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International Days
Culture Red
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? 🇨🇳 Red is the traditional colour of the Han dynasty in China and signifies
International Jaguar Day 2021
𝟐𝟗𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Today, let’s celebrate International Jaguar Day – a day that highlights the pressing need to conserve them. Jaguar North America, LLC is collaborating with
World Olive Tree Day 2021
𝟐𝟔 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Today is World Olive Tree Day. This well known small fruit belongs to the stone fruit family called drupes. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆
Happy International Dog Day!
It’s time to celebrate our furry little friends – August 26th is International Dog Day!🐶 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 @𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒈: I want to raise awareness of this day
Happy Birthday Roger Federer!
8 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕, 1981, 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒍, 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 A tennis champion was born. The Swiss tennis player took to tennis at the age of 8, and dominated the
Be A Kid Again Day!
𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚 8 Today is the day to take a pause and go back to your carefree childhood days and just Be A Kid Again.
Culture Red
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? 🇨🇳 Red is the traditional colour of the Han dynasty in China and signifies
International Jaguar Day 2021
𝟐𝟗𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Today, let’s celebrate International Jaguar Day – a day that highlights the pressing need to conserve them. Jaguar North America, LLC is collaborating with
World Olive Tree Day 2021
𝟐𝟔 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Today is World Olive Tree Day. This well known small fruit belongs to the stone fruit family called drupes. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆
Happy International Dog Day!
It’s time to celebrate our furry little friends – August 26th is International Dog Day!🐶 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 @𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒈: I want to raise awareness of this day
Happy Birthday Roger Federer!
8 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕, 1981, 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒍, 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 A tennis champion was born. The Swiss tennis player took to tennis at the age of 8, and dominated the
Be A Kid Again Day!
𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚 8 Today is the day to take a pause and go back to your carefree childhood days and just Be A Kid Again.
Chronicles
St. Peter’s Church Consecrated
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved and carved until I set him free.” ~ Michelangelo ~ The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter,
A Glass Pyramid Like No Other
𝑴𝒖𝒔é𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒆 The Louvre is undoubtedly the most famous museum in the world. However, it was not always a museum to the public. In
Slam-Dunk!
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏, 𝑲𝒐𝒃𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒕! The star players of this mega-popular game are synonymous with every basketball fan. 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝑩𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 75𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚…
Long Live The Queen!
𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 2𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 1953: On this day, Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), only 25 years in age, dressed in her regalia and headed to
This Day In History
The majestic Mount Everest is over 60 million years old and is part of the Himalayan range. Its highest peak is at approximately 8849 meters
Pluto Discovered…
2) Pluto’s icy ‘heart’. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI) 𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝟏𝟖𝒕𝒉, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎: On this day 91 years ago, Clyde Tombaugh was helping in the search of a ninth
St. Peter’s Church Consecrated
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved and carved until I set him free.” ~ Michelangelo ~ The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter,
A Glass Pyramid Like No Other
𝑴𝒖𝒔é𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒆 The Louvre is undoubtedly the most famous museum in the world. However, it was not always a museum to the public. In
Slam-Dunk!
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏, 𝑲𝒐𝒃𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒕! The star players of this mega-popular game are synonymous with every basketball fan. 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝑩𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 75𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚…
Long Live The Queen!
𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 2𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 1953: On this day, Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), only 25 years in age, dressed in her regalia and headed to
This Day In History
The majestic Mount Everest is over 60 million years old and is part of the Himalayan range. Its highest peak is at approximately 8849 meters
Pluto Discovered…
2) Pluto’s icy ‘heart’. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI) 𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝟏𝟖𝒕𝒉, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎: On this day 91 years ago, Clyde Tombaugh was helping in the search of a ninth
Learn and grow
Hopping Around With Kangaroo Words
𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅: A Kangaroo Word is a playful term for a word that contains all the letters of one of its synonyms arranged so that
Culture Red
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? 🇨🇳 Red is the traditional colour of the Han dynasty in China and signifies
Birds Nest Soup. Sounds Familiar?
𝑭𝒖𝒏-𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔! 🍲 Swiftlets strengthen their nests by using their own saliva as a type of nest ‘glue’ which is really strong and sticky. These nests
What Is Wi-Fi?
𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑾𝒊-𝑭𝒊? The first question we generally tend to ask at any restaurant, or public place to enable the connection to our phones.
Red Alert! Are You + Or -?
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅? ❣️Red blood cells, which deliver oxygen around the body ❣️White blood cells, which fight infection ❣️Plasma, which is
Online Games Not Good For Brains?
Recently the Chinese government has come up with a new set of rules limiting the amount of time minors can spend playing online video games
Hopping Around With Kangaroo Words
𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅: A Kangaroo Word is a playful term for a word that contains all the letters of one of its synonyms arranged so that
Culture Red
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? 🇨🇳 Red is the traditional colour of the Han dynasty in China and signifies
Birds Nest Soup. Sounds Familiar?
𝑭𝒖𝒏-𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔! 🍲 Swiftlets strengthen their nests by using their own saliva as a type of nest ‘glue’ which is really strong and sticky. These nests
What Is Wi-Fi?
𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑾𝒊-𝑭𝒊? The first question we generally tend to ask at any restaurant, or public place to enable the connection to our phones.
Red Alert! Are You + Or -?
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅? ❣️Red blood cells, which deliver oxygen around the body ❣️White blood cells, which fight infection ❣️Plasma, which is
Online Games Not Good For Brains?
Recently the Chinese government has come up with a new set of rules limiting the amount of time minors can spend playing online video games
Parents Platform
Bloom & Grow!
Roses are red Violets are blue My flowers are wilting Help! What can I do? 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓
Rephrase Yourself!
