Term 3 NEWSLETTER Agape Little Uni @ Jurong West LEARNING TRAIL!!!

1. Term 3 NEWSLETTER Agape Little Uni @ Jurong West LEARNING TRAIL!!! Agape Curriculum Team has launched an innovative strategy which will make the curriculum visible and alive to parents when they step into our centre. We called it “LEARNING TRAIL”. From the display, parents are able to see the learning trail wall near the entrance. The purpose of this learning trail is to see the activities done by individual class from Playgroup to Kindergarten 2 class. This learning trail will showcase the weekly progress of each class in different subject areas and how the teachers engaged the children in activities which various concepts that has been taught (e.g. art and craft, cookery, storytelling and role playing). In term 3 newsletter, we are presenting the “LEARNING TRAIL” concept which showcase children’s different learning approaches, i.e. Story Based Curriculum, Phonics, Math, Readers and Chinese Curriculum. By looking at the pictures, you can feel the excitement and joy in their our children’s learning @ Agape! Upcoming Events: PEPs programme conducted in Mandarin on 26Sept and 16 October respectively. Children will be going Kids Maze for their Children’s Day Celebration! Lantern Festival celebration with exciting games and Mooncake tasting! Hari Raya Celebration – 09 Sept 2010 Library Visit for Kindergarten children - 07 Oct 2010

2. TERM 3 CENTRE'S EVENTS NATIONAL DAY! Children celebrated “National Day” in the centre with so much fun and learning. They did art and craft such as Fireworks, Singapore flag and Merlion collage.

3. K1 and K2 Learning Journey to NTUC Fair Price On 28 June 2010, K1 and K2 children went on a learning journey to NTUC Fair Price at Jurong Point Shopping Centre. They had a chance to explore and experience the different kinds of food in a supermarket.

4. A VISIT TO PIONEER PRIMARY SCHOOL K2 ON THEIR ART ACTIVITY AND BUYING FOOD IN CANTEEN WITH THEIR STUDENT BUDDIES K2 children together with their student buddies had a great time doing their art activity in one of Primary One classroom. Student buddies did a good job in assisting K2 children in buying foods in canteen. Hats off to you student buddies!!

5. "STORY BASED CURRICULUM" N1 class did “caterpillar art and craft” using egg cartons for their story “The Hungry Caterpillar” N2 Children are coloring the pictures of animals to be used for role play in the story titled ‘ The Little Red Hen’. K2 children learnt about amphibians, characteristics of frogs and frog hand painting after listening to the story “King of the Pond”

6. LEARNING MATH Children learnt best Math concepts using counters and concrete objects. N1 learning “same and difference” using pictures. N2 children learning “more or less” using concrete objects. K2 children learning “multiplication” using number blocks.

7. LETTERLAND Playgroup children learnt letter “O” through making “Oscar Orange” art and craft. Good job PG children! are small books for N1 to K2 to read with teachers, with friends or even to themselves. Children also do art and craft out of the story in Readers. READERS Mrs. Stanley telling the story “ Good Food” to N2 children. After K2 children read the story “Good for Health, they were able to make 3D food pyramid.

8. CHINESE CURRICULUM 幼儿学习如何用海绵 为彩虹涂色。 幼儿自己动手制作彩虹。 幼儿在品尝完加盐的水后， 再次向水中加一些盐。 幼儿将鸡蛋放入海水中，等 待十四天后的结果。 哇呜！ 美 丽 的 彩 虹， 我 好 喜 欢 哦！ 鑫瑜将生鸡 蛋放入盐水 中得到的结 果是，鸡蛋 浮在水面上。

9. 快看，在阳光下会有影子，我们用手做小鸟，地上和墙上就会有小鸟的影子，我们把玩具放地上，地上也会有玩具的影子，手影游戏真好玩！快看，在阳光下会有影子，我们用手做小鸟，地上和墙上就会有小鸟的影子，我们把玩具放地上，地上也会有玩具的影子，手影游戏真好玩！ 现在我们来试试用纸盘来制造风。哈哈，煽动纸盘有风，可以让纸巾动起来啊！风还会让头发飘起来，真好玩！

10. UPCOMING EVENTS