A dynamic Mother Tongue Languages curriculum which builds a strong foundation in the languages among our students while providing them with a rich language learning environment to develop a love for learning the languages and appreciating the cultures.

Key Programmes

Chinese Language Programmes / Events	Levels	Time
Mother Tongue Language Fortnight Activities and Competitions include: Chinese Cultural and Language Camp Learning Carnival Chinese Calligraphy Chinese Mask Painting Pen Calligraphy Poetry / Chinese songs Recitation Puppet Making Tea- Appreciation	P1 – P6	Curriculum Time
Festival Celebrations – Chinese New Year	All Levels	Curriculum Time
Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme	P3	After School Hours
Reading Programme	P1 – P6	Curriculum Time
JoyReader Subscription & Reading	P1 – P6	Curriculum Time / After School Hours
Magazine Subscription & Reading	P1 – P6	Curriculum Time
iMTL / SLS Portal	P1 – P6	Curriculum Time
Integrated Sentence Making Package	P1 – P2	Curriculum Time
Integrated Paragraph Writing Package	P3 – P4
Integrated Composition Writing Package	P5 – P6	Curriculum Time
Integrated Reading Comprehension Package	P1 – P6	Curriculum Time
Intensive Oral Package	P3 – P6	Curriculum Time
Remedial Programme	Selected students	After School Hours
Mother Tongue Support Programme (ABLE)	P3 and P4 selected students	Curriculum Time
Intensive Programme	P6	June Holidays

Other than these school-based activities, the department aims to stretch students’ capabilities and cultivate their love for the Chinese language through externally organised activities such as international online writing competitions, calligraphy competitions organized by cluster schools and/or external organizations.

Mother Tongue Language Fortnight

Festival Celebrations – Chinese New Year

2015 Primary School Chinese Language Curriculum & Instructional Materials

Rolled out starting with Primary 1 in 2015
Whole roll-out process completed with Primary 6 being the last level to implement the change
Greater emphasis on spoken & written interaction skills
Greater focus on authentic activities to better engage students and develop their communication skills
Continue to expose students to culture & values through CL learning
Story characters set in real-life situations that students can relate to, so as to better engage students in their learning of CL
Greater use of ICT e.g. videos, animations, digital interactive games etc

Professional Learning Communities

Through PLC, we hope to develop our teachers’ competencies in the teaching and learning of Chinese Language in their respective levels or classes. Through lesson design and collaboration on teaching and learning practices based on the Singapore Teaching Practice (STP), we seek to bring about improvement in a common area of concern such as pedagogy, teaching strategies and assessment, within the Chinese Language curriculum.

The PLC discussion focus will be on 3 of the 6 teacher development areas spelt out in the Work Plan Seminar, namely Assessment Literacy, Differentiated Instruction and E-Pedagogy. We want our teachers to share best practices and carry out deep reflection on their craft, so that there is continual improvement made in students’ learning progress and their learning experiences.

Parents’ Workshop

Our teachers engage our parents with workshop annually. Each year, we will organize workshop for parents so as to provide them with better understanding of the Chinese Language curriculum and assessment. Through the workshop, parents learn how to partner us in their child’s journey in learning the Chinese Language. We also share with them tips on encouraging their children to use the Chinese language as a living language at home.mIt was very heartening to see parents take time off to attend the workshop and participate actively with us.

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