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Nursery – Fine Motor : Let’s Put Out the Fire!

Nursery – Fine Motor : Let’s Put Out the Fire!

Students in Nursery level enthusiastically joined fine motor lesson by having a game. In that activity, the students were invited to pretend to be a fireman who put out the fire by spraying the water. The students needed to aim the water sprayer to the certain target as they were pretending to squirt the water

Primary 1 – English : Mini-book

Primary 1 – English : Mini-book

As the final project of “Information Texts” unit, Primary 1 students were asked to create their own mini-book about plastic recycling. Previously, students had got information about plastic waste, plastic problem and what people could do to solve plastic problem. Then, they used the information to make their own information book. The students started it

Primary 6 – LeaPro : Deal with Puberty

Primary 6 – LeaPro : Deal with Puberty

In the beginning of Primary 6 LEAPRO, students got a chance to know deeper about reproductive system in order get more knowledge about puberty. At first, they felt awkward with the topic. Then, after the explanation from the teacher, they realised that puberty is something normal. They have got new understanding that every human will

Secondary 1 & 2 – English: English First (EF) visit FIS

Secondary 1 & 2 – English: English First (EF) visit FIS

English First visited Focus Independent School on May 30th and May 31st, 2023. Secondary 1 and 2 students got a chance to have EFEKTA (Fun Active Learning) with English First teachers. In the session, the students learned about cultures worldwide through games and fun activities. The students could develop their speaking fluency and build cultural awareness

Early Year 1 – English: Making A Rocketship

Early Year 1 – English: Making A Rocketship

Early Year 1 students were excited about using a used bottle to create their rocket ship. Students were asked to follow instructions such as drawing, cutting, folding, wrapping, and pasting. This activity allows the students to improve their motor skills and promote the idea of reusing something. They also had a chance to practice their

Toddler – Fine motor: Holding clothes pegs

Toddler – Fine motor: Holding clothes pegs

Toddler students looked very enthusiastic when they pretended to be drying the clothes on the washing line using pegs. They practiced holding the clothes pegs using their three fingers (thumbkin, pointer, and Tallman). This activity was expected to strengthen their fine motor skill, especially their three fingers, which to promote the pencil grip as well

Early Year 1 – Fine Motor Activity: Cutting and Beading

Early Year 1 – Fine Motor Activity: Cutting and Beading

EY 1 students did some fine motor activities seriously. Developing students’ fine motor skills is crucial as part of the learning process. Fine motor skills involve small muscles working with the brain and nervous system to control movements in the hands, fingers, lips, tongue, and eyes. Through cutting and beading activities, students can improve their

Baby Class – Manual: Badminton Play

Baby Class – Manual: Badminton Play

The babies looked so thrilled to have badminton play at the playground. They were asked to hit the hanging plastic balls using the plastic racket. This activity was good to build their eye-hand coordination skill as they needed to see the hanging ball first and then hit it using the racket. Even though it looks

Primary 1 – Bahasa Mandarin: Final Examination Review

Primary 1 – Bahasa Mandarin: Final Examination Review

Siswa Primary 1 telah menyelesaikan semua materi dalam pelajaran bahasa Mandarin. Untuk mempersiapkan diri dalam menghadapi Final Examination, siswa P1 mengerjakan review bersama dengan Laoshi. Review tersebut dikerjakan secara mandiri dan akan dibahas bersama-sama dengan Laoshi. Melalui kegiatan review ini, siswa diharapkan dapat mengingat kembali dan semakin memahami materi yang telah mereka pelajari di P1.

Early Year 2 – Arts: Friendship Poster

Early Year 2 – Arts: Friendship Poster

EY2 students showed their fine motoric skills by drawing, coloring, and making collages in making Friendship Poster. During the activity, students also express their creativity and idea through their drawing and coloring composition. Furthermore, EY2 students also expand their social skills to communicate and cooperate with their peers while doing the artwork through group work.

