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• Grade 6 – West View Primary School Exchange SKIS returned the favor by visiting PPS to perform in their assembly in Elementary_ 02 English Camp 2016 took place on the last week of September. It was a prop-building ability in their performance of Little Red Riding Hood. Grade
The West View Primary School students visited SKIS to take part in a front of the whole school. Students from all grades took part in the show, huge success. During that week, talented performers at SKIS showed off 3 displayed imagination and creativity during their performance of The
fantastic morning of activities that included making traditional Korean which included a variety of performances. There was a traditional Korean English Camp their acting skills by transporting their audience into the world of fairytales Three Little Pigs. Grades 4, 5 and 6 collaborated and gave an amazing
rice cakes and learning how to play Yut Nori, while finding out lots dance called Talchum, a performance of a popular song, a musical Write up for and magic. performance with quite a few unique twists on the story of Peter Pan.
of interesting facts about Korea and its culture. Our students did an performance of Samunori, and some Korean language practice that The educational focus was on reading, and learning by teaching. The The performance ended with a dance finale from the main characters of
excellent job of organizing and presenting the activities, and the day was a taught aspects of Korean culture. The show was a great success! Year Book 2016
homeroom teachers put in a lot of effort to make learning English each fairytale. It was definitely a rewarding moment to watch the final
great success!
A few days later, SKIS travelled to West View Primary School to • Grades 4-6 – Swiss Ambassador’s Football Cup more engaging and memorable for the students, so that they are more performances from each homeroom. Throughout the week while the
experience a morning of Indian cultural activities. With the Deepavali SKIS took part in the annual Swiss Ambassador’s Football Cup motivated to develop their English language skills in the future. students prepared for their performance, they have learned to appreciate
festival still ongoing at the time, it was a great opportunity to learn more competition along with another eight international and local schools in Each homeroom chose a fairytale and they had a full week of fulfilled the English language by a number of activities. The performance was
about one of the three central ethnic groups that make up Singapore. Our Singapore. The day showcased some of the exceptional sporting talents activities. The week ended with a dazzling performance from the students. definitely the end product of their hard work, dedication and challenges
students learnt how to make traditional decorations for the festival of that the schools have. Everyone was impressed with both the quality of Grade 1 gave beautiful performances of their rendition of Snow White and they have surpassed.
Deepavali, had the opportunity to play traditional games and get henna football and the sense of fair play and respect that was shown between
The Seven Dwarfs. Grade 2 showed great dedication and commendable
tattoos, and got to watch a performance of Indian dances and songs the teams.
performed by West View students. We all learned a lot from the day and 2016년 9월 30일
came back with great memories and new friends. • Grades 5-6 – Wu Lou Lu Primary School (China) Visit
The Chinese Heritage Centre helped to organize a visit from a school
• Staff – Punggol Primary School Teachers’ Exchange based in mainland China, named Wu Lou Lu Primary School. Their
It was not just SKIS students that benefitted from the exchange program, grade 5 and 6 students were visiting Singapore on a cultural exchange
our teachers were also able to learn from the experience. In conjunction trip, and they were fascinated to learn more about Korean culture and
with Punggol Primary school, we took turns visiting the respective school SKIS. During their visit, the students got to participate in some great
campuses to learn all about each other. It gave the school management activities which showed them some of the more entertaining aspects of
the opportunity to plan the student exchange problem. In addition, the Korean culture. They got to try out traditional Korean martial arts with
teachers of each school took the opportunity to observe classes and a Taekwondo training session, before they put on their dancing shoes
see how lessons are conducted in each school. We learnt all about the to have a go at some K-pop dancing. Our students were very welcoming
curriculum taught at PPS. It was a valuable experience and can only hosts and made sure the Wu Lou Lu students had a day they will never
benefit SKIS in the future. forget!

• Grades 1-6 – Punggol Primary School Performance Exchange The International Exchange Program for 2016 was another smashing
Continuing our close relationship with Punggol Primary School, SKIS success in learning and fun. Our students were fascinated by the distinct
took part in an exchange program which focused on performance arts cultural perspectives, incredible new food, interesting customs, and
and languages. PPS visited SKIS and put on a terrific performance for our traditional games they experienced. The program was a real local
whole school. The show included an upbeat Indian traditional dance, a experience for our students; helping to expand their horizons and giving
Chinese dance performance, and some Malay language learning followed them a better understanding of life in Singapore. We look forward to
by a traditional Malay song practice. Our students were blown away by welcoming our next batch of students in 2017.
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how talented the PPS students were.
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