On 18 June 2016, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language launched the teaching package "Come, Let's Celebrate!: Preschool Teaching Activities and Resources for Festivals of Singapore". The Centre was honoured to have Ms Low Yen Ling, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry, to grace the occasion. Around 180 preschool teachers and educators attended the event and each received a sample set of the teaching resources.

        Guided by the concept of interdisciplinarity and multiculturalism and based on the local context, the set of teaching activities and resources is specially designed for preschool educators in Singapore. It is SCCL's hope that this set of teaching activities and resources will inspire preschool teachers of Chinese language to innovate and design more localized activities for Singapore children so as to cultivate their interest in Chinese through cultural and language immersion. For more information on the set of teaching activities and resources, please visit our online bookstore.

 

From left: Dr Chin Chee Kuen (Executive Director, SCCL),

Dr Tan Chee Lay (Executive Director (Research & Development), SCCL ),

Ms Low Yen Ling (Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry),

Dr Cheng Wan-Ni (Dean of Early Childhood Care and Education Department, SCCL)

 

        An agreement exchange ceremony was held after the launch session to commemorate the continued collaboration in the Bachelor of Early Childhood and Chinese Language Education (BECCE) Programme between SCCL and SIM University. The joint BECCE Programme is designed based on the actual language conditions in Singapore and aims to equip students with knowledge of early childhood education and the teaching and learning of Chinese. The programme was established in 2001 and has since been welcomed by preschool educators. To date, 49 students have graduated while the current enrolment is 240.

 

Agreement Exchange Ceremony between SCCL and SIM University

From left: Dr Tan Chee Lay (Executive Director (Research & Development), SCCL),

Dr Chin Chee Kuen (Executive Director, SCCL),

Ms Low Yen Ling (Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry),

Dr Cheah Horn Mun (Assistant Provost, SIM University),

Dr Theresa Lu (Head of Programme, Early Childhood Education with Management, Early Childhood & Chinese Language Education, SIM University)

 

        Staff members of the Early Childhood Care and Education Department of SCCL attended the "Early Childhood Education Conference 2016" at SIM University from 20 to 21 June. At the conference, Dr Tan Chee Lay, SCCL Executive Director (Research and Development) , Dr Cheng Wan-Ni, Dean of Early Childhood Care and Education Department (ECCE), and ECCE colleagues shared their experience and knowledge with participants regarding early childhood education and introduced the latest published "Come, Let's Celebrate!: Preschool Teaching Activities and Resources for Festivals of Singapore".

  

Early Childhood Education Conference 2016 at SIM University