2022
SEL LIBRARY
May 2022: ReadAble is grateful to Dr. Gulizar Haciyakupoglu whose generous donation allowed us to set up a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Library at Catch+. Dr Gulizar's contribution will go a long way towards equipping our students with life skills to step into the future with confidence.
GIC
Mar 2022: GIC stepped up to give ReadAble 500 ART self-test kits after we faced new and stricter testing requirements for our volunteers because of the Omicron surge. We are so grateful to GIC; their generosity has enabled us to run our weekly classes consistently and safely.
Blangah rise primary school
Mar 2022: ReadAble is thankful to Blangah Rise Primary School’s English Language Department for their partnership and for sharing a wonderful collection of big books. Our Explorers and Junior Rangers look forward to reading these books in class!
WILD RICE
Feb-Mar 2022: WILD RICE invited our students and volunteers to watch The Amazing Celestial Race, a madcap musical comedy inspired by the story of the Chinese Zodiac. Our students were thrilled by the production, which was jam-packed with action, puppets, special effects, and music. Many of them asked if they could go back for a second time!
The finger players
Jan-Feb 2022: Leading puppetry theatre company The Finger Players invited ReadAble students to watch an online performance of The World of Our Own, an empowering and relevant show about creating the world we want to live in, in spite of the isolation we face from the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021
Redemption hill church
Dec 2021: Some friends of RHC donated colourful Koodoughs Clay sets to each of our Explorers for Christmas. With their new air-dry clay kits, our students will be able to sculpt and create anything they imagine in class and at home!
GIC
Dec 2021: GIC, through a staff-led ground up project, gave ReadAble 200 ART self-test kits as we gear up to resume face-to-face lessons in 2022. GIC also supplemented our students’ Christmas presents with stationery packs tailored to each age group, so that every child has exactly what they need in the classroom for the new school year.
REAdy-for-school christmas wish list
Dec 2021: Friends of ReadAble including Redemption Hill Church, BooksActually, and many kind individuals fulfilled 101 students’ Christmas wishes to get them ready for the new school year. Our students received new backpacks, school shoes, pencil cases, water bottles, and more. Donors also contributed generously for grocery vouchers to help 37 ReadAble families tide over these difficult times.
WILD RICE & TZION FOUNDATION
Nov-Dec 2021: Our students experienced WILD RICE’s Japanese-inspired pantomime Momotaro and the Magnificent Peach. The colourful and entertaining musical was also a timely reminder that we are all responsible for our environment. Tzion Foundation made it possible for ReadAble’s Champions to attend, while WILD RICE sponsored our Explorers, Rangers, and volunteers!
Darren & Jerryl
10 Dec & 17 Dec 2021: Singapore’s only award-winning magician duo Darren and Jerryl invited ReadAble to participate in their Beyond Virtual (Christmas Edition) workshop and performance. We were all dazzled by their skill and showmanship at this virtual magic experience!
CPA Australia christmas party
4 Dec 2021: This was the fifth year that CPA Australia invited us to their annual Christmas Party. Even though it was held online, there were games, performances, a meet-and-greet with Santa, and — our students’ favourite — a virtual tour of New Zealand. We had so much fun!
LINDA LOCKE
Dec 2021: Author Linda Locke donated two copies of her beautiful books — The Boy Who Talked All Day, Agnes and Her Amazing Orchid, and the Jack is Curious series — to the ReadAble library at Catch+ centre in Jalan Kukoh.
GATEWAY THEATRE
27 Nov - 4 Dec 2021: Gateway Theatre gave ReadAble Rangers the opportunity to attend Behind the Wall, a meaningful show that helped our students understand and appreciate our migrant worker friends. Our students created thank you cards for them after the show.
TAN YI HAN & AURELIE CHARMEAU
Jun 2021: Han and Aurelie co-created an illustrated book “When Can I Stop Wearing a Mask?” to help children make sense of the pandemic and develop compassion for others. ReadAble provided inputs to the book and the creators donated half the sales proceeds to ReadAble.
JULIAN WONG & SINDHURA KALIDAS
Apr-May 2021: Theatre practitioners Julian Wong and Sindhura Kalidas visited our ReadAble Champions class to run drama and music workshops for our teenagers as part of their theatre education module.
TZION FOUNDATION
13-14 Mar 2021: Tzion Foundation made it possible for our students to attend The Feelings Farm produced by Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, a musical which explores emotions as landscapes and gives children and adults alike the language to process them in a healthy way.
ESPLANADE - THEATRES ON THE BAY
17 Jan 2021: Our students participated in the creation of The Feelings Farm musical, part of Esplanade’s inaugural March On festival for children. They were encouraged to draw, sing, dance, and speak about different feelings and how they experienced them.
