CIP at Environmental Educator Advisor (EEA) Networking session

A group of Youth Environmental (YEGs) were at the Environmental Educator Advisor (EEA) Networking session on the 7th of February from 8.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

The event was held at Nanyang Girl's School.

Here is a slide show about the event.

Loh Hei at Mayflower

On the seventh day of CNY, which is considered as the birthday of all human beings, the Chinese partakes in a dish called yee sang, a simple mixture of thin slices of raw fish, shredded vegetables, herbs and sauces.


All the ingredients for the dish are presented separately on the same plate, and would then be tossed and mixed, carried with chopsticks high in the air by all at the table, while saying out loud the word loh hei, which means liveliness, prosperity and longevity.

Mayflower had her Loh Hei when school reppened after the long Chinese New Year weekend.

Mdm Ham from the mother tongue department was on hand to explain the cultural aspect of this Chinese tridtions to the teachers.



" Is this the correct way? "

" You must squeeze out all the lime ...."

" Yes I am trying my best...."

This taste good....

Come one come all ....

Chinese New Year Celebration

The school celebrated Chinese New Year on Friday 23rd of January. Two lions put up an up lifting dance to mark the beginning of the celebration.

Mrs. Lim our principal and Mrs Selva our vice-principal were invited start the celebration by hitting a gong.

We had invited the residents from AWWA to join in the celebration.

The PSG were on hand to help with hosting the senior citizens. Here is the committee with Mrs Selva (extreme left) and Mdm Yathi.

After the celebration, students helped to sever lunch to the residents.

All together now. "Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni Ah...."

Two Malay students who were learning Basic Chinese put their language skills to good use by hosting the show. They spoke in Chinese to wish one an all a Happy New Year.

The Media and Resource Library made these Chinese New Year cards to give to the teachers.

The God of Prosperity paid an unexpected but welcome visit......




.......distributing good wishes to the students.

Hampers were contributed by the students for the residents of AWWA home.

An auspicious start to the year - Thai Ponggal

Our National Anthem

The Tamil festival of Ponggal

The Tamil festival of Ponggal is celebrated over three to five days.



The first day of Ponggal is Bhogi and what you see features a ceremonial house-cleaning where old, worn-out items are burned and new ones are brought out. The next day, women draw intricate designs in front of their houses using wet or dry rice flour.


The word Ponggal means “to boil over,” and so it is the name of the dish prepared from newly harvested rice for the festival. The Ponggal dish is prepared by boiling rice with coconut, peanuts, jaggery (unrefined sugar), chickpeas, and milk until the pot overflows - this signifies good luck and an abundance of blessings. Women draw a kolaam or auspicious design with rice flour on the floor. Then they create a small stand with cow dung on which they will later place the Ponggal pot.

Prayers and bowls of ponggal are offered to Surya (the sun god), Bhogi (the rain god), and Indra. The farmers then take the ponggal rice, mix it with water and sprinkle it over their fields. They believe it to be a natural pesticide.

The third day of the festival is called Maatu Ponggal and it is dedicated to the cows that have faithfully assisted in the cultivation of the crops. As a reward, the animals are bathed and decorated with paint, flowers, beads, and bells.