Words…don’t come easy at times. Using better language can provide a more welcoming and amicable environment. Here are a few useful tips to improve your
Listen Up! But Why?
I can’t count the number of times on a daily basis kids are asked “Did you hear me?” “Are you listening?” “Why didn’t you just
Acknowledge The Pattern
Children often grow up believing their parents love them and whatever their parents do is LOVE. A few examples: ??? If your parents micromanaged your
Setting Healthy Boundaries
In today’s Parent Platform psychologist Devanshi Jalan (Conscious Psychology) talks about the importance of Healthy Boundaries. What are healthy boundaries? ? Boundaries are conscious ways
Bloom & Grow!
Roses are red Violets are blue My flowers are wilting Help! What can I do? 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓
Rephrase Yourself!
Words…don’t come easy at times. Using better language can provide a more welcoming and amicable environment. Here are a few useful tips to improve your
Listen Up! But Why?
I can’t count the number of times on a daily basis kids are asked “Did you hear me?” “Are you listening?” “Why didn’t you just
Acknowledge The Pattern
Children often grow up believing their parents love them and whatever their parents do is LOVE. A few examples: ??? If your parents micromanaged your
Setting Healthy Boundaries
In today’s Parent Platform psychologist Devanshi Jalan (Conscious Psychology) talks about the importance of Healthy Boundaries. What are healthy boundaries? ? Boundaries are conscious ways
Superstars
Music For Your Soul
Meet Nirvaan Pandit, an 11th grader at the American School, Mumbai, who launched an interesting and innovative musical program for or children with special needs
“If I ‘CAN’ So ‘CAN You!”
11 year-old brave-heart Nia Nariman shares her inspiring story on helping kids fight cancer… 𝑵𝒊𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏 The summer holidays this year were very boring as
The Chef With The Right Ingredients
17 year-old 𝑹𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉, who recently graduated from UWC East is a chef with a difference. This teen chef can whip up his magic and
A 4th Graders Tribute To Her ‘Everyday Heroes’…
‘My Everyday Heroes, My Inspiration!’ is a book written by 9 year-old Bhavina Farswani, studying at the Singapore American School. The debut child-author has created
Meet One Of Hong Kong’s Youngest CEO – Bailey Cherry!
At first glance, Bailey, a student of Canadian Int’l School of Hong Kong is your regular high schooler, who enjoys hanging out with friends, listening
Kid-Genius!
A Young Inventors Guide To Stem by Gitanjli Rao “Observe, brainstorm, research, build and communicate.” – Gitanjali Rao. 15 year-old Gitanjali Rao from Colorado is
Music For Your Soul
Meet Nirvaan Pandit, an 11th grader at the American School, Mumbai, who launched an interesting and innovative musical program for or children with special needs
“If I ‘CAN’ So ‘CAN You!”
11 year-old brave-heart Nia Nariman shares her inspiring story on helping kids fight cancer… 𝑵𝒊𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏 The summer holidays this year were very boring as
The Chef With The Right Ingredients
17 year-old 𝑹𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉, who recently graduated from UWC East is a chef with a difference. This teen chef can whip up his magic and
A 4th Graders Tribute To Her ‘Everyday Heroes’…
‘My Everyday Heroes, My Inspiration!’ is a book written by 9 year-old Bhavina Farswani, studying at the Singapore American School. The debut child-author has created
Meet One Of Hong Kong’s Youngest CEO – Bailey Cherry!
At first glance, Bailey, a student of Canadian Int’l School of Hong Kong is your regular high schooler, who enjoys hanging out with friends, listening
Kid-Genius!
A Young Inventors Guide To Stem by Gitanjli Rao “Observe, brainstorm, research, build and communicate.” – Gitanjali Rao. 15 year-old Gitanjali Rao from Colorado is
Review It
Perl: The Awakening by Melissa Flesher
Genre: Fiction Rating: ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review By: Lance Lau Age: 11 years old School: Ying Wa Primary School, Hong Kong Brief Description: – Perl, the
Atonement By Ian McEwan
Genre: Metafiction Rating: ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review By: Myrra Arya Age: 17 years old School: Bombay International School Brief Description: ◼️Set in three time periods ranging
The Absolute Value Of Mike By Kathryn Erskine
Genre: Fiction Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review By: Aarav Khanna Age: 11 years School: Singapore American School Brief Description: ?This book is a story about a
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Genre: Science Fiction Review By: Anvay Mathur Age: 11 years School: Singapore American School Rating: ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brief Description: ?Star Trek: The Next Generation is
The Blind Side
Movie: The Blind Side Review By: Justin Anand Redick Age: 11 years School: Singapore American School Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brief Description: ⚽The Blind Side is a
Board Game: Settlers of Catan
Review By: Jason Ajay Redick Age: 15 years School: Singapore American School Rating: ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brief Description: ?Settlers of Catan is a strategy game that
Culture Red
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? 🇨🇳 Red is the traditional colour of the Han dynasty in China and signifies
International Jaguar Day 2021
𝟐𝟗𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Today, let’s celebrate International Jaguar Day – a day that highlights the pressing need to conserve them. Jaguar North America, LLC is collaborating with
World Olive Tree Day 2021
𝟐𝟔 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 Today is World Olive Tree Day. This well known small fruit belongs to the stone fruit family called drupes. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆
St. Peter’s Church Consecrated
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved and carved until I set him free.” ~ Michelangelo ~ The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter,
Happy International Dog Day!
It’s time to celebrate our furry little friends – August 26th is International Dog Day!🐶 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 @𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒈: I want to raise awareness of this day
A Glass Pyramid Like No Other
𝑴𝒖𝒔é𝒆 𝒅𝒖 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒆 The Louvre is undoubtedly the most famous museum in the world. However, it was not always a museum to the public. In