Malay
MALAY
Vision
The vision of the Malay Department is for our students to be effective Malay Language communicators and appreciators of the Malay culture and values.
Our mission is to enhance students’ linguistic ability through listening, oral communication, reading and writing imbibed with a sense of cultural awareness, heritage, values and identity.
Our objectives are:-
1. To provide an engaging learning
environment
2. To achieve scholastic excellence
3. To develop language abilities and competencies
in reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking skills
4. To provide opportunities for students
to speak, write and make presentations in standard Malay Language that
is grammatical, fluent and appropriate to purpose, audience, context and
culture
5. To encourage appreciation of fiction and
non-fiction texts
6. To enhance effective use of ICT in learning
of the Malay Language
Programmes
Reading Programme
The department promotes and encourages reading at all levels. The Reading Programme sees the reading periods allocated to Primary 1 to Primary 5 students within the curriculum time. It provides students with a progressive reading structure that not only develops interest in reading but also sparking creative and critical thinking through critical questions and post-reading activities. Through this Reading Programme, the pupils can widen their general knowledge as well as improve on their vocabulary, understanding of text and sentence structure. This fosters a sense of responsibility and commitment to reading by emphasizing the joy and success pupils can obtain from reading proficiently.
Objectives of the programme are to:
1. cultivate the love of reading Malay Language
books in students; and
2. improve reading proficiency of students
MTL Fortnight
This 2-week long event is aimed at creating an immersive environment for the learning of mother tongue languages. During the two weeks, a wide range of activities related to Malay language and culture are conducted. Different levels were exposed to a variety of cultural activities such as playing the angklung, silat and khat (Malay calligraphy). These activities provide authentic opportunities for students to use and experience the Malay language and culture.
The objectives of the programme are to:
1. create varied opportunities for students to
involve and participate in Malay language and cultural activities that
promote an exclusive use of the language;
2. experience the relevance in learning MTL by
providing meaningful and engaging activities;
3. raise awareness of the respective cultures and
traditions;
4. stimulate students’ interest in knowing their
language and culture.
MT Language & Cultural ICT Trail
The Malay Language and Cultural ICT trail started in 2016. The trail received positive feedback. This programme was further enhanced with ICT tools such as iPads to scan QR codes to access quizzes. It was further refined in 2018 with the use of google sites to host additional relevant resources such as videos and pictures to enhance learning. Since then, the trail has become a key programme that the students look forward to every year.
Objectives of the programme are to:
1. provide students a rich language
and cultural experience that complements the Malay Language curriculum.
2. provide students an engaging
outdoor program that creates joy of learning, and
3. leverage on the use of ICT
to enhance the learning experience
Hari Raya Puasa Celebrations
One of the festive occasions celebrated in Bendemeer Primary is the Hari Raya Puasa Concert. This celebration aims to create awareness of the festival celebrated by the Muslim community in Singapore and share the joyous occasion with our muti-racial school community. This year, we saw students from BPS showcasing their talents as they sang and danced to popular Hari Raya songs. Our teachers were not left out as they participated in the ketupat arrangement game and sing-along session.
Resources and Useful Links
Siri Bacaan Nabil Nabilah (Reader Series for P1- P6)
https://mllpc.sg/publications/3
Permainan dalam Talian (Aplikasi untuk Dimuat Turun) - Online Language
Games (Apps)
https://mllpc.sg/games
Rakan Bahasa (Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura) – Friends of the Language
https://www.languagecouncils.sg/mbms/my/bulan-bahasa/rakan-bahasa
Buku Elektronik (Electronic Books) – Log-in Required
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/main/malay-ebooks
Kamus dalam Talian (Online Dictionary)
https://prpm.dbp.gov.my/