2005

Explore the Mother Tongue Department's 2005 highlights, from a Chinese New Year concert for senior citizens to a Beijing cultural immersion trip and school-wide student competitions.

Last updated 2 July 2026

Four stage performance scenes showing singers at microphones, a seated group, and dancers in green costumes with colorful fans.

Chinese New Year Celebrations 2005.

On the 8th February 2005, the Mother Tongue Department collaborated with the PCCG (Pastoral Care and Career Guidance) Department to bring the festive joy to the senior citizens who are living at Banda Street. The MT Department raised funds for the senior citizens through the sale of “greeting cards”. Besides raising funds for the senior citizens, the citizens were also invited to the concert specially organized by the teachers of the MT departments. There were dance items put up by TL and ML students, as well as our Dance society. There were also music performances by our Chinese Orchestra and not forgetting the finale, “恭喜恭喜”by our Principal, Mdm Choy and all of our teaching staff.

Four photos of students on a China cultural immersion tour, visiting the Great Wall, riding a rickshaw, and doing crafts.

School Immersion - Beijing 2005

During the June holidays this year, the 6 teachers from the mother tongue department brought 20 specially selected students from Sec 2E to Sec 4E on a China cultural immersion trip.
Our objectives were:

To motivate and enhance enthusiasm among the students in the learning of Chinese language
To educate students on the immense and varied history of China through sightseeing tours of cultural and historical sites.
To promote interaction and friendship between Singapore and Chinese students by enabling participants to experience student life in the Chinese school.
To provide authentic Chinese language learning environment for our students through attending Chinese classes in a local school.
To help our participants cultivate skills and values like self-reliance, independence, bonding with fellow schoolmates and also foster team camaraderie.

Three panels show adults and children exchanging items on a stage with red curtains in the background.

Internal Competitions

In order to fully discover and develop the talents of our Outramians, the MT Department has also organized many different competitions throughout the year. These competitions were open to students from all levels and streams. There were creative writing competitions, poetry recitation competitions, story telling competition, poetry composition competition, lyrics composition competitions, Hansvision/MSPY typing competitions, lantern making/Angbow design competition, general knowledge quiz are just some of the competitions organized for our students.