Dear Parents and Friends, March, April & May 2014

Little Cosmos Language & Art Centre / tel: (852) 2370 1078

We have had a few celebrations here at Little Cosmos, with Mother's Day and Easter. Our Easter workshop was very popular, with the children creating some beautiful Easter related art work and discussing how they celebrate Easter as a family. We also entered many competitions, with some excellent results. We are also looking forward to another busy Summer programme, which is coming very soon!

The 35th Staedtler International Children Painting Competition 2014These past few months have seen the students of the Visual Arts department enter a lot of competitions! Many thanks to all of the children for their hard work and for the Visual Arts department of Little Cosmos for their constant efforts and encouragement. The first of these, the 35th Staedtler International Children Painting Competition, was held on Sunday 6th April 2014 at the Kow-loon Park. The theme of this year competition was 'Children Cherish, Children Have' and 17 of our students worked diligently for two and a half hours to produce some excellent pieces of artwork around this theme.

The theme was very interesting and meaningful. It taught children about envi-ronmental protection and how to preserve the world's resources. Children expressed their love for all things in the world. Some showed their concerns for the world’s resources including water, air, trees, the polar ecosystem and endangered animals while others expressed their love for their families. And for teachers and students, it was a very special and wonderful experience as this is the only chance to do their paintings out of the classroom. Everybody enjoyed it so much. Some of our students were given awards for their artworks:

Abbie Kong - Junior Age Group - GoodLiang Kiki - Junior Age Group - GoodHo Hiu Kwan - Junior Age Group - GoodSze Tsz Long, Sunny - Intermediate Age Group - ExcellentYu Yue Wen, Rachel - Intermediate Age Group - GoodSze Tsz Ching, Purple - Intermediate Age Group - GoodKo Kai Fung - Intermediate Age Group - Good

Well done to everyone who took part or helped out with this intense competition!

Yannes with her beautiful elephant painting!

Eliya has created a lovely painting.

Arthur has made a realistic Rhino painting.

The students show o� their �nished artwork!

A lovely group photo.

Newsletter

March, April & May 2014

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GNet Star Worldwide Children's Painting Competition 2014The GNet Star Worldwide Children's Painting Competition took place on the 13th April, 2014 under the theme “Travelling Around the World”. We had 28 students take part in the competition - so many that we won a silver team trophy for numbers of participants! 22 of our students were awarded prizes for their artwork!

5 or below Age Group:Chung Logan (5) - Gold AwardNg Sum Yau, Nicole (5) - Gold AwardCheng Yi Ting, Eliya (5) - Silver AwardLi Si Yin, Maisy (5) - Silver AwardWong Abbie (5) - Silver AwardBut Chi Lok, Tedrick (5) - Bronze AwardHo Ching Long, Ian (4) - Bronze AwardLaw Ho Shun (5) - Bronze AwardLiang Shansha (5) - Bronze AwardMok Ho Chi, Melvin (5) - Bronze AwardWu Ming Sum (4) - Bronze AwardSee Cheuk Him, Oscar (4) - Bronze AwardTam Hoi Ching (4) - Bronze AwardYung Morris Hokan (4) - Bronze AwardHui Chun, Bosco (4) – Creative AwardMau Chun Him (5) – Creative AwardTsang Pak Hei (4) – Creative Award

5-9 Age Group:Wong Tsz Lok, Lukas (7) – ChampionHo Yan Hei, Emily (7) – Silver AwardIp Ho Tsun (6) – Silver AwardIp Yan Yu, Yannes (6) – Bronze AwardLi Ling Ka, Janice (6) – Bronze Award

A huge well done to everyone who participated in the competition!

Our team with all of their awards!

Miss Anita and Angela Cheung with Little Cosmos' silver trophy.

Wong Tsz Lok, Lukas was named cham-

pion in the 5-9 Age group.

Wong Tsz Lok, Lukas (7) – Champion

Chung Logan (5) - Gold Award

Ng Sum Yau, Nicole (5) - Gold Award

Wong Abbie (5) - Silver Award

Tam Hoi Ching (4) - Bronze Award

Easter WorkshopThe Easter workshop ran from 16th - 25th April, and was really popular. In Eng-lish and Putonghua classes, children were able to discuss Easter and learn some new vocabulary. They sang Easter songs and talked about chocolate eggs and the Easter bunny. We had a great time in the Drama classes acting out a short play about Easter, and everyone enjoyed participating in Easter egg hunts around the classroom.

