Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue Department
Through an immersive learning environment, the MTL Department hopes to instil the love and passion for the MTL in our North Stars. We strive to provide authentic learning opportunities and make the learning of the language relevant to allow them to stay connected to the real world and to develop them into critical thinkers and effective communicators of the language. We also hope our North Stars will be able to appreciate their own culture and exemplify its values in their daily lives.
Key Programmes
Highlight / Achievements
School/Staff
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MOE Innergy Award - Silver Award (2020), Bronze Award (2018), 2 Commendation Award (2021)
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Conducted sharings at various national/zonal platforms:
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Teachers’ Conference and ExCEL Fest (2021, 2023)
- Seminar for Secondary School Chinese Language Teachers (2021)
- Implementation of 2021 New CL Syllabus at Annual CL KP Meeting (2023)
- NZ CL NLC Seminar (2022)
- CL Core Team Sharing (2022)
- North Zone Chinese Laguage ICT Symposium (2022, 2023)
- AST Teachers-led Workshops (TLW) (2018 - 2022)
Students
- National Create Your Own Newspaper Competition (全国编采比赛)
- Lower Secondary Category: Second Position (2019), Second Position, Most In-depth Report Award, Most Popular Award (2020), Third Position (2021), Commendation Award (2022)
- Upper Secondary Category: Third Position (2019), Gold Award (highest accolade in the competition) & Most In-depth Report Award (2020), Third Position (2021), Second Position (2022)
- National Text Recital Competition (全国课文朗诵比赛)
- Lower Secondary Team Category: Bronze Award (2019), Bronze Award (2021)
- Lower Secondary Individual Category: Bronze Award (2021)
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Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Literary Awards - Chinese Creative Writing with Photography Competition (全国新蕾爱拍客)
- Lower Secondary Category: Second Position (2021)
- Upper Secondary Category: Second Position, Third Position & Consolation Prize (2019)
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National Malay Finesse Tik Tok Skit Competition: First Position (2022)
- Malay Language Inter-School Scrabble Competition
- Lower Secondary Team Category: Third Position (2019), Second Position (2022)
- Upper Secondary Team Category: First Position (2019, 2022)
- Lower Secondary Individual Category: Second Position (2019, 2022)
- Upper Secondary Individual Category: First Position & Second Position (2019, 2022)
- ‘Saya Boleh Mengarang’ Essay Writing Competition
- Lower Secondary Category: 2 Gold, 1 Bronze (2021)
- Upper Secondary Category: 1 Silver, 2 Bronze (2021)
Our North Stars are exposed to their traditional culture through MT Cultural Camp.
The school busking in festivities during Chinese New Year Celebrations.
Our North Stars have done the school proud by clinching various awards at different national and zonal competitions over the years.