KinderGym

Advocate the need and benefits of participation in fundamental movement programmes for all Singapore children

It was a challenging 2021 with many sports programme having to pull the brake quite often when Covid-19 cases locally was on it’s high at some points. The ActiveSG Gymnastics Academy (AGA) KinderGym Programme was also not spared especially when we serve pre-schoolers who are non-vaccinated.

In December 2021, AGA managed to start off its first ever School Holiday Programme (SHP) at three ActiveSG Sport centres; namely Seng Kang, Bishan and Jurong West with a total of 40 children ages four to six years old who stayed around the premises who came to understand what AGA and KinderGym is all about. It was a huge success with parents asking for more.

After the success with SHP, Season 1/2022 was supposed to start in mid-January 2022. However, with the delay in the equipment in the new centres and the lack of participants to hit the minimum participation numbers, Season 1 had to be cancelled.

Nevertheless, the training of the KinderGym gymnastics coaches went ahead. From May 2021 till March 2022, a total of three KinderGym courses were held with a total of 30 coaches qualifying to conduct KinderGym programme across various disciplines. A total of 12 coaches who were trained in Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) under Sport Singapore also came along to experience and get certified at coaching KinderGym as well.

With the relaxation of the rules in grouping starting Mar 2022, AGA together with SG will aim to kickstart Season 3 in July 2022 with a bang!