News / Nunn Road / 2007 / January 2007 (E63)

Dear parents,

I wish you all a Happy New Year.

As mentioned earlier, we will celebrate the Chinese New Year Festival soon. Some children were excited when they saw that the display corner had turned colour to red and pink when they came back for new term. When they saw the cherry blossom tree, they know that the Chinese New Year Festival is around the corner. Perhaps, you have heard your children singing ‘Gong Xi Gong Xi’ or ‘ton ton chan’. Enclosed are the songs and poems we are practicing for the festival. Hope to see you on 26th January 07(Friday) for the celebration.

When I was a young child, we saw our mother or relative baking a traditional snack for Chinese New Year called Kuih Kapit when the festival was near. The smell of the baking is one of the sweet memories of this significant festival for me. As most of us are staying in apartments or condominiums, it’s not easy to organize this traditional activity nowadays. This year, we would like to invite you for a Kuih Kapit Baking Day at Nania. Please refer to the attached flyer for more information.

The children play very actively in the garden. Flat soled slippers or sandals are ideal footwear for them. Kindly avoid ‘mini high heels’ for your girls. Please check the soles of their footwear regularly that the grip is still good. This is to protect the child from slipping on slippery surfaces.

The teachers and the children in Nania are praying for Britta, Paul and Livia’s mother. She was burnt due to gas explosion in her kitchen during the school holidays. The children are concern about her and we wish for her smooth recovering.

Teacher Thian

The candles are shinning brightly illuminating the children's wishes
We hope that our wishes will come true
The children's Christmas presentation
The puppet show


Chinese New Year Festival
(26th January 2007)

Coming events

Setsubun/ Japanese Bean Throwing Festival (2nd February 2007)
This festival takes place on the day before Risshun, the first day of spring on the Chinese calendar. Soybeans are scattered in and around the house to drive out sickness and misfortune which are represented by a demon. (This custom is called mamemaki.)

For the celebration, children will make origami boxes for storing soybeans and also a mask of the demon or the god of happiness. On that day the children will wear masks and scatter soybeans. We will celebrate the festival in the garden.


Holidays

1st February 2007 Thaipusam
19th to 23rd February 2007 Chinese New Year Holidays