The Co-Curriculum is a central part of every student’s journey through Tanglin, not only in supporting them in their academic learning and pastoral wellbeing, but also in equipping them with passions and interests that will provide them with deep joy. It is a means through which we can open more doors to a student, and offer opportunities that allow a variety of skills, pursuits, and pleasures to remain parts of their lives beyond school.
The team skills and physical confidence that can be learned in Sport; the ability to express oneself and the discipline that can be arrived at in Music; the creativity that can be explored in Art; the ability to absorb different perspectives and recast them that can be acquired through debating; the curiosity that new knowledge fostered through societies can inspire – employers sometimes call these soft skills, but ultimately, they are life skills. And beyond these benefits, there is the inherent pleasure of immersing oneself in a range of pursuits; there is a value in simply doing and enjoying
While we can provide students with the best possible start to their future careers, we can also nurture them to feel happy and fulfilled as individuals long beyond their time at school; that is the “success” the co-curriculum supports.
Michael Holiday Director of Co-Curriculum
INTRODUCTION
Managing Your Child's Activities with SOCS
All activities are managed via SOCS. To sign up or view your child's activities, please access SOCS through the Parent Portal
For programme details and regular updates, please visit the parent portal at https://myportal.tts.edu.sg.
If you need further assistance, please email cocurriculum@tts.edu.sg.
The email addresses for the respective departments are as follows: cocurriculum@tts.edu.sg (clubs/activities) music@tts.edu.sg (music tuition & ensembles) sport@tts.edu.sg (sport) merlions@tts.edu.sg (competitive swimming) gymnastics@tts.edu.sg (gymnastics club)
Gymnastics Club
Day/Time: Mondays to Saturdays Year: Nursery - Year 2
Tanglin Lions gymnastics offers classes for all levels and abilities within our club programme. Through our competitive to performance pathway, gymnasts have the opportunity to represent the school in national and international competitions.
All children from Nursery to Year 2 who are interested in joining gymnastics should email gymnastics@tts.edu.sg.
Learn to Swim
Day/Time: Mondays to Fridays Year: Reception - Year 2
The Learn to Swim programme aims to provide a comprehensive and accessible swimming environment that prioritises water safety and fosters lifelong skills. Our mission is to empower each student with confidence in and around water, developing their stroke technique over time.
Lessons are available both within the CCA programme and after school hours. Please email merlions@tts.edu.sg for further details.
YEAR 1
ART & CRAFTS
Construction Club
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Designing, creating and building using different construction resources.
Art and Design Adventures
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Get ready to cut, color, paint, and create! In Art & Design Adventures, young artists will explore a variety of materials and techniques to bring their ideas to life. From painting vibrant masterpieces to building 3D creations with recycled materials, this CCA encourages creativity, fine motor skills, and self-expression. Each week, students will dive into a new art project inspired
Art Explorer
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Exploring the world's famous artist and their work. Variety of hands-on artwork using techniques and styles of famous artists that allows children to use their minds creatively and hone their fine motor skills all while having fun and learning.
All Aboard!
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Enjoy playing a wide variety of games and making new friends. Our games will include anything from Snakes and Ladders and card games to Duck Duck Goose and Parachute games! Focus will
STEM & INQUIRY
Tech: Scratch Coding
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Scratch is a visual programming language that allows children to create their own interactive stories, games and animations. As children learn the skills to design Scratch projects, they think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Imagination Station
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Let your imagination come to life! In this CCA you will explore storytelling, art, role-play, and hands-on activities that spark their imagination and build confidence. Each week, children will dive into exciting themes like outer space, fairy tales or jungle adventures.
Chess for Beginners
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Let's have some fun when learning how to play chess together. We'll focus on what the pieces are, how they are used and how to strategize when trying to capture your opponent's king. Please note, this is not competition standard, we will be starting from scratch.
Sphero Indi
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
SCREENLESS & APP-ENABLED OPTIONS: Kids learn the basics of programming with the included color cards (no screen required) or level up with Sphero’s allnew, simplified drag-and-drop blocks in the free Sphero Edu Jr app, designed just for Indi.
Lego Robotics
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Join the Lego Robotics group, where we will explore technology through Lego building and programming! We will use our problem solving, teamwork, and creative thinking skills while learning the basics of robotics in a playful, engaging environment.
LINGUISTICS
Chinese Language: Claymation Craft
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Welcome to “Clay & Culture” – A Colourful Chinese Claymation Craft CCA!
This is where creativity meets culture. Children will paint their own clay creations while picking up simple Chinese words and phrases along the way. Every week, they’ll head home with a handmade piece they can proudly show off to family and friends.
