Greenland Childcare @ Punggol Drive is part of the Greenland Childcare Singapore network, offering infant care and child care programmes from infancy through to kindergarten. The centre's approach centres on shaping a child's future through carefully structured, age-appropriate learning experiences.
The curriculum spans four stages: an Infant programme focused on warm, attentive care and sensory development in a bright, open-plan day room; a Playgroup for 18 months to two-year-olds built around exploration and play; a Nursery for three to four-year-olds that nurtures imagination through pretend play, songs, rhymes and creative activities; and a Kindergarten for five to six-year-olds that introduces literacy, maths, expressive arts, and social and emotional development in preparation for primary school.
At the Punggol Drive centre, Rachel serves as Curriculum Specialist and Teacher for the phonics programme, holding a BA Honours in English Literature and Journalism with a TEFL qualification, and over four and a half years of pre-school and primary teaching experience in Singapore. The phonics programme is introduced at Nursery 1 and builds progressively through Nursery 2, Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2, designed to be fun and interactive while giving children a solid foundation in reading and writing. Rachel is also a qualified Yoga Therapy Teacher accredited by Yoga Alliance, and brings mindfulness practices such as breathing and stretching exercises into her lessons.
Greenland Childcare's core values centre on keeping children the focus, fun learning, collaborative parents, community partnership, and passionate educators, aiming to create an environment where children enjoy their learning process from infancy through to kindergarten.
Greenland Childcare @ Punggol Drive is part of the wider Greenland Childcare Singapore network, offering a structured pathway of care and early learning from infancy through to kindergarten. The centre's philosophy is built around shaping a child's future through carefully designed, age-appropriate approaches to learning.
Greenland's curriculum is organised into four distinct stages. The Infant programme offers babies a tender and warm atmosphere of bonding, respect and love, with mobile and non-mobile babies cared for in a large, bright, open-plan day room equipped to stimulate their senses and support early development.
As children move into the Playgroup stage, between 18 months and two years old, the focus shifts to exploration. Carefully selected equipment and dedicated activity areas allow each child to discover the world at their own individual level of understanding, structured around their changing interests.
By the Nursery stage, for three to four-year-olds, children are highly imaginative and expressive. Greenland extends this imagination through pretend play, songs and rhymes, free painting and creative play, again organised into dedicated activity areas.
The Kindergarten stage, for five and six-year-olds, prepares children for the move from preschool to primary school. Activities are designed to promote cooperative competition and discovery, introducing literacy, maths, expressive arts, social and emotional development, communication, and understanding of the world.
At the Punggol Drive centre, Rachel takes on the role of Curriculum Specialist and Teacher for the phonics programme. Originally from the United Kingdom, Rachel holds a BA Honours degree in English Literature and Journalism along with a TEFL qualification. Her teaching career began at a secondary school in Thailand, and she has since spent four and a half years teaching pre-school and primary students in Singapore, specialising in phonics along the way.
The phonics programme Rachel leads at Greenland is introduced at Nursery 1 and builds progressively through Nursery 2, Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2, giving children a steady, structured path toward strong reading and writing skills. The programme is designed to be fun and interactive rather than rote, keeping young learners engaged as they build foundational literacy skills.
Beyond her teaching qualifications, Rachel is also a qualified Yoga Therapy Teacher, accredited by Yoga Alliance. She brings this background into the classroom by weaving mindfulness into her lessons, including breathing and stretching exercises presented in a way that keeps young children engaged.
Greenland Childcare's approach is guided by a set of core values: keeping children the focus of everything the centre does, making learning fun, working collaboratively with parents, building community partnership, and employing passionate educators. Together, these values aim to create an environment in which children genuinely enjoy their learning process, supported by a team who take real pride in early childhood education.
Greenland Childcare's wider teaching team brings together educators from around the world, with backgrounds spanning England, the UK more broadly, Canada, the USA and Singapore, and qualifications ranging from early childhood education diplomas to postgraduate degrees in international education and child psychology. This breadth of experience feeds into the approach taken across Greenland's centres, including at Punggol Drive.
Families interested in learning more about the Infant Care, Playgroup, Nursery or Kindergarten programmes at Greenland Childcare @ Punggol Drive are encouraged to reach out through the Greenland Childcare Singapore website to arrange a visit.