Mother Tongue

Discover how the Mother Tongue Department builds language skills and cultural appreciation through enriching activities, Higher MTL options, and holistic assessments.

Last updated 17 June 2026

Mother Tongue

A large group of about 25 people posing in rows, mostly wearing red, smiling and making hand gestures indoors.

Curricular Objective

The Mother Tongue Language Department seeks to develop competent Mother Language learners through instilling greater ownership of learning, as well as developing pupils' appreciation and promoting their interest in the learning of Mother Tongue Language and Culture. We believe that every child should strive to excel in the daily use and application of the Mother Tongue Language. Since 2022, we have been offering Higher Mother Tongue Language from Primary 3 to Primary 6. This allows more students to deepen their knowledge and appreciation for these languages and their cultures from an early age. We hope this will encourage students with strong interest and aptitude in Mother Tongue Languages to learn as high a level as they can.

Holistic Assessment tasks for P1 and P2

| Reading | Speaking | Listening | Writing | ||| | - Reading of Hanyu Pinyin and CL characters(CL)
- Sight words(ML)
- Sentences
- Short passages | -Conversation based on a topic
- Picture description
- Conversation based on a picture
- Show and Tell(P1)
- Book Review(P2) | - Listen to statements & choose the correct picture
- Listen to statements & answer MCQ questions
- Listen to short stories & answer MCQ questions | - Paper & pencil test
- Sentence writing
- Writing a paragraph based on a picture (P2)
- Writing sentence(s) based on given pictures | |

Cultural Activities

(I) Celebrations of major ethnic events
To promote racial harmony and cohesion, the Mother Tongue Department will anchor the celebration of the four major ethnic events:

Chinese New Year
Hari Raya
Mid-Autumn Festival
Deepavali
Pongal Festival

(II) Mother Tongue Language Fortnight
During the Mother Tongue Language Fortnight, a series of fun filled cultural and language activities will be conducted to enrich the pupils' experience in the learning of the Mother Tongue Language.

Colorful children's artwork displayed on boards in a school hall with the text "A Thriving Community" on the wall.

Children in white shirts wave yellow and blue scarves while dancing in a colorful studio with a motivational mural.

Five masked children in white uniforms gather around a desk playing a board game in a decorated classroom.

Two masked schoolgirls arrange colorful tinsel branches in a classroom with other students in the background.

Four masked children hold circular embroidery hoops featuring colorful pavilion and nature designs.

Four masked students sit around a newspaper-covered table painting colorful masks with brushes.

Six young students wearing black masks and white shirts paint on canvases at a wooden table.

(III) MTL SOAR
MTL SOAR aims to instill students’ love for reading in MTL, to Spark interest, Open minds, Appreciate cultural roots, and Rise as a bilingual reader. Starting from 2025, P1 and P2 students will have 30 minutes of their MTL curriculum time ringfenced for reading and library-related activities. Teachers will use age-appropriate readers from the curriculum. There will be reading passports which contain fun activities for students to complete after reading books.

Two children wearing face masks hold up Tamil-language books in front of a bookshelf.

Four young children wearing face masks each hold up a colorful Chinese children's book toward the camera.

Two masked children in school uniforms each hold a colorful storybook in a classroom setting.

P6 Parents Workshop on the Learning of Chinese Language

The Chinese Language Department has conducted a virtual workshop for selected Primary 6 parents, which aims to equip them with the necessary skills in guiding their child to achieve better results for Chinese Language.

P6 Parents CL Workshop 2025
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Useful Links

Approved Dictionaries for PSLE:
https://www.seab.gov.sg/psle/

Useful Websites:
- https://chineseinput.net/
- https://issuu.com/wwpspublication/docs/wwps_publication_sfs

Mother Tongue Language

Mdm Kee Suat Har (HOD/MTL)
Mdm Elna (SH/ML & TL)

Chinese Language

Ms Yao Anli (LH/CL)
Ms Jasmine Koh Hwee Ling (ST/CL & EdTech Coach)
Ms Tong Jin Yi (CL Coordinator)
Mdm Lee Lay Kheng, Sandy
Mrs Tan-Nai Li Hua
Ms Vivian Lim Swee Keng
Mdm Wei Junying
Ms Tan Lay Lian
Ms Ng Ley Huey
Ms Yap Hui Tee
Ms Wong Sheang Yun
Ms Ang Chye Siang (FAJT)
Ms Koh Kah Neng (FAJT)

Malay Language

Ms Siti Juwani
Mdm Suriati Bte Djuahir
Ms Nurain

Tamil Language

Ms Aneesah Beevi Bte Amssah
Ms Thachayani Putaran