Published: Jul 2021 Temasek Holdings As evening falls, most children in Singapore will start winding down after a long day of classes and co-curricular activities. However, for primary six student Exoddess Lim, the evening marks the beginning of the second half of her day. The 12-year-old attends CareNights, a free evening care programme, every […]
Smart Parenting: Helping out at home Published: APR 19, 2021 Venessa Lee Experts say getting kids to do housework can help foster independence and build family cohesiveness When pre-schooler Nur Humairah Romi Nazri asked her mother if she could wash the dishes, she was not tall enough to reach the kitchen sink. […]
Published: MAR 22 2021 Nadine Chua MSF looking at piloting service at a Community Link site to better assess demand and sustainability Two of her three sons – one aged eight and the other, nine – are in night-time childcare, and Ms Ivy Koh plans to sign up her five-year-old next year […]
Published: FEB 28 2021 胡洁梅 Hu Jiemei The Ministry of Social and Family Development assessed the needs of 650 low-income families, and community partners have also reflected that night childcare services may be helpful to these families. The authorities will therefore study the possibility of piloting night-time childcare services at a ComLink site […]
Published: JANUARY 30, 2021 Venessa Lee SINGAPORE – More people could be working nights to try to make up for income loss during the coronavirus pandemic. A fourth centre for night-time caregiving services for children from lower-income families, which is run by charity Morning Star Community Services, opens on Monday (Feb 1) in Toa […]
Children at Morning Star Community Services animating their paper robots with the help of a student-care teacher using a stop motion videography app on the smartphone. PHOTO: TRCL Published: DECEMBER 9 2020 Vivien Ang To kick off, more than 15 Certis staff and 7 BT BAF youth befriend a group of children from […]
Published: JUN 6 2020 Venessa Lee SINGAPORE – As school resumed on Tuesday last week, many parents probably breathed a sigh of relief after the unprecedented school holidays under Covid-19. Since April, parents have had to support their children doing home-based learning, as well as find ways to keep them occupied during the […]
Published: MAY 11 2020 Clement Yong Partners UOB, SPH, Singtel to loan devices to support learning at home amid Covid-19 Nearly 250 students in Singapore will receive new laptops that can aid in their learning in an initiative rolled out by the United Overseas Bank (UOB) and its partners, including Singtel and Singapore […]
Children engage in various activities during the CareNights programme. Published:FEB 23 2020Patricia Ang A look at Morning Star Community Services William Ho was proving to be a difficult child. He had a bad temper and was unable to relate with others around him. And it was also difficult to get him to focus […]
Published: FEB 23, 2020, 05:00AM SGTVenessa Lee Tired of tantrums and ineffective discipline, parents are taking parenting courses to manage both theirs and their children’s anger There was snapping but no napping — that was the moment Ms Joline Lim realised her approach towards disciplining her child was not working out. Her son James, […]