Sign your kids up for Sprint Kids 2010 Presented By Jurong Point: The Search For Singapore’s Fastest Kid and they will stand a chance to walk away with $10,000 worth of cash and prizes, and be crowned Singapore’s Fastest Kid!  

Organised by SAFRA Jurong, this 30-metre sprint challenge is Singapore’s first competitive kids sprint event and will take place at Jurong Point. The challenge is open to kids from three to nine years old.

Each successful registrant will receive a Sprint Kids 2010 T-shirt plus a goodie bag worth over $500. All participants will stand a chance to win a Star Cruises Package worth over $1,000 in the grand lucky draw too.

Limited to 1,600 participants only, so register now at any SAFRA club or Jurong Point’s Customer Service Counters!

Date: Sat & Sun, 19, 20, 26 & 27 Jun 2010 (Heats) , Sun, 4 Jul 2010 (Final)
Time: 9am – 6pm (Heats) , 9am – 12pm (Final)
Fees: $10 (SAFRA / SHIOK! / WorldCard member) , $12 (Public)

For more details, log on to www.safra.sg/jurong or email sprintkids@safra.sg

Accompanied by their parents, infants and toddlers from 6 months to 3 ½ years, will build their vocabulary, explore their creativity and enhance their awareness of the world around them through puppets, songs, stories, speech and drama, as well as art and craft.

To help bring the journey of discovery even more alive, each five-day programme includes a visit to either the Singapore Zoo, Sentosa Beach or National Library.

PlayNest (6 to 18 months)

Off to the Zoo! – Week 1 (31 May – 4 June)

English            9.00 am-10.30 am, 11.00 am-12.30 pm, 1.00 pm-2.30 pm, 3.00 pm-4.30 pm

Mandarin            9.00 am-10.30 am, 11.00 am-12.30 pm

Venue: Evans Road

Beach Babies – Week 2 (7 – 11 June)

English            9.00 am-10.30 am, 11.00 am-12.30 pm, 1.00 pm-2.30 pm, 3.00 pm-4.30 pm

Mandarin            9.00 am-10.30 am, 11.00 am-12.30 pm

Venue: Evans Road

Journey with Books – Week 3 (14 – 18 June)

English            9.00 am-10.30 am, 11.00 am-12.30 pm, 1.00 pm-2.30 pm, 3.00 pm-4.30 pm

Venue: Evans Road

Cost: S$285.00+GST per week (one and a half hour sessions, Monday to Friday)

PlayClub (1 ½ to 3 ½ years)

Animated Animal Adventure – Week 1 (31 May – 4 June)

English and Mandarin                        9.00 am – 11.00 am, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm

Venue: Forum / Evans Road / East Coast Parkway

Sunny Seaside Splash – Week 2 (7 – 11 June)

English and Mandarin                        9.00 am – 11.00 am, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm

Venue: Forum / Evans Road / East Coast Parkway

Books Big Bang - Week 3 (14 – 18 June)

English and Mandarin             9.00 am – 11.00 am, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm

Venue: Forum / Evans Road (English only)

Cost: S$330.00+GST per week (two hour sessions, Monday to Friday)

For registration and more information, contact Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning at 6733 4322 (Forum), 6737 5348 (Evans Road) or 6346 6130 (East Coast Parkway).

Forum #04-00 Forum, 583 Orchard Road, Singapore 238884

Evans Road #01-08, 26 Evans Road, Singapore 252867

East Coast Parkway Block C #02-01/02, 902 East Coast Parkway, Singapore 449874

Message in a Bottle – Primary 1 and 2

A castaway stranded on a desert island has thrown a message in a bottle into the open sea, hoping that someone, somewhere will find his desperate call for help. Join the JGCL Coastguard School and embark on a perilous rescue mission on the high seas to uncover the mystery of the message. Through literature, role-play and drama, students increase their ability to increase themselves confidently, while extending their imaginations and creativity into writing.

Week 1 (31 May – 4 June)      11.30am – 2.00pm, 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Week 2 (7 – 11 June)               9.00am – 11.30am, 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Week 3 (14 – 18 June              9.00am – 11.30am, 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Cost: S$385+GST per week (two-and-a-half hour sessions, Monday to Friday)

Making Soundwaves – Primary 3 and 4

Discover the excitement of radio  in this five-day workshop where students will observe a radio DJ at work and even record their very own drama. With hands-on experience in scripting scenes for radio, crafting dramatic dialogue, and creative use of sound and music, students will breathe life into their own work and dramatise it for performance at a professional recording studio.

Week 1 (31 May – 4 June)      9.00am – 12.00pm

Week 2 (7 – 11 June)               2.00pm – 5.00pm

Week 3 (14 – 18 June              9.00am – 12.00pm, 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Cost: S$440+GST per week (three-hour sessions, Monday to Friday)

Shahrazad’s Stories – Primary 5 and 6

Step into the exotic and captivating world of The Arabian Nights and be intrigued by the story of King Sharayar and his new wife, Shahrazad. A fascinating literacy and performance journey, students will work as an ensemble from a published script and learn to construct story circles, while investigating the use of music, props and puppetry for performance. At the end of the five-day workshop, students will also get the chance to showcase their original work in front of an invited audience.

Week 1 (31 May – 4 June)      9.00am – 12.00pm, 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Week 2 (7 – 11 June)               9.00am – 12.00pm

Week 3 (14 – 18 June              2.00pm – 5.00pm

Cost: S$420+GST per week (three-hour sessions, Monday to Friday)

All English EduDrama school holiday programmes are held at Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning, #04-00 Forum, 583 Orchard Road, Singapore 238884. For registration and more information, call 6733 4332, download a registration form from www.juliagabriel.com or register online.

Once a week- $511.00/ Twice a week- $1022.00 (14 week term)

Busy Buddies  is a play centre for children aged 6 months and above, where kids discover and learn through a wide range of hands-on activities such as art & craft, cooking, story-telling, puppet work, sand play and water play!

Once a week- $595.00/ Twice a week- $1130.00 (14 week term) 

Call Grace Kids at 65-67334140 or email us at enquiry@gracekids.com.sg

www.gracekids.com.sg

Fine art appreciation is brought to life through visually stimulating knowledge stations that showcase major art history milestones. These include art studios dressed up to reflect the different major art movements Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism and artists that have made a key contribution to these periods. There will also be a focus on Nanyang Artists and their influence on the art scene closer to home. Interactive activities around forms, line, space, shapes, colours and textures will also be incorporated into the experience to deepen the visitor’s appreciation of those artistic eras.

With its focus as a weekend of fun for the family, adults and children will be immersed into the life of an artist through an activity packed programme of creative workshops and “Jamming Sessions”, which will also include art demonstrations, art lessons and the opportunity to create and take home their own original artwork. They will also get the chance to take on renowned local artist Rosihan Dahim in 10-minute painting challenges as well as witness the race against time by nine local emerging artists in a marathon relay to create a giant painting.

A highlight of Alfresco Art Fair is the Collectors’ Corner, where the public can gain insights from local and international art collectors on their experiences of starting an art collection. The public will also be able to purchase quality, original and affordable art at the event, which will have a showcase of 40 landscape paintings by local emerging artists. Books on art will also be available for visitors to browse through and buy.

Alfresco Art Fair runs from Friday 30 October till Sunday 1 November from 10 am to 7 pm at Clifford Square, between One Fullerton and Clifford Pier. Admission is free.