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Mother Tongue Fortnight 2024

Explore how students celebrated Mother Tongue Fortnight 2024 through hands-on cultural activities, competitions, and a P4 Cultural Camp themed around traditional weddings.

Last updated on 10 September 2026

Mother Tongue Fortnight

A group of children in red and white costumes with colorful hats pose with adults in a decorated school hall.
Three children near a decorated wedding stage backdrop, two seated in traditional attire and one holding a colorful prop.

The Mother Tongue Fortnight (MTF) activities offer students a dynamic platform to engage with their Mother Tongue Languages (MTL) and associated cultures, allowing them to experience MTL as a vibrant, living language. The Mother Tongue Department organized this special event on Term 2 Weeks 5 and 6.

Throughout these two weeks, students integrated cultural learning into their MTL lessons. They also had the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities during class and recess.

With the support of parent volunteers, students explored cultural activities from three different ethnic groups during recess. These thoughtfully designed activities provided authentic experiences for students to practice their MTL and deepen their connection to their cultural heritage.

Below are the activities organized for each level within the Chinese, Malay, and Tamil Departments:

Chinese Department:

  • P1 & P2: Bean Painting, Calligraphy Competition

  • P3: Paper Cutting, Calligraphy Competition

  • P4: Paper Cutting, Class Performance Competition

  • P5 & P6: Bamboo Slips Making, Class Performance Competition

Children in school uniforms hold up colorful paper cut artwork in a decorated classroom.
Young girl in a light blue cheongsam smiling while holding a red paper-cut Chinese character in a classroom.
Children in white and orange uniforms hold wooden blocks above their heads in a classroom.
A group of young students in white shirts hold up cards while posing in a classroom.

Malay Department:

  • P1: Kite Making (Layang-layang)

  • P2: Spinning Tops Workshop (Gasing)

  • P3: Interactive Reading of Sarong Ajaib & Wayang Kulit Puppet Workshop

  • P4: Paper Weaving

  • P5: Building a Model of a Traditional Kampung House

  • P6: Traditional Malay Dance

Four smiling children in white and orange school uniforms hold colorful handmade paper puppet figures on sticks.
Five young students in white and orange uniforms hold metal hoops with sticks in a classroom.
A teacher and four children display patterned fabric pieces on a stage before a seated audience of young students.

Tamil Department:

  • Language Competitions 2024:

    • P1: Singing Competition

    • P2: Character Portrayal Competition

    • P3 & P4: Advertising Competition

    • P5: Oratorical Competition

    • P5FTL & P6: Singing Competition

  • Traditional Games:

    • P1: Paramabatham

    • P2: 5 Kal

    • P3: Pallanguli

    • P4: Thayam

    • P5 & P6: Aadu Puli Attam

Tamil students also had the opportunity to learn about Indian traditional folk instruments, folk dances, and ethnic pot designing.

A girl in school uniform stands at the front of a classroom holding a paper plate cat craft for classmates.
Five children in a classroom, two dressed in traditional Indian costumes and three in school uniforms with headgear.
A man presents a Tamil-language slideshow to students in Innova school uniforms seated at green desks.
Two children in school uniforms sit across a green table, playing with a small wooden puzzle board.
Two boys in white uniforms play a mancala board game with seeds at a green desk in a classroom.
A woman in green guides children in a hands-on craft activity at a busy indoor school fair.

The fortnight was filled with joy, learning, and a profound appreciation for the diverse languages and cultures within our school community.


P4 Cultural Camp

This year's cultural camp theme is "Traditional Weddings." Students from various ethnic groups will have the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the wedding traditions of different cultures and experience the wedding process firsthand. On the day of the "wedding," the school has also set up wedding venues representing Chinese, Malay, and Indian cultures at three different locations, allowing students to immerse themselves in the rich cultural atmosphere and learn about each culture's wedding traditions.

A teacher gestures toward students in red traditional outfits in a classroom with a Chinese dragon design on the projector screen.
Four children in red traditional Chinese outfits stand in front of a whiteboard with a projected presentation.
Four school children in white and orange uniforms hold decorated items at a festive cultural event indoors.
A traditional Hindu ceremonial display with labeled food offerings, brass lamps, and two decorated mannequins in festive attire.
Group of children in red and white traditional costumes with adults posing in a decorated indoor hall.
Three children at a cultural wedding display, two in traditional red and green attire seated on a decorated stage.