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Town4kids STELLAR Programme

The Town4kids STELLAR Programme offers a comprehensive solution for schools seeking to enhance the planning & implementation of the STELLAR curriculum. STELLAR (Strategies for English Language Learning and Reading) is an initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Education, Singapore to make learning English more effective and fun.

Our programme is designed to align with the textbooks used in the STELLAR curriculum. It comprises a Digital Resources Library (DRL) that contains thematic lessons, quizzes, games and activities that are interdisciplinary and cover language, art, science, as well as project-based learning. Students are also able to access the DRL from home through a customised Student DVD. Teachers can send lesson plans online for students to explore or revise to enable continual learning from school to home.

Features:
~ Content-rich multimedia lessons and activities
~ Designed to complement the STELLAR curriculum at lower primary levels
~ Includes thematic topics relevant to the primary syllabus
~ Caters to diverse subjects such as English, Chinese, Math, Music, Art, etc.
~ Comprehensive lesson management tool allows teachers to customize lesson plans for students of different levels

STELLAR Activities for Primary 1
STELLAR Activities for Primary 2
1)
“Ants in a Hurry”
- Insects; Phonics; Grammar
1)
“A Butterfly is Born”
- Vocab; Grammar; Conjunction; Nouns
2)
“Crocodile Tea”
- Animals & Their Food; Numbers
2)
“A World of Tools”
- Vocab; Adverbs; Pronouns
3)
“Dan the Flying Man”
- Vocabulary; Grammar
3)
“Alley Cats”
- Phonics; Uncountable Nouns; Prepositions
4)
“Grumpy Elephant”
- Comprehension; Grammar
4)
“Bad Dreams”
- Vocab; Conjunction; Prepositions; Adjectives
5)
“Hairy Bear”
- Phonics; Pronouns
5)
“Beware of the Cat”
- Vocab; Collective Nouns; Punctuation
6)
“Hungry Giant”
- Food; Phonics; Grammar
6)
“Billy McBrown”
- Phonics; Conjunction; Simple Past Tense
7)
“I Want My Mum”
- Phonics; Grammar
7)
“Bubble Trouble”
- Irregular Verbs; Comparative Adjectives
8)
“Mrs Wishy Washy”
- Vocabulary; Comprehension
8)
“Chicken Food”
- Vocab; Cloze Passage; Prepositions
9)
“My River”
- Vocab; Grammar; Phonics; Pronouns
9)
“Chicken Rice”
- Grammar; Comprehension; Conjunction
10)
“Poggy Frogs & the Cows”
- Phonics; Simple Past Tense
10)
“Food Fit for a King”
- Grammar; Comprehension
11)
“Shark in the Park”
- At A Park; Phonics
11)
“Is the Wise Owl Wise”
- Plurals; Conjunction; Irregular Words
12)
“Short, Tall, Big or Small”
- Question Words; Grammar
12)
“Life in a Shell”
- Grammar; Comprehension; Plurals
13)
“Smarty Pants”
- Phonics; Using the Full Stop
13)
“Magnetic Max”
- Phonics; Conjunction; Determiners
14)
“The Enormous Watermelon”
- Comprehension; Grammar
14)
“Owl Babies”
- Pronouns; Comparative Adjectives
15)
“The Farm Concert”
- Animals & Sounds; Phonics
15)
“Slither & Slide”
- Verbs as Adjectives; Prepositions
16)
“The Giant’s Ice-Cream”
- Vocab; Comprehension
16)
“The Best Pet”
- Phonics; Singular & Plural; Simple Past Tense
17)
“Mr Grumpy’s Outing”
- Comprehension; Grammar; Plurals
17)
“The Chinese Opera Game”
- Vocab; Compound Words
18)
“The Jigaree”
- Vocab; Present Continuous Tense
18)
“The Feast”
- Vocab; Conjuctions; Prepositions
19)
“The King’s Cake”
- Vocabulary; Grammar; Phonics
19)
“The Fisherman & His Wife”
- Vocab; Grammar
20)
“The Lazy Duck”
- Vocab; Comprehension; Grammar
20)
“The Grasshopper & the Ant”
- Comprehension; Contraction
21)
“The Little Mouse ...”
- Phonics; Adjectives
21)
“The Growl”
- Adjectives & Synonyms; Pronouns
22)
“The Red Rose”
- Comprehension; Determiners
22)
“The Three Billy Goats Gruff”
- Phrases of Time Sequence
23)
“There Was an Old Lady ...”
- Simple Past Tense
23)
“Underground Dance”
- Phonics; Pronouns; Singular & Plural
24)
“There’s a Nightmare ...”
- Comprehension; Grammar
24)
“What Will the Weather Be Like ...”
- Vocab; Comprehension
25)
“To Town”
- Vocab; Grammar; Simple Past Tense
25)
“Willy & Hugh”
- Phonics; Present & Past Continuous Tense
26)
“Walking Through the Jungle”
- Wild Animals; Phonics
   
