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Our own pinhole camera + free camera workshops

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Daddy loves to take our photos, and we do not mind posing, with all the silly expressions πŸ™‚

But when Daddy told us we can understand more about photography, and even build our own camera, we were sceptical. Can we really build a Nikon, Canon….

Enter nPower Education, they are an education center that seeks to provide primary and secondary school students with learning techniques that lead to more efficient learning. During school holidays, nPower conducts pinhole camera classes.

Our friendly Teacher cool Khoo shows us what is inside a pinhole camera. No battery !

Handicraft time, the red boxes will be our “camera”. We have to poke and cut our own pinhole and camera shutter respectively.

There are 7 kids in our class, and all of them were busy constructing and decorating their cameras. Kids are very excited about their project, judging from the laughter and “posings”. Everyone wants to PEEP through their own camera πŸ™‚

Pinhole Fun, brought to you by nPower πŸ™‚
Did you know we even had our own “dark” room to process our special film?

nPower’s camera workshop is suitable for kids aged 6 to 12. Besides building our own cameras, students will also learn about the science behind photography.

What do we do with our new toy? Pose, Experiment.

Oh, we were told to stay still for 30 seconds just to get our own “exposure”. Have Fun standing still ! Everyone were giggling away πŸ™‚

After we got our own film, we have to get it developed in the dark room (with a Red neon light).

Kids might not understand that they are going to develope their own negatives, but they were very curious about the next steps. As we rinse the special-film over the chemicals, we can see our own photos slowly appear.

Why is image inverted? Why is it Black and White? Why some photos are so blur, or bright? So many questions for our teacher.

This is Daddy’s first visit to a dark room too πŸ™‚ Our own mini gallery.

We have built our own pinhole camera, understand a little more about shutter and exposing, we can now understand more about pinhole camera’s history.

We can bring back our projects and memories πŸ™‚

We would like to thanks the teachers at nPower for inviting us to this Fun class.
You can view more snapshots on our Fanpage album, and nPower’s album.
If you are interested, more info about pinhole can be found here.

More about nPower Education :

Address : Blk 157 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 #01-578 Singapore 560157
Contact : 64591868/ 90285699
Email : admin@npowereducation.com.sg
Website : http://npowereducation.com.sg
Fanpage : nPower Education

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Now, if your kids are curious and might be interested in photography, nPower is sponsoring two free camera workshops worth $45 for SengkangBabies’ fans πŸ™‚

1) Simply like our Fanpages SengkangBabies and nPower Education
2) Leave your name on our Fanpage, and message us your email-address
3) Two winners will be randomly selected on 13Mar 11pm.

In addition,
a) 20% discount for Build a Camera workshop when you quote discount code “SKbabies20”.

Dettol helps us combat HFMD

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Mummy and Daddy likes to tell us, that our floor used to be so shiny…

However, once the kids came out, we always see milk, noodle, rice, fries, and sweets after meal times! No wonder our pets are all so fat.

Maybe Dettol noticed our family is bigger and somehow our hall is often not tidy (embarrassing), they offer us some Dettol products to trial hehe.

One thing we cannot compromise is sanitization. Kids must wash hand before and after food consumption. Germs spread through touch, and our hands are always the first point of contact.

If your child attends preschool at childcare centres, you will NOT want to hear about HFMD (Hand Foot Mouth Disease) ! During HFMD outbreaks, parents must cooperate with teachers to contain the outbreak, the sanitzation enforcement become even more critical.

There were 20,687 cases in 2011, till date 2012Sep, Singapore already has 31,590 cases! (reference from “Reckitt Benckiser”‘s report)

In the video, Boon Yee and Boon Xin shows you how Dettol protects our family with 8 steps of washing hand πŸ™‚

Dettol believes that “A healthy body = A healthy Mind“. Recently, Dettol conducted a study on children’s health. Daddy would like to share a few points :

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a) In a recent Child Health Intelligence & Performance (CHIP) Study1 commissioned by Dettol India, it was noted that those who fall sick less frequently and go to school regularly are likely to do much better in exams.

They may not only be at an advantage in terms of learning and knowledge but also in terms of cognitive development.

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b) Although the spread of germs is inevitable, the rate of the risk of infection can be dramatically reduced through the simple act of hand washing. Hand washing with antibacterial soap and water has also been proven to reduce chances of falling sick.

For example, results have shown that hand washing after using the toilet, as well as before and after handling food, can reduce incidences of diarrhoea among children under by almost 50%.

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c) Dettol would like to share the 8 steps of washing hand.

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For additional perspectives on HFMD, please visit :
– HFMD resources (MOH, HPB)
– ** Inconsiderate parents are not helping to contain disease (in childcare centres)
– Dettol’s auto sanitizer
– Boon Wee caught on TV8 inspecting toilets

Looking at the hardworking kids photos above, we hope fellow parents would be inspired to make their kids sweat :p

We are giving away two bags of Dettol products worth $40.

Contest Instructions :
1) “Like” fanpage SengkangBabies and Dettol
2. Click to go to our Fanpage, and tell us what difficulties did you encounter, when you try to teach kids good hygiene practices.

3) Two winners will be randomly picked on 04th Oct 11pm.

We wish our contestants luck, and we would like to thanks Dettol and Vibes for keeping our home safe.