Sewing

One scenario/question posted to the grade 1s was, "There will be a big party in the school and you need to come wearing a new fancy dress/clothes. What will you do?" "I will buy in the shop." "I will ask money from my Mom and Dad." "I will check if I have fancy dress to get from my Mom. " "I will ask my Grandma to make one for me. " Of course at this time, if we need new clothes or shoes or anything, we just need to do 3 steps: 1. Get enough money 2. Go to the dress shop and choose the style that fits you. 3. Pay for it. However, during the old times, there were no RTW (ready-to-wear)clothes. Instead, people follow the same process that Charlie in the book did. We read the story of 'Charlie Needs a New Cloak'. we found out that aside form manys teps to undergo, it takes longer time for people in the past to make new clothes.

To give them an experience of how challenging it is to make new clothes, we invited a guest, Ms. Faye to teach our Grade 1s how to to basic sewing. They sewed their initials and proudly displayed their work outside the classroom.