The September holidays are usually so brief that it almost becomes a “blink and you miss it” kind of week.
However, with careful planning, you can ensure that your child can take time off and have fun while getting some learning done at the same time.
Here are some holiday workshops that are both fun and educational for your child’s 2019 September holiday.
Check out the details on our holiday workshops and enjoy 10% off fees when you enter SEP10 upon checkout!
Explore your imagination through the written word
Writing Boot Camp (for K2 and P1)
This writing camp guides children to create a creative piece through hands-on activities. The holiday writing programmes are based around themes – the K2s will focus on conservation, exploring the use of descriptive phrases through word-building exercises. They will tap into their imagination and express that in their writing. For the Primary 1s, their theme is “Monsters” and they will focus on sentence building techniques and work on more vivid storytelling.
All classes will be conducted at Toa Payoh HDB Hub East Wing, Level 17.
Classes for K2
Date: 10 – 11 Sep 2019
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Classes for P1
Date: 10 – 11 Sep 2019
Time: 11:15am – 1:15pm
Investment: $128/child
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Build Confidence through this acting holiday workshop
ACA Kids Boot Camp (for N1 & N2 and K1 & K2)
The Nursery 1s and 2s will participate in fun activities like drama, music and crafts to develop the 3 ‘Cs’ – confidence, creativity and collaboration. This holiday workshop will teach them to control their emotions through exploration and utilising them to build characters. They will work on vocal projection and oral skills through public speaking to their fellow classmates and learn how to work as a team. Through songs and activities, they will enhance their gross motor skills and creativity. Kids will also get to take home their own crafts after each day, which will provide them with a sense of accomplishment.
The Kindergarteners will also go through a similar process, except they will be focusing on the “Creativity Chest”, which is full of costumes and props. They will use these items to improvise, creating dialogues and monologues. Through these acting explorations, kids will gain confidence, team-building skills and a better command of the language. At the end of the week, they will put up a short performance for parents.
All classes will be conducted at Toa Payoh HDB Hub East Wing, Level 17.
N1 and N2
Date: 9 – 13 Sep 2019
Time: 9am – 11am
Investment: $250/child
K1 and K2
Date: 9 Sep 2019
Time: 11.30am – 1pm
Investment: $68/child
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Get those creative juices flowing
Thinking Cap Workshop (P2 & P3 and P4 & P5)
This fun holiday workshop’s main objective is to introduce the Champion Mindset to kids to help them be more effective in their studies and their future. They will learn how to work and learn independently, using various problem solving or thinking skills. This useful holiday programme also aims to teach them how to manage their time, build emotional toughness and improve their visual perception. This will be done through “Brain Gym” exercises and visualisations to help them concentrate. These exercises are designed to help them improve their focus in class and train them to use their imagination for good.
All classes will be conducted at Toa Payoh HDB Hub East Wing, Level 17.
P2 and P3
Date: 10 – 11 Sep 2019
Time: 9am – 6pm
Investment: $228/child
P4 and P5
Date: 12 – 13 Sep 2019
Time: 9am – 6pm
Investment: $228/child
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Create a strong foundation at this holiday programme
Primary Success Workshop (P3 and P4)
This holiday workshop helps students to be more comfortable with the 2019 primary school syllabus. The workshop is split into various subjects, and students will work together to deepen their understanding of difficult concepts.
For English, they will learn how to make their essay stand out from the others by having a solid grammatical foundation and creative language. They will also learn how to better attempt cloze passages through understanding contextual clues. For Chinese, they will learn how to express their thoughts in writing so as to produce more descriptive compositions. They will also learn how to add emotive words, idioms and proverbs to bring life to their writing.
For Mathematics, they will learn how to problem-solve effectively by applying different skills like “guess and check” or “assumptions”. The programme focuses on building confidence and interest so the children would be motivated to practice problem sums. For Science, they will familiarise themselves with friction and forces, and attempt fun activities related to the subject.
All classes will be conducted at Toa Payoh HDB Hub East Wing, Level 17.
Primary 3
Math
Date: 11 Sep 2019
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Investment: $189/child
Chinese
Date: 11 Sep 2019
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Investment: $60/child
English
Date: 12 Sep 2019
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Investment: $189/child
Science
Date: 12 Sep 2019
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Investment: $189/child
Primary 4
Math
Date: 11 Sep 2019
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Investment: $189/child
Chinese
Date: 11 Sep 2019
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Investment: $60/child
English
Date: 12 Sep 2019
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Investment: $189/child
Science
Date: 12 Sep 2019
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Investment: $189/child
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Be a “shifu” of Mandarin by the end of the September 2019 school holiday
MindChamps Academy Chinese Workshop (P1)
Mandarin can be challenging for adults, let alone children, so this 2019 holiday workshop aims to make kids interested in learning Chinese by going through the vibrant history of the language.
This Mandarin holiday programme will expose kids to fun cultural activities like clapper talk, folk songs and stories. They will role-play, make handcrafts and learn Chinese nursery rhymes in order to help children see Mandarin not as this difficult subject in school but as an interesting culture.
This workshop will be conducted at Toa Payoh HDB Hub East Wing, Level 17.
Date: 12 Sep 2019
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Investment: $68/child
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Written by Steffi Wee