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Life & Style<br />
Out & About<br />
Preschool White Lodge<br />
Establishes Presence in Kuala<br />
Lumpur<br />
White Lodge International Preschool (White Lodge), one<br />
of the leading preschools known to be implementing<br />
personalised learning modules in Singapore, recently<br />
opened in Bangsar South and Mont Kiara. White Lodge<br />
was born in Singapore in 1999, with three students and<br />
two teachers and armed with the ambition to provide<br />
better early childhood education and support to parents<br />
and children alike. Since then, it has enrolled over 10,000<br />
students from more than 30 nationalities to successfully<br />
grow into becoming one of the very first preschools in<br />
Singapore to recognise the value of creative education<br />
to preschool-aged children. Jayne Nadarajoo, Founding<br />
Director of White Lodge Education Group Services, said that<br />
she was inspired to establish White Lodge after realising<br />
that childhood education tends to focus on academic<br />
excellence, with little emphasis on long-term intellectual<br />
and emotional growth. White Lodge offers a variety of<br />
programmes for children aged 18 months to six and a half<br />
years in an environment where it includes an orientation<br />
towards mastery and students are fundamentally motivated<br />
to demonstrate mastery rather than just good grades.<br />
Holiday joy at Zoo Negara for<br />
over 300 children!<br />
Mention a visit to the Zoo and most children will jump for<br />
joy for the opportunity to get up close and personal with<br />
exotic animals! In conjunction with the spirit of the season,<br />
Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals Sdn. Bhd. (Mundipharma) in<br />
collaboration with Lions Clubs from District 308 B1 & B2 (KL<br />
& Selangor), hosted over 300 children and their caretakers<br />
from four children’s homes and seven children refugee centres<br />
to a special visit to the zoo.<br />
The Mundipharma sponsored initiative is part of the<br />
company’s Corporate Responsibility programme. Speaking<br />
at the event, Mr. Suresh Pragasam, Regional General<br />
Manager, South East Asia at Mundipharma said, “Aligned to<br />
our Corporate Responsibility pledge, we are always on the<br />
lookout for deserving cases and are committed to helping<br />
children in need. As children’s well-being is one of our key<br />
areas of commitment, the educational excursion to the zoo is<br />
especially meaningful as these children get to be themselves<br />
with peaked curiosity as they learn more about animals.”<br />
Helping young Malaysians with<br />
AS move again<br />
Arthritis Foundation Malaysia aims to change Ankylosing<br />
Spondylitis (AS) patients’ lives through the launch of its<br />
‘Will You Back Me Up?’ campaign in conjunction with<br />
World AS Day 2018, to raise funds for young patients who<br />
need access to biologic treatments to lead a normal life.<br />
“First signs of AS usually occurs when patients are in their<br />
late teens or early twenties, and most of them tend to<br />
brush the pain off as a sports injury or sleeping in a wrong<br />
position. The back pain experienced by AS patients can be<br />
misleading and it should not be taken lightly. World AS<br />
Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of May every year.<br />
Some notable celebrities with AS include Taiwanese singer,<br />
Jay Chou and lead-singer of American band Imagine<br />
Dragons, Dan Reynolds.To learn more about Ankylosing<br />
Spondylitis and the AS Fund by Arthritis Foundation<br />
Malaysia, please visit http://afm.org.my/as/.<br />
Sri Kota’s first ever Kids Club<br />
launched<br />
Sri Kota Specialist Medical Centre opened their doors to<br />
a large number of young citizens recently, as the hospital<br />
officially launched its Sri Kota Kids Club, where kids can<br />
go to learn and discover healthy fun every time they visit<br />
Sri Kota. The fun-filled launch, officiated by Sri Kota’s<br />
Hospital Director Madam Tan Suet Guan, together with<br />
the Consultants Pediatrician, Dr. David Foo & Dr. Diana<br />
Osman, and Consultant O&G Dr. Vidnodhini saw children<br />
bonding with their families through various activities.<br />
“In conjunction with our upcoming 20th anniversary<br />
celebration, Sri Kota is extremely delighted to present<br />
the Sri Kota Kids Club for our young patients, offering<br />
them the opportunity to enjoy exceptional benefits in<br />
our hospital. The joyous occasion also welcomed the<br />
children from Good Samaritan Home, and the atmosphere<br />
was brought to life exclusively for the launch, where the<br />
children participated in entertaining activities as well as an<br />
interactively-educational hand hygiene demonstration.<br />
<strong>Baby</strong><strong>Talk</strong> | <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 43
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