On 26th November 2010, My First Skool Jurong centre @ Blk 333 Kang Ching Road, held our first inaugural K2 Graduation Concert for our K2 Graduands of 2010 at the comfort of our own centre. Parents and family members started strolling in as early as 6pm to get the best seats to watch their child’s performance. It was ‘full house’!

We were pleased and delighted to have Minister Tharman, MP for Jurong GRC as our Honorary Education Advisor to grace the concert.

Highlight of the memorable night was also the launch of our Community Partnership Program (CPP). The Community Partnership Program (CPP) encourages an active partnership within the community and the school by allowing children to enjoy greater access to a variety of resources in the centre’s vicinity. We invited Mrs Tan, parent of Baxton and Bevin to place in the first piece of the puzzle.

Mrs Loh, Principal of MFS Jurong was up next to put in the second piece.

Mr Daniel Chua, Group Customer Service & Operation Officer of NTUC First Campus, was next to place in the third piece of the puzzle.

And lastly Minister Tharman, MP for Jurong GRC to complete the puzzle of the Community Partnership Program.

And a group picture now!

Finally, the main highlight of the night: the graduation ceremony. Cameras were snapping all the way as their children walked down the red carpet in their graduation robe, walking up on stage to receive their graduation certificates from our Guest of Honour, Minister Tharman.

After receiving their graduation certificates, they were again, up on stage delivering their valedictorian speech which they had been practicing and memorizing for the past three weeks. The children were able to deliver their speech confidently. The children shared their experiences and memories of their day in MFS Jurong centre through their valedictorian speech. Minister Tharman was impressed and commented, “it was a good idea for every child to be given a chance to speak.”

Next up was the most anticipating performance that everyone was waiting for, the children’s performances. The children performed an English and a Chinese drama with a common underlying theme of humility that teaches children to be humble and grateful.

The first performance was in English entitled ‘That’s not fair, Hare’ from a famous tale of The Tortoise and the Hare with a little twist. The children had been practicing diligently for the past three weeks and the performance was great. The children enjoyed themselves as they performed on stage and the audiences were thrilled when they saw their child performing confidently on stage. One parent was touched with tears after witnessing her son’s achievement that night.

The next performance was in Chinese entitled ‘Chi Bu Bao De Fei Mao’. It was a humorous drama that talks about a greedy, ungrateful cat. One parent commented, “It was a total surprise for me and my mother, we never know my child can perform so confidently on stage.”

For the grand finale item, the children danced and sang to the song Graduation by Vit C.

Minister Tharman was brought to look around at the mini exhibition put up by the K2 class which was filled up with the children’s artworks. Many parents took the opportunity to take a memorable picture with our guest of honour and shook hands with him.