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NEWS FROM THE ALPHAINTERNATIONAL KINDERGARTEN

SEMESTER 1 2009/2010We are now into our third

month of our new school year.We warmly welcome our newchildren in:

Playgroup- Le Anh Minh,Huynh Minh Khoi and AgastyaKalwani

Pre-Nursery - Doan Huynh

Thao Minh, Truong Anh Khoi

and Le Bui Khanh TrinhNursery - Andres Calbetoand Duong Tuan Khang

K1 - Nguyen Canh Nguyen

K2 - Huynh Dang Vinh

They are adapting anddeveloping well in our safe,caring and creative school

learning environment.

We brought our children tothe Go Go Indoor Playland for

our September Friday Special

on 17 Sep, and to ASYC forparachute-play in our OctoberFriday Special on 16 Oct. Our

children had great fun in bothplaces. The pictures speak for

themselves.

We also celebrated the

Mid-Autumn Festival on Fri 2

Oct and Halloween on Fri 30Oct in school. Our childrenenacted and experienced thetwo different beliefs and

cultures.

We are into our second 12hours e-Kids programme with13 students, learning numbers

0 to 20, alphabet letters Aa,

Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, days of theweek, colours, tracing straightand curved lines.

Do spend time just enjoying

you r ch i l d ren , bu i l d i ngtraditions as a family, andoffering play dates where your

child can just hang out withfriends and come up with their

own games. Children benefitfrom learning self care skillsjust as we do.

Thank you!

Mrs Joyce Tan

Principal, TAIK

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Mid-Autumn Festival is an importantfestival celebrated mostly in Asia. In

Vietnam, this occasion is celebratedwidely. It is also known as the MooncakeFestival. This is a day to worship themoon god. According to folk legend, thisday is also the birthday of the earthgod. This festival signals that the year'shard work in the fields will soon come toan end, with only the harvest left toattend to. People use this opportunity toexpress their gratitude to heaven

(represented by the moon) and earth(symbolized by the earth god) for theblessings they have enjoyed over thepast year.

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TAS Website TAIK Blog ASYC Blog

http://thealphaschools.com http://taikblog.blogspot.com http://alpha-syc.blogspot.com

Halloween is celebrated in TAIK to let ourchildren experience various cultural celebrationsacross the world. Cross-cultural celebrations isone way of introducing the world to our little

kids, and letting them have fun at the same time.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYTrn Bo 6 NovNguyn Cnh 8 NovPhan Ngc Khn 13 NovAgastya Kalwani 28 Nov

WELCOME TO THE ALPHA FAMILY

... Ms Dang, Assistant Teacher (Nursery),

... Ms Tai, Assistant Teacher (Pre-Nursery)

... Ms Vien, Assistant Teacher (Playgroup)

Ms Hong

Ms Nguyet

Ms Phuong

Ms Tai