Response to the newly launched Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Level 7-9 examination held in Singapore on 26 November 2022 was highly encouraging. The session was held at the HSK Center (Crestar) premises in RELC Building, Orange Grove Road. This first HSK Chinese language proficiency Level 7-9 was added to the existing six-level HSK test [...]
Learning outdoors is always fun – and coding activities are no exception! In late 2022, more than 800 of our Kindergarten children from Skool4Kidz Preschools spent their Hour of Code (HOC) coding outdoors. Various centres each held an hour of coding activities for the study of plants between the 5th and 9th of December [...]
For the second year running, The Grange Institution (TGI) clinched the gold award for Best Environmental Initiative at the Singapore Education Awards 2022. This annual event is organised by HoneyKids Asia, an online parenting and lifestyle platform. The Grange Institution awarded school with the Best Environmental Initiative for 2 year in a [...]
Crestar Group’s three preschool brands Kinderland, Skool4Kidz, and NurtureStars celebrated new milestone achievements at the inaugural Early Childhood Celebrations 2022 (ECC 2022). The inaugural ECC was held by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) on 29 October. ECC 2022 saw ECDA combining its three key excellence EC events for the first time into one [...]
Yamaha Music School and Kinderland in Vietnam embarked on a unique collaboration to offer greater music education to children. A global brand from Japan, Yamaha Music School helm a high reputation for its long history in the music industry and contribution to music education. An inspirational brand, Yamaha speaks volumes on passion and quality [...]
Coding, widely known as computer programming, is not all about using the computer. In a technology-reliant era, early exposure to Coding helps young children develop essential skills for the digital future. In November 2022, Kinderland International Preschool @ Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam launched age-appropriate coding lessons for our preschoolers. Our students from nursery [...]
Our training and consulting arm, KLC International Institute has over the years trained more than 700 graduates under Beijing Normal University’s early childhood education programmes. The majority of these Singapore diploma and degree graduates have been officially registered as overseas alumni members of the university in Beijing since 2018. One of the alumni members’ [...]
On 16 November 2022, the inaugural “THE BIG DRAW – Sanxingdui Art” Art Competition held a prize-giving ceremony at the Sanxingdui Museum. One of our Kinderland Preschool @ Xiamen student was awarded a prize for her masterpiece “My Sanxingdui Museum”. Both Kinderland and ELFA preschools were awarded for their contributions to the competition. [...]
In August, the Singapore Consulate-General in Xiamen organized an open creative art competition on the topic “Impressions of Singapore”. Naturally, Kinderland Preschool @ Xiamen stood up to the plate with eager participation from many of our children and their parents. Our children took the chance to express what Singapore meant to them and put [...]
To keep up to date with the latest developments in Chinese language teaching, more than 600 educators from international schools in 20 countries participated in an online symposium on 28 and 29 May 2022. The Third Cloud Symposium on International Chinese Language Teaching was hosted by Chinese Testing International and Confucius Classroom (Crestar) in [...]