Curated resources for the contest
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Useful Links
If you need to know more about growing up in Singapore to help with the creative process, check out some of these resources from the National Library and the National Archives:
“A Girl Playing Five Stones,” National Archives of Singapore, published 26 Jun 2015.
“Christmas Party at a Children Social Centre,1950,” National Archives of Singapore, published 12 Jun 2015.
“Educational Television Series English for You: Old Singapore, 1972,” National Archives of Singapore, published 27 Apr 2015.
“Kampung Spirit,” Blast from the Past, accessed Jul 2025.
“Schooling in the Past,” Blast from the Past, accessed Jul 2025.
“Sharity the Elephant and Friends,” National Archives of Singapore, published 16 Oct 2015.
“Teeth Brushing Exercise,1969,” National Archives of Singapore, published 19 Jun 2015.
Ang Seow Leng, “My Childhood Memories: A Slice of Kampong Life,” BiblioAsia (Nov 2023).
Education in Singapore comprises a series of oral history interviews that document the development of English-medium education from pre-war to independence to present day.
Fiona Tan, “Centrepoint Kids,” National Archives of Singapore, published 17 Jun 2016.
Hidayah Amin, “Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood,” BiblioAsia 13, no. 1 (Apr-Jun 2017).
Ministry of Social and Family Development, “Childcare in the Early Years (1946-1976)”. Archives Online, published Dec 2017.
S.U.R.E., “Looking at the Big Picture: Living in Kampongs,” published Aug 2017.
Vina Jie-Min Prasad, “Pasar Malam,” Singapore Infopedia, published 2 Mar 2015.