ELFA Chinese Preschool continues to closely work with Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) to ensure the implementation of the Safe Management Measures (SMMs) for the safety and wellbeing of children and staff. Through everyone’s efforts, the recent COVID19 situation in Singapore has improved, resulting in the progressive easing of SMMs: Please refer to ECDA’s website [...]
In celebration of Earth Day 2022, ELFA Chinese Preschool children and staff participated in activities relevant to the 3Rs. These activities increased our children’s awareness of the importance of loving and caring for Mother Nature and our environment. The school also encouraged green efforts from the comfort of our children’s homes. Gardener’s Day Out, [...]
Coding was incorporated into ELFA core curriculum in 2019 to benefit our students. Coding equips children with the 21st century foundational skills and coding awareness to thrive in the digital age. We believe that early exposure to coding helps students of nursery to kindergarten levels develop computational thinking and reasoning skills that are essential [...]
Due to the impact of Covid-19, preschools have been deprived of large group and outdoor activities for the past two years. Likewise, ELFA Chinese Preschool has altered many of our lessons to comply with the Safe Management Measures (SMM). The need for safe distancing changed all of our children’s large group activities to individual [...]
Building the foundation of Mandarin from a young age has become increasingly important given how the language has become international. As Minister Ong Ye Kung said: "Learning languages is equivalent to learning about cultures, values and the philosophy of life.” ELFA Chinese Preschool believes in instilling a love for the Chinese Language in our [...]
Having a good grasp of Mandarin is important for one to understand and appreciate the unique Singapore Chinese culture, said Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Grace Fu. She called for Singaporeans to "start building the foundation of Mandarin from a young age, given how the language has become international". ELFA Chinese Preschool believes [...]
Just as we start our New Year afresh, our children, too, prepare for a new school term. At ELFA, we ensure our children are well prepared for their new adventures and challenges every new school term presents for them! We start the year on a good note – reminding the children to build or [...]
20 Kindergarten Two students in ELFA Preschool @ Hougang and Elfa Chinese Preschool @ Pandan Valley successfully concluded their early years' education in a challenging time with memorable graduation concerts at their school premises. Children of ELFA Preschool @ Hougang kickstarts a memorable graduation The concerts reflected many things the [...]
Technology is a boon and a bane. On one hand it has ensured that children’s learning and activities did not come to a complete standstill during the pandemic. On the other hand, what started as an alternative to make do during the pandemic has become a commonly seen option to entertain children in the [...]
Beneficiaries with items received Following an appeal from the ARC Children’s Centre for donations in kind for its classroom and operation needs, ELFA Preschool organised a donation drive in September amongst its children’s families. ARC Children’s Centre is an independent charity centre dedicated to enriching the daily lives of children, aged [...]