And here we are at the end of the month!! Hello everyone! As usual, we are having creative arts and cooking for the last week of the month! We are making cupcakes from pancake mix, eggs, milk, oil, food coloring and other decorations. First, put pancake mix into a big bowl with an egg, a tablespoon of oil and 100mL of milk. After mixing the mixture 10 seconds per student, the teacher separated the mixture in to a small bowl for each child. A little revision on colour mixing w

Hello everyone! For social studies, we looked at homes from different countries. The children learnt that not all homes look like the ones they live in. Because of the geographical location, homes in different countries look really unique for survival or artistic purpose. They were amazed by the mud houses in Africa, tall wooden house in Southeast Asia and igloo in the North Pole. The Elementary class also learnt about the materials that are used to build the houses. We pract

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! This week we continued on the theme of love and did a science experiment on flowers! It is a lovely experiment to allow students to learn the parts of plants and understand how plants absorb water! The teachers prepared water, some white roses, food colouring, paper cups, scissors and a cutter for this experiment. After learning the parts of the rose, the teacher showed a video to the students to explain what kind of results are expected. As t

Hello everyone! It’s valentine’s day next week! So, this week is all about love!! The children are learning about ways to express their love to their family, either with chocolate, flower, gifts, or just by hugs and kisses. As love is always an abstract concept for kids to grasp, teachers have also introduced the ways of measurement for the kids to have a better concept. They learnt how to use rulers to measure different things. Counting the numbers on the rulers, the kids ha

Hello everyone! Because it’s the last week of the month, we are doing cooking and creative art this week! With Setsubun on this Saturday, the teachers have decided to make an oni rice ball with kids for cooking. After wrapping the rice with cling wrap, the children used their hands to shape the rice into a circle. Then, they sprinkled some seasoning on the top of the rice circle for the hair of the ghost. When they finished, they used the seaweed to make their eyes, eye b