Works of Art

Our walls were feeling a little bare, so the teachers sent out an S.O.S. request. Within a few days, Mr and Mrs Tan (parents of Shayanne, Tricia and little Claudia), came by with several works of art from their precious collection. These artworks were done by Shayanne and Tricia (who are now 8 and 7 years old) over the years. They certainly added a dash of colour to the otherwise drab walls.

The teachers immediately went about putting up these delightful masterpieces all around, where they will be on display for now.

At the library corner.

At the Parents' Rescource corner beside the entrance.

We also picked up several art pieces that were done by Kie Ren, who is now in Primary 2, and Kae Lyn, K1.

The children were either delighted or amused by the idea of having their drawings displayed.

The smaller pieces go on top of our hosereel box.

Dinosaurs invading the Music Corner.

And here's the contribution from Xiao Laoshi's daughter Lu Jia, herself a Mothergoose alumnus, who is now in Primary 3. And no, Lu Jia didn't draw this picture just recently, in case anyone is wondering.

Display Boards

With the furnitures unpacked, the teachers began working to transform the space into the learning environment that we are more familiar with. We decided to start decorating the display boards, in accordance with the educational theme of Plants for the months of April and May. With Ms Wong back, we are now operating at full force based on our initial staffing plan.

The teachers started conceptualising the design of the display board on Monday afternoon, ran out quickly to Popular to acquire the necesssary materials, came back and immediately got to work.

Even then, it took them till Tuesday afternoon to complete the two boards for the Nursery 1 class, where the focus will be on the things that we find "in the garden". Once we have children enrolled, the display boards will then have a larger component of children's work.

And with Xiao Laoshi here, we have the Chinese language represented on the boards too. So it's one class display board completed, and four more to go!

Over the weekend, with Ms Kiang's assistance, we managed to unpack and assemble all the furnitures, and distribute them to the various classrooms. They include toy shelves, cubbies, shoe racks, tables and chairs, book display shelves, teachers' cupboards, a selection which we can see here.

The big shoe rack is one of the heaviest items, but even the smaller one was backbreaking.

New cubby shelves for the children to put their bags and all sorts of barang-barang that they bring to school.

Good news teachers. You get new cupboards too!