Chinese Language: Exploring Monkey King's Journey to the West
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Let’s Go on an Adventure! — Exploring the Monkey King: Journey to the West (Chinese CCA)
Join Wukong, the clever and skillful Monkey King, on his legendary journey filled with challenges, teamwork, and discovery! In this Chinese CCA, children will explore classic stories, create meaningful crafts, and learn simple Chinese words and phrases—all while developing a love for Chinese culture and growing into curious, confident global learners.
Chinese Cooking
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Welcome to the Chinese Cooking course! In this class, you will have the opportunity to learn how to use chopsticks and a kid-friendly knife, while gaining hands-on experience in preparing a variety of traditional Chinese dishes. Together, we will make classic favorites such as pork and cabbage dumplings, mango pomelo sago, and seafood fried rice.
MUSIC
Infant Strings Group
Day/Time: Monday, 12:1012.40pm
Open to children who have already started having violin or cello lessons. This group will allow students the opportunity to play as part of a group and extend their skills. Contact music@tts.edu.sg if you would like your child to join.
Percussion for Fun
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Each week offers a chance to explore and play different percussion instruments from drums to xylophones, including Taiko drums, djembe drums and steel pans.
Storytime Singalong
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Join us for a joyful after-school club where books and music come together! Each week, we’ll enjoy a fun picture book read-aloud followed by a singalong inspired by the story—or sometimes, we’ll start with a favourite song and discover a story to match.
Singing Group – Circle Time & Clapping Fun!
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Join our lively Year 1 singing group for a joyful session full of music, movement, and giggles! In this funpacked session, children come together to sing catchy tunes, play musical games, and explore rhythm through energetic clapping activities.
Musical Imagination Explorers
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Welcome to Music Explorers. Each week, we will listen to a fun piece of music, then let it inspire us to make our own masterpieces. From building with LEGO to drawing, painting and so much more - each week is a chance for you to use your imagination and have fun!
SPORT & OUTDOOR PURSUITS
Ball Skills & Games
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
An opportunity to develop a range of key ball skills such as throwing, catching, dribbling and striking as well as building understanding of playing team games by trying out a range of different sports and activities.
Yoga and Storytelling
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Children will explore different yoga moves and hear stories linked to these. Sessions will continue to develop a love for books and increase core strength.
Climbing & Movement Skills
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Children will get the opportunity to boulder and rock-climb using a belay, while also practising over movement skills across equipment. This fun activity will increase core strength, determination and resilience.
Football Skills
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
A chance for children to develop their football skills with a focus on games and fun activities.
Outdoor Adventurers
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Get ready to dig in, explore, and connect with nature in hands-on outdoor adventures ! From caring for friendly ducks to planting and learning to use real tools, children will discover the joys of the natural world while building confidence and curiosity. It's the perfect mix of fresh air, fun, and learning!
Touch Rugby
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
A fun entry into rugby at Tanglin Trust. Children will learn the skills, principles and values of what it means to be a rugby player at TTS through fun game-based coaching. Teamwork and decision making will always at the forefront of our coaching.
Mindfulness Matters
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Join Mindfulness Matters, a calm and creative space where we can explore how to be kind to ourselves and others. Through gentle yoga, fun outdoor activities, and soothing art like colouring and friendship bracelet-making, children will learn simple ways to relax, build empathy, and enjoy moments of quiet. We will encourags positive thinking, self-care, and connection with friends, all while having fun!
YEAR 2
ART & CRAFTS
Woodworking
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Get ready to saw, hammer, and build in our exciting Woodworking CCA! Children will dive into hands-on fun as they create their own wooden masterpieces using real tools. With every tap of the hammer and turn of a drill, they'll grow their creativity, confidence, and coordination!
Amazing Artists
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Do you like Hammer beads, making bracelets but also painting, sketching and 3D Art? Get your creative juices flowing by exploring different techniques and media in Amazing Artists CCA. We will explore a number of artists and styles and will end up with some beautiful pieces to take home with us.
Art Club
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Come and explore new materials and techniques while creating your own master pieces!
All Aboard!
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Enjoy playing a wide variety of games and making new friends. Our games will include anything from Snakes and Ladders and card games to Duck Duck Goose and Parachute games! Focus will be on social communication skills; initiating communication, sustaining play and shared enjoyment and building on relationships. All Aboard! will take place in a calm space and will follow a structured and predictable format.
STEM & INQUIRY
Dash Coding
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Blockly Puzzles help you learn how to code with fun project ideas. Go off on an adventure with Dash, create your own inventions, or teach Dash some sweet dance moves.
