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Our Programmes |
| Support and Homework Supervision |
| The main activity of the children in the daytime is to complete the homework set by their schoolteachers and to work towards progressively high grades. Children are encouraged to be autonomous learners, and helped to develop habits of a healthy work ethic, personal responsibility and sound time management. |
| Total Learning for Children/Language Care |
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This is a support programme for children who are facing specific or general learning difficulties in school and are unable to progress without individualized help. Each child on the TLC programme is assessed before being assigned to learning skill stations. At these stations, they have the chance to practise and improve the specific learning areas they have difficulty in. As and when required, language class is conducted for pre-schoolers and Primary 1 children who require coaching in basic literary skills. |
| Rainbows for All God's Children |
| In essence, the Rainbows Programme contains a series of group activity sessions for children up to age 12 that teach management skills like adjustment to grief, overcoming fears and a sense of insecurity. This programme is open to children who have experienced the loss or separation from a parent or significant person in their lives. |
| Shared Reading |
| Pre-schoolers and early school-aged children are helped to develop a love for reading and familiarity with the printed word through half-hourly sessions of shared reading with a reading buddy. The frequency of these sessions depends on the need of the child and availability of volunteer reading buddies. |
| Moral and Value Education |
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Three times a week, a half-hourly session is spent on building up the children's awareness of values and moral issues. This is usually carried out through story-telling, review of current events and audio-visuals. Liturgical celebrations like Lent, Easter, Christmas and Canossian Saints' Day as well as celebrations of the children's birthdays Teachers' Day, Children's Day, Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day and Grandparents' Day are also various ways of imparting values and morals to our children. |
| Self-help and Housekeeping Skills Development |
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All the children at Canossaville are encouraged to learn and practise self-help and housekeeping skills from a very early age. This is to help them support their single parents at home and provide them with opportunities for character formation. Holiday
Work Attachment |
| Group and Individual Counselling |
| Children who have unresolved emotional or psychological needs are identified for regular counselling, either on an individual or group basis. |
| Enrichment Courses |
| These are provided ad hoc as and when talented volunteers in various creative, cultural or sports activities are able to offer their professional expertise in training the children. Some courses that have been organized include Abacus, Music, Dance, Art & Craft, Speech & Drama and Sports. |
| Recreational/Outdoor Play |
| Canossaville is well equipped with a turfed field and attractive playground and sports equipment. Children are encouraged to play outdoors when weather conditions permit. There are opportunities too for them to develop skills in table tennis, badminton and athletics. |
| Parenting Skills Workshop |
| The Canossaville staff or an external agency conduct this training for parents who are interested in improving their parenting and child management skills. Useful tips are imparted in a light-hearted manner through role-plays, demonstrations and review of cases, etc. |
| Sanctuary |
| Canossaville has a garden sanctuary tucked behind our multi-purpose hall for our children to find their centre and their God. It aims at helping our children to appreciate silence and solitude. |