2020
Cope Disaster Champions
May 2020: Disaster relief non-profit COPE published a booklet aimed at helping young children deal with life in lockdown amidst a pandemic. Endorsed by UNICEF, “Stay Safe and Smiling” features the story of two ReadAble students.
ENGINEERING GOOD
From Apr 2020: Engineering Good shares our belief that no child should be left behind in digital access, and has been providing donated laptops for our students since the pandemic started.
Positive Movement
19 Jan 2020: The good folks of Positive Movement kicked off our training year with a session on practising positive psychology on children for our volunteers.
2019
WILD R!CE
13 Dec 2019: Wild R!ce took the ReadAble kids for a very magical evening at the theatre with their annual Christmas pantomime Peter Pan in Serangoon Gardens.
KPMG Dragonboat Team
7 Dec 2019: The KPMG Dragonboat Team took the ReadAble Champions out on the water for an afternoon of dragon boating where they learnt about the history of the Kallang Basin.
CPA Australia Christmas Party
1 Dec 2019: Our third year getting invited to CPA Australia’s annual Christmas Party for family and friends at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre - we had a blast as always!
Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) by UOB
16 Nov 2019: Sponsorship of learning journey to Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) by UOB - our kids were taught how rice plant saplings were sown and got to try their hand at it, alongside a nutritious meal made with fresh ingredients from the farm.
the birthday book
11 Nov 2019: The ReadAble Champions started a project called @humansofkukoh, where they interviewed people in their neighbourhood and learnt to champion the stories of others. These stories were published in The Birthday Book 2019 in collaboration with The Birthday Collective.
Rolypoly Dance Your Way
12 Oct 2019: The dance company Rolypoly Family performed “Letters Come Alive!” for our Explorers, and “Say That Again” for ReadAble Rangers, showing the relationship between movement and language. Later, all students and their neighbours were invited to join in a void deck Dance Party.
bicentennial experience
7 Sep 2019: The ReadAble Champions learnt about Singapore history through a trip to the Bicentennial Experience 2019
SHARLIZA RAhMAN
Jun 2019: As part of our journalism module where our ReadAble Champions were taught to tell their own and others’ stories, we invited marketing-maven-cum-singer-songwriter Sharliza Rahman to share her life story to inspire the kids.
Diane Leow & Chan See Ting
Jun 2019: Journalist Diane Leow and photographer Seets Chan gave a 4-week module on journalism for the ReadAble Champions, coaching the kids on conducting interviews and doing write-ups. The module culminated in a trip to MediaCorp where they got a behind-the-scenes tour of news media and entertainment.
ps wives
1 Jun 2019: Collaboration between some friends of ReadAble, Jewel Changi Airport, Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Singapore Airlines - to make the Changi Experience Studio happen, as well as a tour of the Airbus 350-900.
aun koh & su-lyn tan
25 May 2019: Friends of ReadAble Su-Lyn Tan and Aun Koh fundraised by donating pre-loved books from their personal collection at Kith outlets islandwide, with all proceeds donated to ReadAble.
6th sense
11 May, 6 Jul 2019: Our friends Aqilah Faizall, Abhishek Bajaj, Isha Shah and Andrea Lim, who bring programmes to children in Kebun Baru, visited us with storytelling activities and a fun dance class.
PROJECT BOOKTIQUE
Feb 2019: Raffles Girls’ School students held a 4-week storytelling and Reader’s Theatre programme for the ReadAble Rangers juniors.
WEI TENG & BLOSSOM WORLD SOCIETY
26 Jan 2019: The author of Murphy, See How You Shine gave the ReadAble Rangers juniors a storytelling session, with copies of her book kindly donated by Blossom World Society.
WORLD SCIENTIFIC
23 Jan 2019: We received a generous book and monetary gift from World Scientific.
MEDIACORP & NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD
19 Jan 2019: MediaCorp staff distributed personalised book selections from NLB's WondeRead initiative which promotes reading among low-income.
2018
AUN KOH & SU-LYN TAN
29 Dec 2018: Foodies Aun Koh and Su Lyn Tan (The Ate Group and chubbyhubby.net) set up an icecream bar as a surprise for our graduating kids.
REDEMPTION HILL CHURCH
8 Dec 2018: Our second annual Ready-for-School Christmas wishlist gift giving for the ReadAble kids was generously sponsored by Redemption Hill Church this year.
CPA AUSTRALIA
1 Dec 2018: Our ReadAble students had a thoroughly delightful time at the CPA Australia Christmas Party for a third year in a row.
W!LD RICE
30 Nov 2018: Our ReadAble Explorers and Rangers were treated to a heartwarming, hilarious Christmas pantomime A $ingapore Carol by WILD RICE.
