Goop and Colours = Fun!

Environmental Awareness

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How can you tell if something is a solid or a liquid? Solids hold their shape, while liquids take the shape of the container that they are in. Goop is special because it acts like both a solid and a liquid.

One morning, our Little Tots at Niwa Schoolhouse got their little hands and fingers immersed and soaked in some real sticky and slimy goop.

What You Need:

• Six cups of cornflour
• Three cups of water
• Large and clear tub

What You Do:

Step 1:
Put the cornflour in the tub.

Step 2:
Slowly pour in the water.
Stir the mixture until it starts to thicken.

Step 3:
Put your hands and fingers into the goop.
Try to pick it up and scrunch it in your hands.
Release and watch it ooze away.

Step 4:
Make your own discoveries

More Fun with Goop!

Try changing your goop mixture too! Add some blue coloured ice blocks. What would happen? Add in the ‘reds’. What would happen now? Add a few more yellow ice shapes and swirl them around as the ice shapes liquefied.

Blue, red, yellow are the three primary colours. When you mix the primary colours together in different ways, you can make secondary colours -‘orange’, ‘purple’ and ‘green’.

In addition, you can have the option of introducing animals, such as ‘polar bears’ and ‘penguins’ that live in the world’s extreme climates, namely the ‘Polar region’ and the ‘Antarctica region’ at the North Pole and South Pole respectively.

Sushi Maki

Ranging from the youngest Niwa-ian at 22 months to the eldest of 5 years old, Xu Laoshi introduced the healthy recipe of ‘Japanese Sushi Maki’ with the fresh ingredients as follows;

1. Tamago (fried egg)
2. Kani (crabstick)
3. Ninjin (carrot)
4. Kyūri (cucumber)
5. Amerika (rice)
6. Kaisō (seaweed)

At the table, the little ones were guided step-by-step, one-by-one where each child was given ample time to explore the ingredients, and learnt the art of rolling the ‘Japanese Sushi Maki’ under the facilitation of the teacher.

Step 1: Add the seaweed onto the bamboo roll.

Step 2: Add the rice evenly onto the seaweed.

 

Step 3: Add the ingredients onto the rice.

   

Step 4: Roll the ‘Sushi Maki’.

  

Step 5: Cut and serve.

Through this cookery experience, young Niwa-ians discussed about the importance of eating a healthy diet and choosing good food that are essential for their growth. Simplicity to perfection!

 

Your Partner in Education,
Niwa Schoolhouse

Easter Bunnies’ Hunt for the Easter Eggs

What a beautiful and sunny morning for our young Niwa-ians’s ‘Easter Egg Hunt’ at Woodlands Neighbourhood Park! In high spirits, the children left Niwa Schoolhouse happily with their ‘Easter Bunny Basket’ in anticipation of filling them up with the surprise goodies in store for them!

At the park, the teacher led the children with warm-up exercise using the familiar Easter songs, ‘Hot Cross Buns’ and ‘The Way the Bunny Hops’. Thereafter, the children embarked on their ‘mission’ in search for the well-hidden eggs all around the park. Dashing as fast as their legs could bring them, the yummy and colourful Easter eggs were found within minutes. Three cheers!