Tamil Language
Teaching and Learning of Tamil Language
From Sec 1 to Sec 4, all the students were given opportunities to exhibit their interest and talents to develop their love for language and enhance academic learning. With the introduction of Personal Learning Devices, PLDs, ICT integrated lessons were carried out to deepen students’ understanding. Students are given opportunities to develop their language skills such as storytelling, stand-up comedy, Drawing and Rangoli, advertisement act, one minute video making, one act play, mono acting, singing song, .
Learning Journey
A borderless learning (learning journey) is a designed learning experience that occurs over a period of time and involves a whole series of different learning elements and learning experiences involving different methods and channels.
* Sec 1 students have visited Pongal festival carnival organized by LISHA at Little India
* Sec 2 students visited neighborhood and learn about the available facilities around school
* Sec 3 students have been visiting Bala Vidya Mandir School at Chennai India under Twinning Programme since 2006.
Festive Celebrations
Pongal Festival and Deepavali Celebrations
In Bendemeer, Festive Celebrations are amongst the highlights of the MT Department programme. The three units have always strived to create awareness and understanding of our respective festive celebrations through the annual foyer display, covering different aspects of the celebrations each year.
Every year, the Tamil Language Unit organizes the Pongal Festival and Deepavali celebrations. The school foyer will be decorated with vibrant Rangoli designs and traditional decorations. Pongal delicacies were served for the school to savour traditional indian delights. Amidst the fanfare the celebrations also put across the values inculcated through traditional practices.
Parents also participate in Pongal and Deepavali preparations at school by contributing their service in decorating school and making Pongal delicacies.
External Competitions
Teachers will develop and train the students for inter-school competitions to be held at cluster and national level conducted by community centres and other literary organisations. Our Bendemeer Tamil Language students have been participating in SORKALAM, Naanum Oru Padaipaali (CPDD, MOE), Navarasam, Creative writing competition, language and cultural competitions organised by community centres and achieved many prizes at the national level.
Partnership with External Organisations
Tamil unit has been liaising with SINDA to conduct motivational and personality development programmes for Tamil students. A character development and personality development workshop called ‘Youth Victory’ was conducted for selected students. Motivational workshops, Cyber wellness Programmes and Rise Above Mediocrity Programmes were conducted for Tamil students based on their developmental needs to equip them to adopt 21st Century Skills.
Tamil Unit and Chinese Language Unit have joined the research programme ‘Singapore primary & secondary students’ perceptions, challenges & attainment in CL & TL composition writing: A comparative study on computer-based and paper-and-pen-based writing’ under the guidance of Mother Tongue HOD. Our Secondary 3 Higher Tamil and Express students are participating in this 8 weeks research programme.
Twinning Programme in Chennai (India)
Every year, a group of Secondary 3 students would travel to Chennai to visit schools there and immerse themselves in the rich culture of India. As part of our twinning programme with Bala Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, our students were given the opportunity to attend the lessons conducted as well as interact with the students in the school. In addition, the students visited two other schools, Devi Academy Senior Secondary School and a village school. Besides experiencing education in Chennai, students also visited many cultural and historical places such as Chokhi Dhani and Mahabalipuram which is prescribed by UNESCO as a world heritage site. It was indeed an eye-opening and enriching experience for all the students.
The school also played host to staff and students from Devi Academy Senior Secondary School and Bala Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School. The Secondary 3 students were selected to be the buddies of the visiting students to give them an insight into the life of a Bendemeerian. It was also a good opportunity for our students to find out about the education system, culture and lifestyle in India. This experience has helped to boost the confidence of our students and has improved their cultural and global awareness.