27)
“When My Baby Sister Came Home”
- My Family; Phonics
   
28)
“Who Will Be My Mother”
- Vocab; Comprehension
   
29)
“Whoose Hooves?”
- Vocab; Singular & Plural; Determiners
   

Additional Contents:
ENGLISH
The Computer
Vocabulary
Grammar
Text Type
The Alphabet
Phonics
Reading
Comprehension
Songs
Authoring Tools

MUSIC
“Perfect Match” (P1 & P2)
“First Steps” (P1 & P2)
NE Songs
Music Appreciation
Composers
World Instruments
Percussion Instruments
Orchestral Instruments
Note Values
Rhythm Making
Solfege & Hand Signs
Dictionary & Flashcards

 

THEMATIC RESOURCES
About Myself
Going to School
Hobbies & My Favourite Things
My Family
Where I Live
My Neighbourhood
What We Wear
Animals in the Wild
On the Farm
Underwater World
Jobs People Do
Let’s Celebrate
Once Upon A Time
What We Eat
Getting Around
Calendar
Holidays & Festivals
Let’s Go Shopping
The World of Colours
Weather & Seasons
Tales & Fables
Creepy Crawlies
Our Environment
My Singapore
Countries Around the World
People & Culture
Sports & Games
Space & Planets
Mystery & Adventure

ART & CRAFT
Fundamentals of Art
The Art of Cartooning
The Art of Animation
Paper Crafts
Art of the Masters
World Arts
Hands-on Art

SOCIAL STUDIES
People in My Community
People & Culture
My Singapore
Festivals & Celebrations
Interesting Places in Asia
Countries Around the World
Environmental Issues

PHYSICAL & HEALTH
Sports & Games
Movement Exercises
How Our Body Works
Healthy Living
Food Pyramid
Food Nutrition
The Avian Flu
Hobbies
Road Safety


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Town4kids Phonics Fun Programme

The Town4kids Phonics Fun Programme is designed to help Primary 1 and Primary 2 students become skilled and fluent readers. The programme aims to provide students with a solid phonics foundation through an interactive environment to build confidence in reading, writing and communicating in English.

The programme is supported by a content-rich multimedia resource bank and carefully designed activity sheets in progressive levels. Rhymes, stories and group activities are also incorporated to allow students to explore creative language use.

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Phonics Fun Overview:
Beginning Sounds > Consonants / Short Vowels > Initial & Final Blends >
Silent Letters > Diagraphs > Diphthongs > Long Vowels > Special Vowels & Rhyming Words


Town4kids Language & Drama Programme

The Town4kids Language & Drama Programme introduces Primary 1 and Primary 2 students to stories, rhymes, dramatization, puppetry and choral recitation. It is an exciting and interactive programme to build students' self confidence, creativity and language skills.

The programme is supported by a series of books suitable for progressive levels, multimedia resources comprising interactive stories and activities, and templates and props that enable students to design or improvise characters for a lively performance.

Benefits of Language & Drama:

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Cultivate self-awareness so that students are aware and understand one’s own feelings, strengths, weaknesses and overall behaviour.
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Build verbal and linguistic skills through story comprehension, expressing ideas and thoughts, applying vocabulary words, reading and public speaking.
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Promote team building, empathy for others, leadership and organizational skills.
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Enhance logical reasoning skills and creativity through experimenting hypotheses and consequences.

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Language & Drama Overview:

Story-telling, Reading aloud & Improvisation of story
- Learn new words
- Ask investigative questions to facilitate understanding and creativity
- Re-telling of story in students' own words

Dramatization & Puppetry
- Performing a play, rhyme or story
- Dialogue
- Role-play
- Characterization
- Mime & movement

Choral Recitation
- Performing a poem or rhyme
- Chant a verse individually or in a group
- Recite a rhyme or sing a song in parts
- Acquire new vocabulary through rhyming or alliteration

Group Project
- Drama or choral recitation
- Involve students in preparation such as face painting, balloon art, etc.
- Brainstorming & group rehearsals
- Encourage teamwork & build confidence



Partnering Schools
Ai Tong School
Fengshan Primary School
Hougang Primary School
Pasir Ris Primary School
Zhangde Primary School

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