Author Archives: writersbytheriver

Alya Afiqah Class: 3/4 The Sun Oh the bright warm Sun Her embrace makes me feel like a loved one even in outer space Her warmth Fills me with love I need not to perform The Sun Oh the magnificent loving Sun She plasters soft gentle kisses over my bruised scars that were marked likeContinue reading “The Sun”

Raabiatul Adawiyah Class: 3/4 When I was five They told me to be a good child Study hard for the perfect grade So they can be proud of what they made I’m like a blank canvas And they gave me my colours My days had never seen clouds of gloom  And my pretty, red flowerContinue reading “My Flower”

JOSEPIN SPREENA Class: 3/7  “Does what we learn in school prepare us for real life?” Since time immemorial, teachers, parents and students have been waging a war over the relevance and applicability of education. School has been known to some to educate pupils and help them advance and succeed in their future. Your parents mostContinue reading “What we learn in school is irrelevant. What is your opinion?”

BEVAN POH Class: 3/6     Good morning Mdm Shanti, Mr Derick, teachers and fellow Riversidians. My name is Bevan and I am the chairperson of our school’s Environment Club. I am here today to raise awareness about the honestly terrifying waste issues here in our country and hopefully get all of you to join me onContinue reading “Speech on Zero Waste Campaign”

LEE NING XIN Class: 3/5 “We are all connected by the internet” – Stephen Hawking. -beep- mentioned subject has no gender -beep- 1990: A child looked out into the world, its eyes brimming with curiosity. Suddenly, information flooded into its brain, facts after facts, crammed into the child. Its eyes brightened up, a moment ofContinue reading “What does the future hold for humankind?”

TOH LER XUAN Class: 3/4 To: Mdm Shanti, Principal of Riverside Secondary School From: Toh Ler Xuan, Chairperson of Student Council, Riverside Secondary School Date: 08 May 2019   On behalf of the students in Riverside Secondary School, I would like to propose incorporating social media during lessons. After conducting a survey amongst my schoolmatesContinue reading “Proposal to incorporate social media in class”

Class 3/4 Long, long time ago, on a TALL hill beside Tanjong Pagar Secondary School, there lived many villagers who did farming. They earned a living by selling the crops they grew. However in a dark forest in the middle of the hill, there lived a sorceress who enjoyed making people’s life miserable because everyoneContinue reading “The Legend of Bukit Batok”

Class: 3/4 A long long time ago in the 1940s, where the outskirts of Singapore lived a young women named Sem. Sem was forced to drop out of school to support her father’s business of selling vegetables after her mother passed on. The British had their naval base located shores of Singapore’s beach, where SemContinue reading “SEM-BAWANG: AN URBAN LEGEND”

Class: 3/4 ‘Ah boy ah, come sit down. Let Ah Gong tell you a story,’ he said as I hurried over, perching myself on the edge of his bed. Ever since young, I have always liked these stories that he told, tales which encapsulated different and intriguing fragments of the past. ‘It was a warmContinue reading “THE LEGEND OF SENTOSA”

Class: 3/4 “Harry! Paul! Angela!” Lady Windsor called out frantically as she travelled deeper into the woods. Just a few hours ago, Lady Windsor’s three children had run off into the woods nearby in search of entertainment for themselves after they had arrived at their cousins’ home. At first, Lady Windsor did not pay themContinue reading “THE LEGEND OF LADY WINDSOR”