Primary 5 – Religion: Persiapan Final Examination dengan Review

Primary 5 – Religion: Persiapan Final Examination dengan Review

Sebelum final test, siswa yang beragama Buddha melakukan review materi. Hal ini dimaksudkan supaya siswa bisa mengingat kembali materi yang sudah pernah dipelajari dan akan memudahkan mereka untuk mengerjakan final test. Kegiatan review dilakukan secara berkelompok. Guru membagi menjadi 2 kelompok. Siswa diminta menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang sudah disiapkan oleh guru. Selama kegiatan berlangsung, siswa kelas

Early Year 1 – Gross Motor Activity: Creeping and Crawling

Early Year 1 – Gross Motor Activity: Creeping and Crawling

EY1 students actively joined the gross motor activity, especially creeping and crawling. Gross motor activities are important for the students to practice because they help students learn how to coordinate and control their body movements. Moreover, crawling and creeping not only promote the healthy development of vision and posture but also provide important foundational brain

Nursery – Science: Recognising the Texture

Nursery – Science: Recognising the Texture

Students at the Nursery level were excited to join the science lesson by having a fun activity. In that activity, the students were invited to recognize some textures like rough, smooth, hard, and soft from pom-pom, pebbles, sand, tile, and spiked rubber balls. After they were introduced to the texture of each thing, the students

Toddler Beijing – Fine Motor: Cutting Playdough

Toddler Beijing – Fine Motor: Cutting Playdough

Toddler Beijing students start to develop their cutting skills as part of their fine motor development. They were supervised to hold plastic scissors and snip some worm playdough into smaller pieces. This activity will help them develop good fine motor and visual-motor skills and show them how to use tools appropriately. ***

Nursery – Fine Motor: Transferring the Water

Nursery – Fine Motor: Transferring the Water

Students at the Nursery level were excited to join the fine motor lesson by having a game. In that activity, the students were asked to transfer the water from one place to another using a pipette. They had to pinch the pipette to take and pour the water. This activity aimed to strengthen students’ finger

Primary 5 – IPC: Make Wall Magazine for the Exit Point

Primary 5 – IPC: Make Wall Magazine for the Exit Point

At first, the teacher briefly reviews three topics in IPC. The topics are ‘bullying’ in health and wellbeing topic, ‘how the brain controls our emotions’ in Science topic, and ‘how we can express our feeling’ in Art topic. Then, students were divided into groups and given some different topics. As a recording activity, they were asked

Early Year 2 – Arts: The Emotion Paper Dolls

Early Year 2 – Arts: The Emotion Paper Dolls

Early Year 2 students in this activity looked enthusiastic about making colorful emotional paper dolls. They chose four emotions from the previous lesson they had learned. The EY2 students also decorated them using colors or shapes. From this joyful learning experience, the Early Year 2 students could develop their understanding of their feelings and express

Baby Class – Auditory: Following Musical Pattern

Baby Class – Auditory: Following Musical Pattern

The babies had an activity for following the rhythm using wooden sticks. Following musical rhythm helps the babies predict the pattern played through music. It also stimulates their auditory competence as they need to play the sticks based on the music they listen to. At the same time, their bilateral coordination is enhanced since they

Primary 1 – PE: Berlatih Gerak Manipulatif Dengan Bola Besar

Primary 1 – PE: Berlatih Gerak Manipulatif Dengan Bola Besar

Seperti yang sudah menjadi kewajiban sebelum berolahraga, siswa Primary 1 melakukan pemanasan dengan gembira. Beberapa sengaja ditunjuk untuk memimpin pemanasan sekaligus mengajarkan mereka supaya lebih percaya diri. Saat ini, siswa Primary 1 berlatih gerak manipulatif dengan memantulkan bola di tempat, memantulkan bola dengan berjalan, dan memantulkan bola ke arah temannya. Beberapa latihan tadi untuk melatih