The Joyful Journalists
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Are you ready to be a Joyful Journalist? This CCA is all about discovering and sharing the positive buzz around Tanglin. We'll be on the lookout for happy moments, inspiring acts, and exciting news from all 8 Houses. Creating an engaging Mini 'Newspaper' to spread that joy throughout the school community!
Tech: Apple Technology Explorers
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Calling all curious Year 2 techynology adventurers! Come and discover how to navigate exciting Apple apps, explore new tools that make learning fun, and work together to create and share amazing digital projects. Whether you're drawing, filming, or storytelling, there's something for everyone. Let’s learn, play, and grow as tech explorers—together!
Wonders of the World
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Do you love exploring other countries, maps, flags and amazing wonders from around the world? Come and learn about our wonderful world through interactive and fun activities that focused on the amazing colours, buildings and natural wonders and history of countries accross the globe.
Caring Cadets
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
At Tanglin, we love to give back to our community. Come and join friends and be creative and helpful and get involved in projects to develop your leadership skills and give back to those around us. Come and be a caring cadet and explore ways of saying thank you for those who help us!
Cooking up a Storm
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Come and have fun, explore interesting recipes and create some tasty treats to enjoy at the end of your session. We will explore food from around the world with a focus on health eating with the occasional treat. Whip up some delicious delights in the kitchen that you can wow your grown ups with at home!
LINGUISTICS
Chinese Language: Claymation Craft
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Welcome to “Clay & Culture” – A Colourful Chinese Claymation Craft CCA!
This is where creativity meets culture. Children will paint their own clay creations while picking up simple Chinese words and phrases along the way. Every week, they’ll head home with a handmade piece they can proudly show off to family and friends.
Chinese Cooking
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Welcome to the Chinese Cooking course! In this class, you will have the opportunity to learn how to use chopsticks and a kid-friendly knife, while gaining hands-on experience in preparing a variety of traditional Chinese dishes. Together, we will make classic favorites such as pork and cabbage dumplings, mango pomelo sago, and seafood fried rice.
Chinese Language (Intermediate & Mother Tongue): Exploring Monkey King's Journey to the West
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Join the Monkey King on a Magical Adventure! Dive into the exciting world of "Journey to the West," one of China's greatest classic tales. Let's explore this famous story and begin the early literacy journey! This CCA offers a variety of hands-on activities, including handwriting, art and craft.
MUSIC
Infant Strings Group
Day/Time: Monday, 12:10-12.40pm
Year: 1-2
Open to children who have already started having violin or cello lessons. This group will allow students the opportunity to play as part of a group and extend their skills. Contact music@tts.edu.sg if you would like your child to join.
Piano Group
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
A chance for piano players who have been taking lessons for at least one term to play in a group on keyboards. This is not for beginners.
Ukulele
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Strum along with other ukulele enthusiasts in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
Year 2 Choir
Day/Time: Tuesday, 3-4pm
For all Year 2 children who love to sing! Do note that this is after school and there is no 4pm bus available for Year 2s.
Library: Story-time Singalong
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Join us for a joyful after-school club where books and music come together! Each week, we’ll enjoy a fun picture book read-aloud followed by a singalong inspired by the story—or sometimes, we’ll start with a favourite song and discover a story to match.
Beginner Strings
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
An introduction to the cello or violin, having fun learning how to play a string instrument and playing together in a group.
Recorder Wizards
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
An introduction to the recorder, learn to play together and have fun learning simple tunes!
SPORT & OUTDOOR PURSUITS
Climbing & Movement Skills
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
Children will get the opportunity to boulder and top rope rock-climb ,while also practising other movement skills across equipment. This fun activity will increase core strength, determination and resilience.
Tanglin Lions Football Academy
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm
A chance for children to develop their football skills with a focus on games and fun activities.
Multi-Sports and PE Games
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Children will get to play a range of sports and activities such a basketball, hockey, handball and benchball. Communication and teamwork skills will also be developed along with tactical thinking and understanding of positioning and game play.
Touch Rugby
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
A fun entry into rugby at Tanglin Trust. Children will learn the skills, principles, and values of what it means to be a rugby player at Tanglin through fun game-based coaching. Teamwork and decision-making will always be at the forefront of our coaching.
Urban Gardening
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Inspired by the book, The Sky Garden, children will design and landscape the Year 2 Garden. Along with their green fingered skills, children will be planning and building the resources needed to bring the garden to life.
Yoga
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm
Children will learn a series of simple postures which will be built upon over the weeks.
