Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
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MT Department Mission: |
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Head of Department |
Ms Sum Xue Fen |
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Subject Head (ML) |
Mdm Mastuty |
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Senior Teacher (CL) |
Tan Pei See |
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Senior Teacher (ML) |
Mdm Junaidah |
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MSP Coordinator |
Mdm Latifah |
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Tamil Coordinator |
Mr Evin |
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HCL Coordinator |
Mdm Ng Siew Yong |
Department Brief
The Mother Tongue department aims to instill in the students the love for their Mother Tongue and attain proficiency in the languages. Through organizing academic and enrichment programmes, the department nurtures self-directed and life-long learners who can communicate effectively and embrace their own Mother Tongue culture and the diversity of the various cultures.
The MT teachers seek to create an immersive environment and provide authentic opportunities for students to use Mother Tongue Language and experience their own Mother Tongue culture. Activities such as the Mother Tongue Cultural Camp and Mother Tongue Fortnight provide platforms for students to enjoy using Mother Tongue language in authentic situations and participate in meaningful and engaging activities and cultural/linguistic competitions. Besides this, the celebration of the various traditional festivals (Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa and Deepavali) and the commemoration of Racial Harmony Day are also platforms for our students to lead in the organizing of the events. The department also seeks to enhance the students’ motivation in reading by having an Instagram account “iyuedo” to promote engaging reading activities. The Twinning Programme with Chongqing Nankai Secondary School provides further opportunities for students to interact with students from China and experience their local culture, widening their global perspectives. Besides that, this programme also helps to deepen pupils’ commitment and build a stronger sense of rootedness and belonging to Singapore. In the Covid times, the ties continue to be strengthened through the virtual twinning programmes.
Students are also given the opportunities to stretch their potential in the language. This can be seen in the Higher Chinese interest group formed to engage the Higher Chinese students in more cultural activities. Some of the Malay students are also given the opportunity to be Malay Ambassadors to further promote the use of Malay in our daily lives. Our Tamil students also have the opportunities to showcase their talent in the variety of external competitions.
Achievements
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S/N |
Year |
Name of Award/Competition |
Achievement |
Chinese Language |
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1 |
2022 |
Bukit Batok Chinese Pen Calligraphy Competition |
Second Prize |
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2 |
2021 |
4th National Text Recital Competition |
Bronze |
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3 |
2019 |
“新空下” NATIONAL SCHOOLS XINYAO SINGING AND SONGWRITING COMPETITION 2019 |
Semi-finalists |
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4 |
2018 |
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Semi-finalists |
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5 |
2015 |
CL - Creating Your Own Newspaper competition organized by SPH |
First Prize |
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6 |
2013 |
West Zone Creative Writing Competition |
Outstanding Award |
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7 |
2013 |
2nd National Bicultural Forum organised by Nanhua High School |
Team presentation & Commendation award (Bicultural Design—Wood Carving) |
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8 |
2013 |
Reading Superstar Competition (Blog Design) organised by MOE-CPCLL-NLB |
Finalists |
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9 |
2013 |
Speak Mandarin Campaign Video Clip Making Competition |
Finalists |
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10 |
2013 |
22th Chinese Current Affairs Competition |
Finalists |
Malay Language |
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11 |
2021 |
Pena Emas |
3 Gold awards and 1 Silver award |
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12 |
2015 |
Journalism Camp organized by SPH – Creation of Newspaper |
1st prize (Best Layout) |
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13 |
2015 |
Pintar Kata (Smart Vocabulary) App National Competition |
Consolation |
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14 |
2014 |
National Creative Writing Competition by Creative Arts and Culture Pte Ltd. |
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15 |
2013 |
National Story Telling Competition |
Semi-finalists |
Tamil Language |
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16 |
2022 |
Naanum Oru Padaippaali’ Programme-MOE Budding Writer |
2 certificates |
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17 |
2022 |
Naanum Oru Padaippaali’ Programme-MOE Budding Artists |
1st Prize |
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18 |
2022 |
RI Tamil Literary Competition |
2 Consolation awards |
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19 |
2022 |
W1&7 Cluster Drama Competition |
3rd Prize |
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20 |
2021 |
National Tamil Speech Competition (organised by Tamil Information Technology Society Singapore) |
2nd Prize Consolation award |
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21 |
2021 |
Tamil National Level Debate Competition (organised by Tamil Information Technology Society Singapore) |
1st Prize |
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22 |
2021 |
Navarasam competitions – Poetry |
1st Prize |
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23 |
2021 |
Navarasam competitions – Singing |
2nd Prize |
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24 |
2021 |
Navarasam competitions – Dance |
2nd Prize |
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25 |
2021 |
Kamban Vizha 2021 Quiz Competition (organised by Association of Singapore Tamil Writers) |
2nd Prize |
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26 |
2018 |
RI Literary Competition 2018 (Tamil Essay Writing) |
2nd Prize and Consolation Award |
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27 |
2018 |
RI Literary Competition 2018 (Tamil Quiz Competition) |
2nd Prize |
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28 |
2018 |
W2 Cluster Tamil Competition (Singing) |
3rd Prize |
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29 |
2018 |
W2 Cluster Tamil Competition (Thirukural) |
2nd Prize and 3rd Prize |
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30 |
2018 |
W2 Cluster Tamil Competition (Singing) |
3rd Prize |
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31 |
2018 |
Tamizhum Suvaiyum |
5th Prize |
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32 |
2018 |
Moe Competition Budding Tamil Writers (Nannum Oru Padaipaali) |
Gold Medal |
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33 |
2018 |
Amazing Race (Held At Ngee Ann Polytechic) |
3rd Place |
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34 |
2015 |
Creative Writing Competition for lower sec conducted by Ministry of Education |
Consolation Prize |
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35 |
2015 |
Essay Writing Competition for sec3 conducted by Raffles Institution |
Consolation Prize |
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36 |
2015 |
Singing, Thirukkural Recitation and Oratorical Competitions conducted by West 2 Cluster |
Singing – 1st Prize Recitation – 2nd Prize Oratorical – 3rd Prize |
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37 |
2014 |
Creative Writing Competition for lower sec conducted by Ministry of Education |
3rd Prize |
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38 |
2013 |
Oratorical Competition conducted by Raffles Institution |
Consolation Prize (Upper Sec) |
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39 |
2013 |
Creative Writing Competition conducted by West 2 Cluster |
Third prize (Lower Sec) Second prize (Upper Sec) |
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40 |
2013 |
Singing Competition conducted by Cluster West 2 Cluster |
First and Second prizes (Upper Sec) |
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41 |
2013 |
Debate Competition conducted by Yuhua Community Club |
Won First prize/Champion 2013 and Best Speaker Award |
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