This month, we launched a few projects that involve parents active participation in educating the Child.

1. My Reading Journey:

Reading is a very good way to train children's right brain and left brain. We shall believe children at very young age, even infant stage, have the brain power to recognize words.

Reading involve very active brain activities like linking text to the real objects and imagination.
In order to cultivate a good culture of reading and encourage children to read more good books, we started a reading programme.
Every Friday, teacher will select a book based on the children's level for children to bring back the book and read together with parents.
The following Monday, every child will have to bring the book back and read to teacher and other friends. Children are very excited to get a book from
school and be proud of sharing the book with parents and other friends. Teacher will reward them with a big hug, a lot of encouragement and a sticker they
Like. Some children become more interested in reading and tried their best when reading to teacher. Great job, keep it up.

2. My First Dictionary
Making a dictionary is quite fun and it is a great experience to work out the alphabets and related words together with parents. The first batch of
A to E have returned, some work show very interesting creativity and personality of our children: Well done!

National Day Celebration--08 August 2008

One of the big event of the month is National Day Celebration. Knowledge about out country, country flag and other culture are the theme of the month.
We also celebrated the national day in the form of a mini sport day, followed by a small party at school on 8 August 2008. Children were playing games like balance running, musical chair. They had great fun on that day.

2. Birthday Party
This month, we witnessed the growth of our young children and celebrated their two years' birthday at school. It is great to see them growing up and making marvelous progress every day.

Happy Birthday Laurianne and Kieren!

Some Shot of The Study Moment

INCREASE IN INFANT / CHILD CARE SUBSIDY WITH EFFECT FROM 17 AUGUST 2008

The Ministry is pleased to inform you that subsidy rates for cent re-based care have been increased with effect from 17 August 2008.

New Subsidy Rates for Singapore Citizen (SC) Children
The new subsidy rates are applicable to all Singapore Citizen children regardless of the birth order. The maximum monthly infant care subsidy for a working mother is $600 and the maximum monthly child care subsidy for a working mother is $300. The subsidy rates will vary based on the programme type and working status of the mother. To qualify as a working mother, she must work for at least 56 hours per month. Please see Table 1 and 2 in Annex A for the different subsidy rates.

Subsidy Rates for Permanent Resident (PR) Children
The infant and child care subsidy rates for Permanent Resident (PR) children remain unchanged. The PR children will continue to receive the previous subsidy rates till 31 December 2008. From 1 January 2009, they will no longer be eligible for any infant / child care subsidy.

Payment of New Infant and Child Care Subsidies
Starting from September, the school fee will be based on the the new subsidy, and the back payment of Pro-rated Subsidy for August 2008 ($75/full day and $37.5/half day) will be disbursed by MCYS at a later date. The disbursed amount will be passed back to parents once the centre receive the fund from MCYS, which will be informed separately.

Major Events:

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration: Date: 12 Sep 2008 Friday Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as “moon festival” or "Lantern festival" On the day of celebration, children will be taught about the story of "Chang Er Ben Yue" in Chinese legend. Also they will have a taste of the moon cake prepared for them. Teacher will assist them do a special Lantern as to bring back home to celebrate together with parents. We will also design a project for children to draw the moon on date of the moon festival and the moon at the month end so as to compare the full moon and the crescent moon, and to discuss about the moon change circle with parents. This will help children to be observant to nature and arouse their curiosity about the mother nature in their young age.

Children’s Day Celebration-- Outing to Kid’s Kampong, 30th September 2008 (Tuesday) In order to celebration Children’s Day, which is on 1 October, our school will organize a very special and memorable trip to Kid’s Kampong on 30 September (Tuesday). Programme Highlights: Longkang Fishing (40 min) A set of Bucket & Net Feeding Pet Show Balloon Game Kampong Games Goody Bag Ice Cream (Please advice if your child can’t eat ice cream) Lunch at the Kampong Transport Provided Time: 9am to 1:30pm Charges: $20/child inclusive of all the above.