For Kids: Things You Can Try

For grown-ups: leave this page where your child can find it, and please don’t quiz them. There is also a page on choosing a first step.

Here are some things you could try. Each one has a guide for grown-ups, with more to read. Your school may not have all of these.

You don’t have to pick anything. Look whenever you’re curious.

Some things we found in each guide

• Sports and Games

  • Common school sports clubs include football, badminton and table tennis.
  • Netball, wushu and floorball are common school sports clubs too.
  • So are swimming, gymnastics, and track and field.
  • Not every school has every one.
  • On weekends, you can try free sports and games with a grown-up.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Sports and Games

• Performing Arts

  • Some schools have a choir or a concert band.
  • Some schools have Chinese, Indian, Malay or modern dance groups.
  • Some schools have a drama group.
  • Some schools have a guzheng group.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Performing Arts

• Visual Arts

  • Art Club is common at primary schools.
  • Some art clubs paint or work with clay.
  • Some art clubs make digital art or mosaics.
  • Some art clubs try batik or cross-stitch.
  • Some art clubs show their members’ art.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Visual Arts

• STEM

  • Robotics Club is common. Members usually build and program robots.
  • Infocomm Club is common too. Members usually learn coding.
  • Environmental Science Club, or Green Club, is common too.
  • Under-12s can join a bird count with a parent or guardian.
  • The bird count happens twice a year.
  • You can also count butterflies or dragonflies with a grown-up.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: STEM

• Debate

  • Some schools have a club where you practise debating.
  • These clubs also teach speaking to a group.
  • At some schools, debate is part of a drama club.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Debate

• Leadership

  • Scouts, Brownies and Red Cross Youth are common school clubs.
  • These groups usually earn badges and do things outdoors.
  • In Red Cross Youth, members learn first aid.
  • Some schools have Boys’ Brigade or Girls’ Brigade.
  • Brownie packs also meet at community clubs.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Leadership

• Languages

  • Some schools have a club named for a language.
  • Most of the ones we checked do drama or culture activities.
  • Some schools teach Chinese or Malay to pupils with another Mother Tongue.
  • MOE has online Chinese and Malay learning any student can use.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Languages

• Humanities

  • Most of this is part of school, not something families pick.
  • The guide has the details.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Humanities

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  • Some schools pick teams for a national ideas challenge.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

• Mind Sports

  • Chess Club is common at primary schools.
  • Members learn with a coach and can play for their school.
  • Some schools have a Chinese chess club.
  • The chess federation runs classes, mainly for ages 6 to 14.
  • The weiqi (Go) association runs classes, some in school holidays.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Mind Sports

• Hobbies and Other Interests

  • Some schools have a library club.
  • In two that we checked, members help in the library.
  • Some schools’ environmental science clubs do gardening.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Hobbies and Other Interests

• Volunteering

  • One charity kitchen lets children help, with a grown-up.
  • Kitchen helpers wash vegetables or pack meals.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Volunteering

• Pets, Animals and Wildlife

  • A wildlife charity lets students help with projects.
  • Students can collect things it needs, or help raise money.

  Ask a grown-up to open this guide: Pets, Animals and Wildlife

Guides for grown-ups: blog.beaconly.sg/practice-library/activity-guides/