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Just what Neil Gaiman's quote says, "Books make great gifts because they have the WHOLE WORLD inside of them" ,  we schemed and scanned several unit books this week.  This then made the preschoolers think and ask questions about life and living things around them.    Once they have understood the clear difference between living things and nonliving things, we now focused on what life around us looks like.  Together with a partner, they did a BOOK TALK.  Together, they chose one book and sat down next to each other. They opened the book and started talking about what they saw and read. They reflected, wrote down new information they learned, and questions about the book.  Book Talk help students develop critical thinking skills by encouraging them as they analyze the information, evaluate, reason out, and form their own opinions about a topic.  This activity put simply, also helps develop student's social skills and communication skills. They learn...
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How The World Works

PRESCHOOL ASSEMBLY What a beautiful way to end our unit on celebration, to start a new unit on growth, and to connect it to our unit on imagination. As we begin our new unit on how the world works, the preschool students went around the school premises to list down living things that they saw around them.  As their curiosity kicked in they got so excited and started thinking exactly what living things are.  At first, some characteristics they mentioned about living things were: move  eat drink grow drive cars talk take a bath more But what really is the difference between living and non-living things?  Back in the classroom, we revisited their list and narrowed down the characteristics of living things into these important traits: they eat and drink (food and water) they grow or change they reproduce (make new living things) They agreed that even if something is moving (like robots or cars) it doesn't mean that they are living things. Trees do not move but they eat, ...
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CULTURE WEEK

What a wonderful way to end our unit on " Understanding personal cultures, beliefs, and traditions, help us celebrate similarities and differences". The preschoolers shared with their parents their exhibition regarding who they are.  A way to show how they have developed their different ATL skills.  Showcasing their COMMUNICATION SKILLS, these young learners tried their best to speak confidently in front of the parents and other students.    They communicated the information they researched about. Made clear connections to themselves and their personal experiences.  They also demonstrated their developing SOCIAL SKILLS through active listening as they engaged in positive interaction with the audience.  They built rapport with the audience and other students.  But what stood out the most was how each student showed their passion in learning about everyone's culture, beliefs, and traditions - or simply WHO THEY ARE.    It wasn't only about th...
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Communicators

This week was full of exciting activities at school! We were lucky to meet the EXPO 2025 mascot 'Myaku Myaku' and had a photo with it.  In preparation for their presentation on Monday, the students shared their works with the Grade 1 students. They explained their work process and what they have learned in the unit  Some of them were nervous and shy, but all have been risk-takers!  They confidently talked and proudly showed their communication skill by speaking in front of the audience.  They were also asked questions by the Grade 1 students, which helped them a lot with their presentation skills.  We are excited to see you all on Monday from 9:00 - 10:00  as they will finally share their culture and everything they have worked for in the unit on "Who We Are".   As part of the celebration on International Book Week, the whole school had the D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) time.  Our young readers took time as they browsed and read the books th...
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