Day Assembly |
Celebrations help
children to be Open Minded, understand different perspectives and understand
that people speak different languages, have different cultures and beliefs that
need to be treated with respect.
Asmita Sharma
K1 Teacher
Etonhouse
Pre-School, Newton
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