In Magic Cooking with Miss Jovia, the children made Macau Puddings and cup-cakes. They had a fun time layering cream and biscuits into a yummy parfait and the delicious cupcakes were the envy of everyone!

In the Visual Art classes, the children had a load of great projects. They could make a carrot ship with a rabbit sailor, from paper clay. There was also a fun game made from soft clay, where you had to find the rabbit in a garden of carrots.

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Acting time with Miss Erica.

Miss Charlotte's K1 class join in with the story.

K1 PTH act out a play with Miss Sun.

Calix spoons the butter into the cupcakes.

Hoi Ching paints her garden.

The Primary class show o� their cupcakes!

Yummy Easter cupcakes!

Lynnchy has made a great carrot ship!

Miss Rainbow's class and their great carrot ships!

Sube has made a lovely bag of Easter eggs.

Easter ClassesWe also discussed Easter in our Playgroup and Nursery classes for Putonghua and English. Children learnt Easter related vocabulary such as 'Easter eggs' and 'chicks' and made some beautiful crafts like brightly coloured Easter eggs. The children had a great time meeting the Easter bunny and trying on some Easter bonnets, and they enjoyed learning about the Easter festival.

Poetry Recital CompetitionsOn the 27th April, some of our students took part in the 5th "Wen Hua Gui Bao" Children Recital Competition - Putonghua and English poems or rhymes recital competition organized by the Platform. Competition was tough, and there were beautiful performances from many young children, but we are pleased to announce that Aiden Suen (K2) was named champion in the Putong-hua poetry recital. A number of Kindergarten children also took part in an Eng-lish poetry recital on 3rd May. The children performed wonderfully; recalling their lines with ease, and we are proud of Samuel Wong (K1) for winning the place of 1st Runner up. Congratulations to both Aiden and Samuel!

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Making some beautiful Easter eggs in Playgroup II.

Halia, Lucas, Cynthia, Byron and Matt show o� their Easter eggs with Miss Daisy.

Samuel Wong (4) - 1st Runner up of K1 English Poem Recital.

Aiden Suen (4) - Champion of K2 PTH Poem Recital

Shobi, Haydee and Miss Sun have fun with the Easter eggs.

Miss Thalia and her class doing role play.

Jaden found some lovely eggs!

1st Hong Kong Children's Painting Competition 2013-14The 1st Hong Kong Children's Painting Competition organized by Sing Tao Group for the first time was held on the 6th May 2014. 55 Little Cosmos students entered the Western Painting Section and produced some beautiful paintings in a variety of themes. Many of our students were awarded prizes, and Leung Sui Him, Ambrose, was the Champion of the competition in his age group! The paintings that were awarded Champion, Runner Up and Merits will all be printed in the Sing Tao newspaper.

The Centre only took part in the Western category and we hope to participate also in the Chinese Painting category next year. The students' artwork each had its own unique theme, based on the topics of people or landscapes. Children who painted people made delightful pictures of their family members, Snow White, doctors, bakers, BBQ meat shop butchers and builders doing scaffolding work, to name a few. Those who painted landscapes created beautiful pictures of forests, fields, and Victoria harbour. All of the artwork was rich in subject matter, showing incredible imagination.

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Ambrose (5) - Champion

Logan (5) - Outstanding Award Yannes (5) - Outstanding Award Ariel (5) - Outstanding Award

Melvin’s (5) - Outstanding Award

Zita (7) - 1st Running-up

Tedrick (5) - 2nd Running-up

Ho Tsun (5) - Outstanding Award

- Champion -Leung Sui Him, Ambrose

- 1st Runner Up -Fong Ho Ching, Zita

- 2nd Runner Up -But Chi Lok, Tedrick

- Merit -Chung LoganIp Ho TsunIp Yan Yu, YannesLee Hei Ching, ArielMok Ho Chi, Melvin

- 1st Ranking -Fung Sau Ching Ho Ching Long, IanHo Yan Hei, EmilyHui Chun, Bosco Lai Hoi Laam, GloriaLaw Ho ShunLi Si Yin, MaisyLi Wai Kiu, VenesMa Chin HoMa Hok Lam Ng Hoi Cheuk Ng Sum Yau, Nicole Ng Sze Nga, Ashley

