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Racial Harmony Day (种族和谐日) is celebrated annually on 21st July in Singapore to commemorate the 1964 Race Riots, which took place on 21st July 1964. Racial Harmony Day also represents a day for schools to reflect on, and celebrate Singapore's success as a racially harmonious nation and society built on a rich diversity of culture and heritage... learn more

Sports Day. It was a bright and sunny Saturday morning as the children stroll into school with their parents and other family members for the school’s annual sports day. Some parents even dressed themselves in their child’s class ... learn more

Parents’ Day Celebration (Tangerine & Apple Class)
On the morning of 18th June, 2009, parents and children of Tangerine and Apple class started to stream into school at around 8.30am. Parents received prior information that their children will be serving them breakfast but were apprehensive if their little precious babies could... learn more


Excursion: Forest Walk
Kent Ridge Park, at the western end of the Southern Ridges, is covered by a secondary rainforest. The school bus alighted us at the end of Pepys Road, right at the entry point of the 280m long Canopy walk which was perched near to the tree tops... learn more

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Precautions to Prevent the Spread of Influenza Pandemic in Child Care Centres. On 30 April 2009, the Ministry of Health raised the Disease Outbreak Response System alert status for Singapore from Yellow to Orange. This signals the necessity to implement enhanced measures to prevent the possible introduction of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus into our school. As of Monday, 4 May 09, please adhere to the following procedures...

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Ms. Martha Monahan, our Consulting Principal, visited the school from 17th – 20th April, 2009. She observed the three classrooms on 17th Apr and made recommendations to the respective teachers for better classroom management and enhanced usage of materials to improve the children’s learning... learn more

We are really excited to announce the launch of our school’s web site: www.halifaxmontessori.com.sg. Please visit our site and give us your feedback and comments. We are still in the process of making amendments and will regularly update the site to announce up-coming event, upload newsletters and circulars. So please visit the site often. You can also find the 2009 calendar of events on the site. We are planning to add a page featuring “What parents say” so that you can communicate with us through the website as well. We hope our website will provide another avenue of communication between parents and the school, in addition to current ones, for the benefit of our children... learn more

“All About Me” & “Families”
Our January & February curriculum was “All About Me” & “Families” which saw many important and essential concepts being conveyed to our children, such as dental hygiene, personal health & grooming, family tree, home safety etc. We hope you can continue to reinforce these values and practices at home to inculcate lifelong habits and beliefs... learn more

New Physical Education
2009 promises to be another exciting year here at Halifax Montessori Childcare. We will be enhancing our physical education program so that our children get more intense and vigorous workouts within the same timeframe. The revised program will also allow them to work on their specific gross motor skills like balancing, hopping, jumping, running, hurdling, throwing, catching, kicking and general co-ordination... learn more