25-31 May: Highlight of the week ahead

Wild walks

• Muddy and his friends
• World of Flowers Trail for kids

Special event!

31 May - 5 Jun: Traditional Wayang at Pulau Ubin
Come to Pulau Ubin to enjoy authentic traditional wayang in celebration of Tua Pek Kong Temple Festival.

Photos of the festivities by Jerome Lim on facebook.

June school holiday fun!

Wondering what to do with the kids during the school holidays? Check out the highlights of exciting nature activities specially for kids lined up for the school holidays! And the highlight is Ubin Day with a weekend of family fun at Pulau Ubin, Singapore's last kampung.

Uncle Andrew pointing out critters during an Ubin Day walk!
Photo by Tze Kwan Fung.

Special events include an intertidal walk at Changi, night walk at Pasir Ris boardwalk. Also walks at Chek Jawa boardwalk, Labrador forest, Ubin kampung, along the Southern Ridges, Sungei Buloh's new Extension, Lower Peirce Reservoir. Learn about monkeys, birds, Join nature art workshop, nature camps. Volunteer to save horseshoe crabs, clean up the mangroves. And lots more!

And MORE fun school holiday activities to discover and enjoy Singapore's biodiversity!

31 May - 5 Jun: Traditional Wayang at Pulau Ubin

Come to Pulau Ubin to enjoy authentic traditional wayang in celebration of Tua Pek Kong Temple Festival.

Photos of the festivities by Jerome Lim on facebook.

Thanks to Victor Yue for highlighting the celebration. He says "every year, on the same day as Vesak Day (4M15), the Pulau Ubin Tua Pek Kong Temple celebrates in honour of Tua Pek Kong." There will be festivities, free wayang shows with free evening ferry rides.

Thanks to Jerome Lim for sharing the notice of the celebrations:

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Thanks to Victor Yue for translation of the notice.

31May15 (4M14) Sun
10am: Invite Tua Pek Kong
11am: Prayer ritual starts
3pm: First Taoist Ritual
7pm: Second Taoist Ritual
7pm: Sin Sin Yong Hua Teochew Opera starts
10pm: Invite Jade Emperor 

1Jun15 (4M15) Mon (Vesak Day - Public Holiday)
10am: Prayers starts
11am: Lion and Dragon Dances
2.30pm: Distribution of Temple Offerings
3.30pm: Send off Jade Emperor
7pm: Sin Sin Yong Hua Teochew Opera
8pm: Tua Ji Ya Pek (First and Second Grandpa deity from the nearby temple) visit 

2Jun15 (4M16) Tue
7pm: Sin Sin Yong Hua Teochew Opera 

3Jun15 (4M17) Wed
7pm: Sin Sin Yong Hua Teochew Opera 

4Jun15 (4M18) Thu
7pm: Sin Sin Yong Hua Teochew Opera 

5Jun15 (4M19) Fri
10am: Teochew Opera Singing (From Sin SIn Yong Hua)
6.15pm: Pulau Ubin Fo Shan Ting Da Bo Gong Night (Getai) with Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Minister for Defence & National Development, Mayor for South East District, and MP for East Coast GRC as Guest of Honour
10.30pm: Tua Pek Kong returns 

Free Ferry Service
31May15 - 4Jun15:
from Changi Jetty (6.30pm to 9pm)
From Pulau Ubin Jetty: (8pm - 10pm)
5Jun15
from Changi Jetty (6.30pm to 10pm)
From Pulau Ubin Jetty: (6.30pm - 10.30pm)

Links to more

• Victor Yue's facebook event page 
• Jerome Lim's facebook album and his blog post of the festivities.
• More on how to get to Pulau Ubin.
• More about these festivities on the Pulau Ubin stories blog and theubin.sgkopi blog.

30 May (Sat): Muddy and his friends

Join Muddy and his friends for an adventure in the wetlands of Sungei Buloh. Be amazed listening to his interesting story and participate in the morning nature walk.

Suitable for children. Limited to 20 persons. Register online.

