School Tours
A total of 12,120 students from 182 schools participated in SCCC’s education programmes such as guided tours, workshops, and self-guided visits. These students included preschoolers, primary and secondary school students as well as tertiary students. They visited the Centre’s SINGAPO人 exhibition and made use of our educational resources to enhance their understanding of local Chinese culture.
School Holiday Programmes
SCCC organised a total of 10 school holiday programmes which attracted 91 parents and 94 children. Through these programmes, the young participants learnt more about local Chinese culture by participating in guided tours of our SINGAPO人 exhibition and hands-on workshops.
Sessions for Educators
SCCC conducted programmes for 91 educators and brought them on guided tours of the SINGAPO人 exhibition and shared how SCCC’s educational resources and programmes could support their teaching.
SCCC also hosted four sharing sessions for 2,195 Heads of Department, Curriculum Planning Officers, and teachers from the Mother Tongue Languages Branch (MTLB) during which SCCC showcased its suite of educational programmes and introduced the newly launched Culturepaedia.
In addition, SCCC participated in the Mother Tongue Languages Symposium (MTLS) for the first time and through the biennial event, reached out to 4,030 families and teachers.
Project Litup Goes to SCCC! and I Can Sing!
SCCC worked with local arts group Young People’s Performing Arts Ensemble (YPPAE) and student group Project Litup to launch two new programmes – I Can Sing! and Project Litup Goes to SCCC! respectively – to foster a greater appreciation of the Chinese language. These sessions held in Nov 2024 attracted 402 participants.
YPPAE’s I Can Sing! used songbooks published by the former Radio and Television Singapore in the 1970s to 1980s to introduce Chinese language to children through song. Project Litup Goes to SCCC! by volunteer students from Nanyang Girls’ High School adapted content from classic Chinese novels and used musical instruments and Chinese chess to spark the children’s interest in the language.
REMIX: SINGAPO人 Youth Takeover is SCCC’s annual signature youth festival and last year’s edition offered seven programmes across art, dance, food, play and performances. Held from 18 to 27 Oct, the festival adopted the theme “Back to School” and attracted 9,120 festival goers.
Cardboard Classroom Exhibition
Designed by local cardboard artist Bartholomew T in collaboration with students from Singapore Polytechnic, this cardboard classroom exhibition featured giant cardboard structures including a 3-metre-tall graduation bear, a 4-metre-long paper airplane, a large protractor and an eraser see-saw. It attracted a total of 3,181 visitors.
Recess Time
During the festival period, SCCC’s Concourse was transformed into a school canteen with food and drinks stalls as well as game and redemption booths for visitors to relive recess time in school. It attracted a total of 4,103 participants.
Fight Back to School
This onsite role-playing game allowed participants to take on the roles of detectives to solve a case with clues and hints hidden throughout the SCCC building. It attracted a total of 681 participants.
RE·MIX The Dance 2K24
This street dance competition featured an electrifying 1V1 street dance battle and group showcase competition, and included dance workshops conducted by dance clubs from local Institutes of Higher Learning. Both activities attracted a total of 972 participants.
Cardboard Robotics Workshop
Students from Singapore Polytechnic conducted a workshop for participants to create and take home their own cardboard robots. A total of three sessions were held which attracted 155 participants.
Influencer Sharing Workshop: Where Positivity Begins
SCCC invited local influencers Annette Lee and Anna En for a workshop where they shared tips and advice on how to leverage the power of social media to make a positive impact, advocate for social issues and shape the lives of fellow youths. The workshop attracted a total of 4,064 online views.
Songs of the Archipelago
Presented by music students and alumni from School of the Arts (SOTA), this concert featured local folk tunes, music by local composers such as Zechariah Goh and Phang Kok Jun, original compositions by SOTA composers as well as traditional Chinese folk tunes. The concert attracted a total of 28 audiences.
