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Join UsNews / Nunn Road / 2004 / No.E32 4th Jun. 2004
Dear parents,
How was the school holiday for you? I trust you had some great time together with the children. I had fun doing counseling sessions at holiday camps for teenagers.
Teacher Tan and I were back at Nania one week earlier to clean up the classroom. We wash all the curtains, the hanging cloths, the floor rugs, tables and chairs. We put out the class play material (stones, nuts, logs and toys) under the sun. We were lucky to have sunny days during our cleaning days. It was quiet. We missed the children during our cleaning and preparation workdays.
Last month, just before the school holidays, we celebrated Mia and Samantha’s birthdays. And whilst collecting and arranging the children’s drawing and paintings for them to take back home I was taken by the beauty of their work. They show how well the children learn and develop themselves. I had the feeling of wanting to keep some of the drawings and paintings.
Just before the holidays, we also bid farewell to Xuan Le. Her father, mother and brother joined us for her farewell. We wish her all the best where she is going.
I have started preparatory literacy sessions with the five years old from this month. The children were busy preparing flowers and cards for Father’s Day. I hope fathers, you enjoyed your child’s present.
Enclosed with this month’s newsletter is the updated parents’ contact list including the new children who have recently joined Nania. I was happy to hear from some parents that they used the list to arrange for their children to meet and have fun together. We also enclose Nania’s 2nd half year calendar for your convenience to plan your holidays. For your information, you can contact with us during the school holidays if it is a staff working day.
Teacher Thian
Birthdays
Tatiana will be 6 on 1st Jul. We will celebrate her birthday on that day.
Naomi will be 3 on 21st Jul. She will be in holiday during that month. We will celebrate her birthday when she is back.
Tara will be 4 on 22nd Jul. We will celebrate her birthday on that day.
Dragon Boat Festival/Duan Wu Jie (Tuesday 22ndJune 2004)
We celebrate this festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.Duan Wu Jie is a day to commemorate the Chinese Patriot and poet, Qu Yuan. On this day, we will eat vegetarian Bak Chang (Chinese rice dumpling).
Tanabata Celebration (Wednesday 7th July 2004)
This is the day of the year, according to a Chinese and Japanese folktale, the Weaver Princess and the Cowherder can cross the Milky Way that separates them and renew their love for each other. Children will make Tanzaku for this class celebration. Tanzaku is a special strip of paper on which wishes are written. Tanzaku and other ornaments are hung on a bamboo branch during tanabata and placed in the house as a way of entreating for better things to come.
Lantern Festival Celebration (Friday 16th July 2004)
This family celebration brings together elements from the Chinese Moon Cake Festival and the Japanese Summer Bon Festival. It is held in the evening, in Nania’s garden. The children will each make their own lantern and prepare dango (sweet rice dumpling). Parents and sibling will be invited to join the Lantern Festival. On that day, children will be going home early (after lunch at 12:15 pm) and coming back to Nania for the Lantern festival with parents and siblings after dinner at 6.30 pm. Details will be distributed closer to the date.
Note: Please encourage your child not to bring her/his own toys to Nania. Without their own toys, they engage easier in group creative play. If your child really needs her/his own toy, encourage her/him to keep it at our specially prepared basket during the time at Nania.