SOTA: School of the Arts Singapore

Book Trailer Champions at National Schools Literature Festival 2019

Published on Jul 29, 2019

Three teams of SOTA students displayed their love for literature at this year's National Schools Literature Festival! The biggest literary festival for students in Singapore, this annual event took place at Woodlands Ring Secondary School on 20 July 2019.


Year 1 and 2 students who competed in NSLF
Year 1 and 2 students who participated in the National Schools Literature Festival. Photo by Mr Colin Lim

Congratulations to the Year 2 students on clinching first place in the Book Trailer category at the festival! They impressed the judges with a skit based on The Play of The Diary of Anne Frank. The Year 1 students who presented a poem for the Choral Speaking category also performed well.


Year 2 students and their 1st place trophy for the Book Trailer category
Year 2 students won first place in the Book Trailer category. Photo by Mr Colin Lim

The participants are (in alphabetical order):
Year 2
Chua Xin Xuan
Jessie Choo
Khoo Yi Xuan
Magdalene Ng
Rae Toh
Shann Sim
Valerie Theodas
Verlene Chew

Year 1
Huda Munirah Binti Alfian Yasrif
Noa Fei De Lange
Por Kate Yi
Rachel Peh Yu Xuan
Rangnekar Ramaa Shirish
Shriyans Palshetkar
Tan Jia' En Erica
Triparna Poddar


2019 NSLF Year 1 and Year 2
Year 1 students (left) and Year 2 students (right) who participated in the National Schools Literature Festival. Photo by Mr Colin Lim

We would also like to congratulate Year 4 student Eda Chua, for winning 6th place in the Flash Fiction category after submitting a short story inspired by her love for cats.


Thank you Mr Colin Lim, Ms Melissa Wu, and Ms Seah Ser Hui for their guidance throughout the preparation for the festival and on the festival day!