News / Nunn Road / 2012 / January 2012

Teacher Kerry and I are happy to welcome all the children who have returned to Nania.  We had 7 new children join us on the first day of school.  Two of them are 6 year-olds; another two are 5 while the remaining three are 4 year-olds. The 4 year-old children are adapting better this year since they have had the advantage of attending our Saturday toddlers’ group.  Nevertheless, kindergarten hours are longer. Hence they are trying to adjust to the different and longer daily routine.  I observe that these children sit down easily to begin the daily activities like the artistic activities, circle time and story time.  When they start to miss their mummies, they like us to fold them some paper origami for comfort.  

In the meantime the returning children not only help us to welcome these new children but they also assist their new friends to put away their personal belongings in the morning.  They hold their new friends’ hands whenever they have to go to other part of the house for our Chinese New Year practices and also during lunch time.   At other times, the returning children play happily with each other because they missed each other during the holiday break and are happy to see each other again.

The 6 year-olds have started their afternoon literacy time.  They are eager to do what they have seen the big children do last year.  They have also started to weave happily during their free time.

Now all the children are geared up and earnestly practicing the poems and songs for the coming Chinese New Year Festival.  I look forward to seeing you and your family on the 19^th of January (Thursday) and attached herewith is the programme for your attention.

For your information, we are open on the 20^th (Friday) before we take a break for the Chinese New Year holidays from the 23rd till the 25th. We re-open on the 26^th (Thursday).

All of us at Nania would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family ‘Gong Xi Fa Cai’.

  Teacher Nora