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NYGH Open House 2024
NYGH Open House 2024
The Saturday morning of April 6th was abuzz with avid anticipation as the school gates of NYGH swung open to warmly welcome visitors to the annual Open House event.
The heart of the event lay in the Nanyang Open House Trail, where visitors embarked on a curated journey specially designed to provide a comprehensive glimpse into the NYGH life. Visitors attended informative school talks and traversed the campus on an immersive school tour conducted by spirited student facilitators. Guests were also treated to a myriad of illuminating showcases and performances by the curricular, student development and talent development programmes and various CCA groups, offering insights into the intellectual rigour and holistic development that NYGH upholds. Alongside, they also had the chance to interact with dedicated school personnel, teachers and volunteers from the Parent Support Group.
From captivating showcases to insightful talks, every facet of the school's rich tapestry was on full display, enticing young hearts to make NYGH their home.
For those who couldn't join the event in person, we invite you to explore the immersive learning spaces of NYGH through the virtual tour!
National School Games Track and Field Championships 2024
National School Games Track and Field Championships 2024
In a unifying display of school spirit and camaraderie, the entire NYGH cohort went down to support the school's Track and Field team as their fiery competition season across the school term in the various categories of Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps and Throws comes to a resounding finale. The Singapore Sports Stadium was painted in vibrant hues of blue, white and yellow as our formidable school runners took to the track with unwavering grit and determination and certainly put up a good fight against numerous odds to emerge victorious as runner-ups for both B and C Division!
Gallery
Gallery
National School Games (Track and Field) Championships 2024
National School Games (Track and Field) Championships 2024
Open House 2024
Open House 2024
NYGH Festival of Arts Rehearsals
NYGH Festival of Arts Rehearsals
Heritage and Culture
Heritage and Culture
"In 1939, the school started an official pre-university section, adding to the existing Higher Normal Class. Concurrently, the new school building was unveiled with China Consul-General Mr Gao Lingbai (高凌百）gracing the opening ceremony. This building held both the science laboratories as well as the Senior High School's premises. There were two big ground floor classrooms, namely the Biology and Chemistry laboratories. After nine years of building and expansion, there were finally four adjacent block in the campus. With more classrooms, the school moved the secondary section students to the new classrooms, leaving the classrooms at the Administration Block and the school hall to the primary and kindergarten sections. With the added facilities and resources, Mdm Liew (Yuen Sien) had achieved her vision of Nanyang as a well-equipped and established girls' school, offering kindergarten to pre-univerisity education and teacher training."
Source: Nanyang Schools Alumni Association and Nanyang Schools (2017). Nanyang Centenary: A Vision Celebrated. p.26
A picture of the kindergarten class which was started in 1934
Parenting Sense
Parenting Sense
As parents, we recognise how the bonds our children form with their peers play a profound role in shaping their socio-emotional and mental well-being. In this edition of our newsletter, we delve into the importance of fostering healthy friendships with their peers and providing our children with the tools they need to navigate the ups and downs of social interaction and gaining acceptance. We also explore practical ways to support them as they encounter various friendship issues and pitfalls, empowering them to build resilient and meaningful interpersonal relationships that will serve as pillars of strength throughout their lives.
The Vital Roles of A Friend
The Vital Roles of A Friend
The Secondary 1 Assistant Board of Monitors (ABOMs) took on the role as Teacher for a day to conduct a well-being workshop for their peers about the various roles of a friend. Under the ABOM's guidance and facilitation, the Secondary Ones reflected on their personal qualities and roles as a classmate and friend and learnt about the 8 vital roles of a friend to gain a deeper understanding of how they can adopt these different roles across various situations. Do note that these roles are not confined to the classrooms; you can discuss with your daughter the friendship roles she can possibly adopt at home using the accompanying infographic and how their roles can contribute to the emotional and mental well-being of the household as well!
How Parents can Help Kids Overcome Common Friendship Hurdles
How Parents can Help Kids Overcome Common Friendship Hurdles
"Here's a metaphor that can help kids make better sense of data and move forward when they get mixed messages in a clique - Friendships are like chemical compounds, with each child being an atom who makes bonds with other atoms. “Once kids are in compounds, they’re happy and won’t risk destabilizing that compound.” Damour told the girl she had two options — “Find other free-floating atoms or look for a compound open to new atoms.”
~ Lisa Damour, American Psychologist and Author
In this day and age, we all understand how mystifying and complex the social dynamics of forming relationships with peers can be, yet we are often at our wits' end when it comes to directing their choices and behaviour in managing friendship relations and issues.
In this relationship feature by CNN, school counselor Phyllis L. Fagell provides different ways that parents can help navigate common friendship pitfalls.
Russ Off The Cuff Podcast: The Lost Art of Friendship - Friendship requires an Emotional Education
Russ Off The Cuff Podcast: The Lost Art of Friendship - Friendship requires an Emotional Education
"Let's face it: More often than not, it isn't our failure to understand the philosophy of Nietzsche or Einsteinian principles of physics which sink our lives. What sinks us most often is our failure to navigate relationships, the emotional aspects of life, and yet we continue to neglect and diminish the need for an emotional education."
In this podcast episode from the Leading Different newsletter, blogger and CEO of Digital Scribbler, Russ Erwell, makes a compelling case of how our children (as well as us adults) are in desperate need for an emotional education when it comes to nurturing relationships and how to go about doing so.
"I don't like my daughter's friends!"
"I don't like my daughter's friends!"
As parents, we do have concerns regarding the type of friends our daughters make and whether they are under the right influence with the company they mix with.
Parenting expert, writer and coach, Anita Cleare (MA AdvDip) provides a much more useful approach: To hold back our judgement and explore with our child what they understand about those friendships, and what they like about those friends through "wondering aloud".
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