Starting young (singapore garden festival 2010)

Those of you who know me personally, know that I usually have a lot to say about what some of the schools in this little island do - not least since I live across the street from TWO of the more competitive schools on the island!

And it is a rare occassion that I am thoroughly impressed with some of the programs held at the schools.

So it was to my surprise at how impressive this was.
At the Singapore Garden Festival, there was a large area dedicated to the Nanyang Primary School (NPS) FLORAL HARMONY programme.
There were some amazing creations from parents and teachers... and students - some of them as young as 8 years old, and there was a good mix of girls and boys!
It was so impressive - of course the entries were a result of an internal competition etc - but wow! I was completely humbled!!! So much I could learn from them! balance and design was amazing!!!

Apparently it is something that was the brainchild of the PTA of the school, and started off with the parents enrolling in these classes (taught by a professional) and soon encouraged their kids and voila!

a big KUDOS to NPS for encouraging something like this, and KUDOS to the kids and parents for such a fab job!

These were some designs by the parents and teachers from the PTA

and these are a selection from the students!! the one with the bird cage is by a boy age 10-11!

the one with the large sunflower in the pictures below was a design by a little 8 yr old girl!