This huge map of Singapore, brought in by Gracie, shows different communities and their locations in Singapore. Working together to colour it in would be a great cooperative task. The children enjoyed discussing it and pointing out all the places they know and have been to. Antoine discussed the government and their role in the community. Holly said that teachers, children and cleaners were all citizens in Singapore. Shoichi showed his photo of working at the Kidzania hospital. He said that doctors are people in the community that help us. Then we discussed who the people are in a hospital community and came up with a list including doctors, nurses, cleaners, secretaries and pharmacists. This led to as discussion about the roles of workers at an airport. The children are clearly making connections in their learning and understanding our central idea 'Working together strengthens communities'. Hugh showed us a huge spider decoration for Halloween. We discussed that Halloween is celebrated by some communities and people work together to decorate their houses and other places in the community. There is also the tradition of 'trick or treating' which involves members of the community visiting each others houses. This is an example of a community magazine publication from Japan that Erica brought. It advertises and explains many of the festivals and events happening in the community to encourage lots of people to attend the events. It also has information about restaurants and dance classes and games in the community. It is for both children and adults. Sara showed us a plant pot she had decorated and used in Girl Scouts. The class were keen to hear more about Girl Scouts and the badges that you get. Sara told everyone she did many activities such as singing, dancing, crafts and playing games. We then discussed Girl Scouts and their role in the community. It is a group where girls can make friends and learn new skills. Often they do projects to make the community a better place. Holly talked about the importance of everyone in their condo community doing a their part to recycle. She told the class about how she helps put the recycling in the correct bins and explained about the labels for showing which bin to put paper, glass and metal in. Holly also talked about the importance of recycling that she had learned on the River Safari. Sosuke showed a picture from a Japanese book that explains the importance of children's safety on their walk home from school. In Japan children walk to and from school instead of going on a bus. There are signs to keep them safe and many people in the community work together to keep them safe on their walk. These people include the parent patrol, safety patrol, anti-crime patrol and teachers. Saki talked to us about her involvement in a community performance as an angle. She said everyone has a role in order to make the performance happen. Julien showed a poster about Scouts. He showed the activities children are involved in such as cooking, first aid and team games. Everyone works together to help clean dishes too. Scouts also get involved in projects to help the community such as cleaning rivers and beaches. Antoine explained a card game about people in a community. You have to trade and collect cards. It is similar to a game some of the children knew called 'happy family's'.
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