PAID ACTIVITIES
Centre Stage LAMDA
Creative Drama
Day/Time: Tuesday & Thursday, 2-3pm
Year: Year 1-2
Creative Drama is process-driven drama – the emphasis and the value is in the journey rather than the outcome. We bring to life situations, stories, and characters by ‘playing out’ the narrative – using structured play in a highly fun and interactive way. Skills applied and gained from these classes are broad and immense: Confidence, communication, quick thinking, problem-solving, flexibility, teamwork, an ability to improvise, apply creativity and imagination as well as develop social and emotional skills! These classes are suitable for all children from the under-confident to build self-esteem to the real drama enthusiast.
Musical Theatre
Day/Time: Tuesday & Thursday, 2-3pm Year: Year 1-2
Creative Musical Drama is designed to build confidence and develop basic musical theatre skills in a process driven environment. The value and importance will be in the process and not the product. These courses combine movement, dance and song with a through line of Creative Drama and character work which we believe forms the basis for all performance work. Students will use this added element to build belief in the characters they are playing – a fundamental skill required in Musical Theatre. The key aims of Creative Musical Drama classes are to build confidence and express ourselves creatively in a safe space… learning valuable life skills in a process driven environment, rather than focusing on presentations or performances.
LAMDA
Day/Time: Tuesday 2-3pm Year 1
Thursday 2-3pm Year 2
Students will take part in the Solo Introductory Stage 1, learning how to perform one poem from memory, audibly and clearly, with an appreciation of meaning, maintain a short conversation about a favourite toy, explaining the reasons for their choice, along with an explanation about how to play a favourite game. This leads to an exam in June, with an examiner visiting from the UK. Please note, this programme runs across three terms leading to the optional LAMDA exam in May/June, which will be billed separately. We offer a showcase at the end of the year which is free to attend.
The Movement Studio
Ballet
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm Year: Year 1-2
We will meet your little one in their world—a world filled with stories, magic, and makebelieve! They will learn classical ballet steps in a fun and interactive way. Our classes incorporate both ATOD (Australian Teacher of Dancing) and RAD (Royal Academy of Dance), an internationally recognised syllabus from Australia and the UK respectively- giving them a strong foundation for technique. Children will develop coordination, control, spatial awareness, improved posture, and responsiveness to music, as well as expression and performance through Creative exploration!
Jazz & Street Dance
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm Year: 1-2
This style of dance is inspired by various street dance techniques such as bounce, popping, break, locking and focusses on groove and rhythm! Expect to hone body coordination and get a good form of cardio while grooving to cool and fun Hip Hop beats, that’s what a street jazz dance class provides and so much more! A fun way to develop musicality through the different tempo and songs that they are familiar with will give them a new appreciation for music and movement. The children will learn a variety of street dance poses and choreography with performance and showcase opportunities throughout the year.
Sports & Outdoor Pursuits
Rex
Martens Cricket Academy
Day/Time: Tuesday & Thursday, 2-3pm Year: Year 1-2
The course is designed for young children who want to develop their cricket skills. Content will cover a wide range of batting, bowling and fielding skills with the emphasis on enjoyment. Students will get opportunities to develop their skills through modified games and cricket drills. The sessions are designed to encourage beginners but also challenge the more experienced players.
Goju Karate
Day/Time: Thursday, 2-3pm Year: 1-2
Our programme is about incorporating karate-do into a fun and fitness training of karate and self-defence skills. The physical training will improve one’s agility, flexibility, strength, coordination and motor skills development. The mental training enhances self-discipline, self-esteem, humility, respect for others and resilience.
BSO Beavers
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm Year: 1-2
Are you keen for your child to join British Scouting Overseas? As Scouts we take part in lots of adventures, make new friends, support our community and have fun each week.
PAID ACTIVITIES
Linguistics
French
Day/Time: Tuesday & Thursday, 2-3pm Year: Year 1-2
This activity aims to familiarize students with essential vocabulary, including numbers, colors, and terms related to school, as well as develop their conversational skills in areas such as introductions and greetings. Learning will be facilitated through a variety of engaging activities, including games, songs, interactive exercises, and written tasks.
Sanskriti Hindi
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm Year: 1-2
In an increasingly globalized world where opportunity invites immigration, it can be easy for younger generations to lose touch with their linguistic roots. Sanskriti is dedicated to promoting the usage of the Hindi language and bridging the gap between children and their cultural heritage.
Urdu
Day/Time: Tuesday, 2-3pm Year: 1-2
Urdu beginner lessons- Children will learn basic knowledge of the Urdu language via alphabets, thematic vocabulary, vocalisation of words and learning to partake in simple conversations.