Time: 9.30am-11am
Venue: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Visitor Centre
Website: http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
Contact: info@sbwr.org.sg or call 6794 1401

30 May (Sat): World of Flowers Trail for kids

In tandem with the 'World of Flowers' Exhibition at the CDL Gallery, this guided tour invites participants to take a closer look at parts of a flower and understand their forms and functions. Enter into a world of colours and let the mysterious roles of flowers unfold before you!

Suitable for children in K1 - P6 levels. Register online here.

Time: 10-11am
Venue: CDL Gallery, Tanglin Core, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Cost: $6 per child and $6 per accompanying adult. Make payment on the spot on the event date itself.
Website: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
Contact: SBG Education Branch at 64719961or 6465 0196 or email: nparks_sbg_edu@nparks.gov.sg.

18-24 May: Highlights of the week ahead

For kids and the family

• The Birthday Party: Sara at The Children's Garden

Walks in wild places

• What's in my mud?
• Art in Nature with Jerome Pang

23 May (Sat): What's in my mud?

The mud at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is a key habitat for the plants and animals. This unique habitat is full of surprises!

Get close and personal to the mud and observe the rich biodiversity; critical to the ecosystem at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Join us for an interesting free guided walk featuring our lesser known creatures of the mudflats in Sungei Buloh.

Limited to 20 participants. Register online.

Time: 9.30am-11am
Venue: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Wetland Centre, meet at the Information Counter.
Website: http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
Contact: info@sbwr.org.sg or call 6794 1401

23 May (Sat): The Birthday Party: Sara at The Children's Garden

Sara is celebrating her baby brother's birthday party. At the last minute, she realizes she forgot the birthday present!

Help Sara search for the perfect gift at the Children's Garden. Along the way, have a fun and memorable experience in this Garden dedicated to children.

Suitable for children in K1 – P6 levels.

Register online here.

Time: 10-11am
Cost: $8.50 per child (includes $2.50 “The Birthday Party. Sara at the Children’s Garden” workbook); $6 per accompanying parent.
Venue: Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden, Bukit Timah Core
Website: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
Contact: 6471 9961 or nparks_sbg_edu@nparks.gov.sg

23 May (Sat): Art in Nature with Jerome Pang

Started in June 2010 and resumed early 2013, this Nature Art workshop is for the serious artists and those with relevant art background. Get ready to busy yourself with sketchpads and paint brushes at Dairy Farm Nature Park. Volunteer leader, Jerome Pang will be sharing and guiding volunteers and participants to develop their art skills while raising awareness on conservation and native biodiversity.

Suitable for individuals age 16 and above. Each session a maximum of 15 people.

Register online.

Time: 9am - 12noon
Venue: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Education Learning Lab (WELL)
Website: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/

11-17 May: Highlights of the week ahead

For kids and the family

• What's in my sky?

Wanders in wild places

• Paddle the Hidden Waterways of Sungei Khatib Bongsu 2
• Pulau Ubin Kampong Tour Guided Walk
• Nature Appreciation Walk at Lower Peirce

For Nature Society (Singapore) members only

• Butterfly Walk at the Rail Corridor

17 May (Sun): Paddle the Hidden Waterways of Sungei Khatib Bongsu 2

Open to the Public - Members Priority - Registration Needed

Join us as we explore Sungei Khatib Bongsu 2 (SKB2) by kayak. SKB2 is a land of giants compared to SKB1. Everything here seems to grow bigger, from clams to trees. The waterways and ponds are confusing, making navigation a challenge. Once inside, it is hard to know where things are relative to each other. Still, the allure of SKB2 lies in our curiosity to explore this almost-forgotten river. Paddling beneath the hanging roots of an immense fig, past canopied creeks, one cannot help but wonder if this natural playground can be conserved for others to appreciate the richness of one of Singapore’s last great rivers.

More details on the NSS website.

Time: 7.45am-1pm
Venue: Sungei Khatib Bongsu.
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg/
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.