- 2nd Ranking -Chan Ue Tong, Matt Chan Wang Ka, KatrinaChang Kwan Yee, Canary Chiu Tin YanHo Cheuk Yin, LuisLeung Tsz Hay, Hayson Li Ling Ka, Janice Ma Chin Chun Suen Chung Wai, Aiden Wong Abbie

Ng Yan Tung, Hailey Poon Wan Tung, Kyra Sze Cheuk Him, Oscar Suen Pok Yat, MarcoTam Hoi Ching Tam Pak Ho, Wesley Wong Chi Ho Wong Tsz Kiu, Jack Wong Yat Shun, Matthew Wu Ming SumYip Geneviene Yu Ming Yan

Mother’s DayMother’s Day was the 11th May, and we focused on it as a theme for the Nurs-ery and Playgroup classes. Children learnt the English and Putonghua for words such as ‘love’, ‘hug’, and ‘mother’, and we made special crafts devoted to our Mothers. The children sang special songs such as ‘MOMMY’ and ‘I Love You’ and they had the opportunity to cuddle up with their Mothers while we read special stories together. The Visual Art classes also used the theme of Mother’s Day, and they made big cards with their hand prints inside, for their Mother’s to keep forever. It was a lovely week full of family feelings and lots of hugs!

Miss Sun and the PTH Nursery class show how much they love their Mothers!

Miss Thalia’s Playgroup pose with their artwork. Matching time in Putonghau Nursery.

Summer Programme 2014The Summer Programme will run from 14th July – 29th August this year, and is for students between K1-to- be and P6- to- be. We have a wide range of classes in Putonghua, English, Magic Cooking and Visual Arts. We are also offering packages, to allow your children to experience a range of interesting topics. The Summer Programme is always extremely popular as it allows the children to learn new skills whilst having fun. The 75 minute lessons pack in a range of different topics for all abilities, all tailored to promote creativity and enthusi-asm. Booking before the 15th June gives a 5% early bird discount, so be sure to enroll your children soon, before the courses fill up.

The Magic Cooking Primary class. K1-to-be PTH class learning with Miss Sun..

Learning about Mother’s Day with Miss Daisy.

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Miss Thalia’s Playgroup pose with their artwork. Miss Charlotte and her playgroup class.

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The K1-K3 class show o� their collages. The Primary Collage class have made some lovely Easter cards.

The Primary Magic Cooking class are proud of their creations!

Ages 3-5 and Miss Daisy with their yummy Macau puddings.

Bosco, Yvonna, Chris, and Aiden with Miss Erica and Miss Jovia.

Those cupcakes look delicious!

Easter Photo

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The Kindergarten Easter Crafter class with their brightly coloured chicks.

The Primary Easter Crafter class have some well-sculpted gardens.

Look at those fantastic carrots! Sze Hang and Ho Chung colour with Miss Erica.

Imogen, Etan and Tsz Ching demonstrate the Easter cards they made with Miss Thalia.

Yui Yin, Sanitee and Logan have been learning about Easter with Miss Charlotte.

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The K1 class have been getting into the Easter spirit with Miss Charlotte.

Aidan, Chris, Charis and Jasmina act out an Easter play with Miss Thalia.

Our K1 kids performing a play in PTH with Miss Sun. The Primary Magic Cooking class with their delicious cupcakes.

Him Him and Natalie learn some PTH Easter words. Learning about Easter eggs in the PTH Playgroup class.

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Miss Sian and the Playgroup II class are adorable rabbits!

Ying Chun and Abbie using stamps to decorate their own eggs!

Regular Photo

Playing and practising PTH in Nursery. Miss Daisy and the Primary 2 class are working hard.

Primary 4 are working on their writing. Heidi, Jake, Chung Hin and Miss Charlotte.

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Tsz To, Ashlyn and Miss Charlotte are cooking up a storm.

Learning about �owers in PTH.

Andrew, William and Alvin are listening carefully. Miss Thalia's playgroup are going �shing!

Beautiful artwork from Visual Arts.

Tammy, Kyra, Ambrose and Hayden show up their very bright coloured caterpillars.

Ho Chit, Sunny and Sam Lok with their yummy grapes.

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K1 PTH discuss types of bread with Miss Sun. Our K2 students learning some words in PTH.

English Fun Level VI looking good!

Primary students working very hard in PTH. A collection of vibrant parrots from Ambrose, Fung Fung, Chun Yu and Nmachi.

Those hearts look so delicioius! Visual Arts students have painted some sleepy cats!