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NTUC First Campus in the Press and Media
30-year-old Syuhairah Bte Hassan used to be greeted by white clouds almost daily at her previous workplace. Now, she gets to experience the same sight on children’s artworks. Syuhairah has always wanted to be a pre-school teacher, but chose to start…
In a commentary article on Lianhe Zaobao, Dr Connie Lum, Director of the Mother Tongue Language Curriculum at NTUC First Campus, shares her take on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) updated Nurturing Early Learners Framework. The framework emphasises the holistic development of children such as developing social-emotional…
A teacher once alerted Meera Krishnan, a senior Child Enabling Executive (CEE) at NTUC First Campus (NFC), that a two-year-old child often brought feeding bottles that were old and mouldy. When Meera realised it was because his parents could not afford a new…
In a CNA documentary titled Singapore in Red, Green, Blue, children from My First Skool (MFS) (Kampung Admiralty) were featured for conducting exercise sessions and virtual puppet performances for the seniors at the Active Ageing Hub (AAH) amid the pandemic. Before the pandemic, these sessions…
Little Skool-House (LSH) (At-Kent-Vale) has incorporated body safety concepts, such as good vs bad touches, and situations whereby children should inform a trusted adult when they receive bad touches from others, within its literacy-based programme. Some of the guiding questions teachers…
NTUC First Campus’ (NFC) two inclusive pre-schools will support children with special needs from February 2022. NFC’s philosophy is to keep the classroom setting as natural as possible with slight modifications to better support the needs of the children. An example would be…
In a Straits Times photo story covering the first day of school, children of Little Skool-House (At-Mountbatten-Square) were pictured getting their health checks done before starting their day. The process involves temperature-taking, looking for symptoms of hand, foot and mouth…
Straits Times reported that infant-care places for babies aged 2 to 17 months old have surged by 66 per cent in 5 years, from 6,200 in 2015 to about 10,500 places last year, according to data by the Early Childhood…
A Straits Times article featured My First Skool (MFS) at Block 997 Buangkok Crescent’s visual arts programme, which was introduced since the centre first opened in 2018. Thanks to a partnership with the National Gallery Singapore, the centre is one of the…
Tok Su Ling, principal of My First Skool at Blk 684A Choa Chu Kang Crescent, reading a book to the children. Taking a pay cut of more than 40 per cent, Tok Su Ling made a mid-career switch from being…
Pearlyn Tan, Executive Principal of My First Skool at 997 Buangkok Crescent, received the Outstanding Early Childhood Leader Award at this year’s ECDA Awards. A principal who allowed children from vulnerable backgrounds to better express themselves through art; an educarer…
In a feature story on how pre-schools in Singapore are helping families in need amid the pandemic, Straits Times reported that NTUC First Campus’ (NFC) Bright Horizons Fund has channelled about $2.4 million in 2021 to bridge the income and…
Ally Mohd Ramri and her daughter Zara Ain Bte Muhd Zaidi are engaged in an activity on My First Skool’s Home Learning Programme. 22,000 preschool children – from infants to six-year-olds – and their parents, benefited from the Home Learning…
My First Skool (MFS) is one of the winners of The New Age Parents Editors’ Awards 2021. In this article, the writer shared that MFS aims to raise happy children who exude a positive ‘I Can Do It!’ attitude by positive…