Three Kinderland and ELFA preschools teams participated in the 2022 National Preschool Chinese Teaching Aid Competition (Creative Picture Book Storyboard). The teams from the two subsidiaries of Crestar Education Group emerged victorious against more than one hundred other teams. The competition finals were held on 20 August 2022 at Singapore Centre for Chinese Language [...]
- Stronger Together, Majulah! Kinderland Preschool @ Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is honoured to be part of MOM’s National Day Observance Ceremony (NDOC) 2022. This year, the event was held at One Marina Boulevard’s, Stephen Riady Auditorium. Together with our children in celebration were, Minister for Manpower, Dr Tan See Leng, Senior Ministers [...]
KLC International Institute (KLCII), our training arm, is proud to have an enduring collaborative relationship over the last 27 years with Beijing Normal University (BNU) as it celebrates its 120th anniversary this year. KLCII BNU graduates will be attending an event at the Marina Bay Sands on 18 June to mark the momentous occasion [...]
Helps design Beijing Normal University’s preschool principals training course Further extending its collaboration with Beijing Normal University (BNU), our training arm KLC International Institute (KLCII) recently contributed to the development of its advanced training programme for outstanding preschool principals. Launched in China in April, the nine-day intensive training programme was developed by BNU’s [...]
A group of NurtureStars children at the Toa Payoh centre had a special surprise while participating in Appreciating NSmen Art Jam activities at the SAFRA club on 27 June. Senior Minister of State for Defence Zaqy Mohamad, who is also president of SAFRA, dropped in to visit while they were crafting paper figurines depicting [...]
The HSK Centre (Crestar) in Singapore and Malaysia, have won the international Outstanding Award respectively for their administration of the Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL) examination. The centres conduct Chinese proficiency tests for professionals, teachers and students, The two centres, managed by the Crestar Education Group, were among four [...]
As China faces its most severe outbreak of COVID-19 cases in two years, many cities have employed varying measures to control it. Shanghai employed a two-part lockdown, first in Pudong, then in the Puxi area. In the midst of this lockdown, one of our ELFA English expatriate teachers volunteered to do his part for his [...]
“Beyond achieving certification, many preschools now regularly use SPARK to improve their practices. Parents look to SPARK as a mark of quality assurance when enrolling their children in centres.” This was highlighted by Ms Sun Xueling, Minister of State for Social and Family Development, in her speech at the virtual Certificate Presentation Ceremony on [...]
Hi-Po Grooming lands ECDA’s Promising Teacher Award 2021 She has been with Skool4Kidz for about two years and progressively groomed as a High Potential (Hi-Po) for the next generation of leadership and seniority. A senior teacher, Ms Krishanthi Vijaya made her mark as a high performing teacher and a mentor to her colleagues. Her [...]
Our training subsidiary, KLC International Institute (KLC), has been active in sharing its expertise in early childhood education at international conventions. It has once again been invited to share its experience and knowledge on Chinese language preschool teaching with a wide audience at a forum held in conjunction with the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week [...]