Town4kids School Programmes

STELLAR Programme | Phonics Fun | Language & Drama | Partnering Schools

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.

Teachers will find multimedia lessons in various text types; stories and informative texts with narration and graphics; interactive activities for class use; comprehension exercises and language activities. The library also contains an easy-to-use lesson-planning tool for teachers to customize lessons and activities in conjunction with the STELLAR curriculum to enhance learning.

The Digital Resource Library (DRL) for STELLAR comprises a series of thematic topics including stories, informative texts, interactive activities and comprehension exercises:

Myself My Face My Body My Clothes My Toys How Our Body Works	My House Things in Living Room Things in Bedroom Things in Kitchen Things in Bathroom	School & Neighbourhood In the Classroom At the Park In the Street	Living Things My Pets Animals Insects Sea Creatures Masks & Puppets
What We Eat Food Fruit Facts About Food	Celebration At A Party Festivals	Transportation Land, Sea & Air Transportation	Colours & Shapes All About Colours Colour By Number All About Shapes Picture Shapes
Stories & Fables Noah's Ark Gulliver's Travel Puss in Boots Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves A Young Dinosaur The Proud Penguin The Man-Eating Swordfish	Stories & Fables The Wicked Witch The Gift of Rice Adventures of Pinocchio The Clown & the Princess Conversation with a Mouse	Adventures & Explorations Amazing Stories The UFO A Detective Story Kidnapped A Space Excursion The Amazon Rainforest	Phonics Resources The Alphabet Beginning Sounds Vowels Consonants Variations Blends Digraphs Diphthongs Silent Letters
My Singapore About Singapore Places of Interest Living History & Religion Nature & Wildlife Parks Offshore Islands Interesting Events	Countries & Places Countries in Asia Europe & Russia Central & South America Middle East & Africa	People & Culture Chinese in Singapore Malays in Singapore Indians in Singapore Eurasians in Singapore Peranakans in Singapore	Earth & Space Weather & Seasons Space & Planets Save our Earth Endangered Species International Space Station
All About Sports Health & Sports Individual Sports Team Sports	Rhymes & Songs Rhymes Community & Folk Songs	Activities & Projects Quizzes & Activities Speech & Drama Projects

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.

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:

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

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