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Lency, on the other hand, enjoys
dramatic arts andwill focus onexpressing
herself creatively in a multitude of ways.
Other activities available at the camp
include team sports and game design.
Singapore American School
40 Woodlands Street 41
6363 3403 |
Chris Smith, American, Mako,
Japanese, and children Lukas
and Lency
We are enrolling our 10-year-old son
Lukas and eight-year-old daughter
Lency in the Singapore American
School (SAS) Summer Semester camp
because of the great timing – the camp
is starting just after the regular school
term finishes and we will have some time
before heading back to the States in the
summer. As I teach at SAS, I know that
the camp is a great opportunity for both
my students and children to explore their
personal interests.
Over a period of four weeks, they will
get to choose from a list of customised
learning projects at the camp. Teachers
will facilitate the learning process, where
the students are encouraged to connect
with the mentors in school, their family or
thecommunity. They get todocument their
learning journey andpresent their projects
to an audience at the end of the Summer
Semester. Previous topics that have
been pursued include candy-making, the
history of Lego, and fashion design.
Lukas thrives on making videos with
the iPad, as well as playing soccer.
He is excited to have the chance to
explore both interests – to document his
experiences through videography and
learn from Real Madrid Soccer Club. As
Real Madrid is one of the partners for the
camp, the trainers will be working with
the students through training, games
and interviews.
Quayside Isle Preparatory School
The programme at Quayside Isle Preparatory
School has been revamped to offer three brilliant
options for children this summer holidays. The
first, a Drama and Art camp in collaboration with
Centre Stage School of Arts, offers an energetic
and inspiring exploration of performance arts for
children aged three to six years. Students will be
engaged in basic drama, improvisation, mime
and movement as well as music and dance
(weekly, from 15 June to 10 July).
The second, Funwith Fitness, has an emphasis
on language arts and movement. Children will
navigate activities based on stories they read
in class and their imaginations, to create and
construct projects. Yoga will be woven through
this programme for movement (weekly, from 15
June to 10 July).
The under-threes are not forgotten with a
special parents and toddlers individual class
progamme, open from 15 to 26 June. Activities include
musical instruments, movement and song, puppets,
playdough time, crafts and painting, story time, and lots
of free play.
31 Ocean Way, #01-17 Quayside Isle
6235 7527 |