{"id":281,"date":"2017-11-06T09:29:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/sg\/?p=281"},"modified":"2024-01-11T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:19:22","slug":"special-parent-child-moments-at-elfa-sports-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/special-parent-child-moments-at-elfa-sports-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Special parent-child moments at ELFA Sports Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1100px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Some 700 toddlers, preschoolers and their parents took part in various events at the combined Sports Day at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall on 16 September, where children from 24 ELFA, Kinderland, and Nurturestars centres gather together.<\/p>\n<p>This event provided unique opportunities for parent-child bonding in several races and games, giving the ELFA children a taste of competitive sports and fun time with their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was kicked off with a parade by Singapore\u2019s very First Preschool Marching Band from Kinderland featuring 66 children playing six different types of instruments, accompanied by a Pom-Pom team.<\/p>\n<p>The opening ceremony began with march-in of the participants, followed by a mass \u201cSalute\u201d to mark NS50 and other highlights including an Olympic-inspired torch relay, a gymnastics display, and speeches by children representing their respective preschools.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, it was excitement all the way for the little ones. There were family bonding events for toddlers with their parents, as well as pairs of parents and older children to engage them in coordinated activities. There was a \u201cChop Chop\u201d game for parents and staff to know each other better, and a Tug-of-War for sporting dads as well. Winners received their \u201cMedals\u201d during the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><div id=\"attachment_284\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20683%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ELFA-Sports-Day-2017-02-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ELFA Teachers parents and staff to know each other better<br \/>during the \u201cChop Chop\u201d game.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}