I LIGHT SINGAPORE
24 Nov 2018: The ReadAble Explorers and Rangers had fun creating artwork for i Light Singapore Bicentennial Edition using up-cycled cookie containers.
THE BIRTHDAY COLLECTIVE
22 Nov 2018: Three of our ReadAble Champions' writings were featured in The Birthday Book (Junior) 2018: The Roads We Take, a collection of personal stories from young contributors.
NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE
17 Nov 2018: The ReadAble Rangers and Champions attended a tour which took their imaginations to places and introduced them to the life and work of Raden Saleh.
CHARITREES
9 Nov 2018: ReadAble was one of 30 Christmas trees (each featuring a non-profit) along Marina Bay as part of the ChariTrees initiative which shines a light on the less privileged.
ROLYPOLY FAMILY
27 Oct 2018: Dance company Rolypoly Family organised a neighbourhood dance party with live music for ReadAble volunteers, children and families.
WAKA WAKA
20 Oct 2018: Furama Group took the ReadAble Explorers to their indoor playground Waka Waka where they had a wonderful time tumbling and sliding, with a feast at the end of their adventures.
ETHEL YAP
29 Sept 2018: Singer, songwriter and actress Ethel Yap ran an acting workshop focused on building character for the ReadAble Champions.
MYCOMMUNITY
15 Sept 2018: MyCommunity led by Carolyn Oei and Kelvin Ang took the ReadAble Rangers and Champions on a heritage tour in Tiong Bahru. Kenny Leck of BooksActually also invited them into the bookstore for cupcakes.
NANYANG GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S ENGLISH SOCIETY
28 Jul 2018: Nanyang Girls’ High School’s English Society conducted a session for our ReadAble Rangers and Champions on Creative storytelling.
FLEUR VELLA CHANG
14 Jul / 28 Apr 2018: Fleur Vella Chang, author and illustrator of Mabel goes to Singapore visited the ReadAble Rangers and Explorers for a storytelling session and craft activities.
LINKLATERS LLP
30 Jun 2018: Linklaters LLP took our ReadAble Rangers and Champions on a dumpling and kueh making workshop at The Little Things Cooking Studio.
NIE'S POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME
25 Apr 2018: Student teachers in the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme at NIE conducted Readers Theatre session for our ReadAble Rangers.
SINGAPORE WRITERS' FESTIVAL
9 Mar 2018: ReadAble Explorers went to Enabling Village for storytelling courtesy of Singapore Writers Festival’s Words Go Round programme.
OWL READERS CLUB
6 Mar 2018: Owl Readers Club donated pre-loved children books to ReadAble kids and our community library.
READABLE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Mar 2018: The ReadAble community library was built with books generously donated by friends including Lindy Ong and Faeza Sirajudin who gave hundreds of books. Geraldine Pang and Celine Sim provided logistics support.
TSE HAO GUANG
28 Feb 2018: Singaporean poet Tse Hao Guang led ReadAble Champions in a poetry workshop.
PATISSIER WOO
20 Feb 2018: Baker Patissier Woo donated 200 Nutella tarts to ReadAble kids and volunteers. .
2017
BOOKSACTUALLY
27 Dec 2017: Friends of ReadAble including BooksActually donated gift sets of backpacks, school shoes, pencil cases, socks, watches, wallets and water bottles, as well as bundles of Sing Lit children’s books to ensure the ReadAble kids were ready for school.
WILD RICE
17 Dec 2017: WILD RICE took the ReadAble kids and families to theatre production Mama White Snake, and Siti Khalijah came out for a special meet-and-greet.
CPA AUSTRALIA
10 Dec 2017: CPA Australia invited our ReadAble Explorers to their Christmas Party for the second year in a row.
SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL
2 Dec 2017: Singapore Writers Festival invited our ReadAble kids to participate in the festival where our preschool kids learnt how to draw native animals with illustrator Darel Seow.
SITI KHALIJAH
12 Aug 2017: Singaporean theatre actress Siti Khalijah told her own story and inspired ReadAble Rangers to create their own dreams.
THE FLOWER LIBRARY
14 May 2017: The Flower Library led a bouquet-making session for ReadAble Explorers for Mother’s Day.
2016 and beyond
SINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL
10 Dec 2016: The Singapore American School choir performed a lovely Christmas concert for the ReadAble kids.
SINGAPORE REPERTORY THEATRE
27 Nov 2016: Singapore Repertory Theatre sponsored tickets for ReadAble kids to Charlotte’s Web.
THE COMMUNICATION COVE & THE HIVE SINGAPORE
2 Jun 2016: Karmen and Caroline from The Communication Cove ran a training workshop for our volunteers while The Hive Singapore, a co-working space, sponsored our training venue.
GOSPEL LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
10 Dec 2014: The ReadAble kids attended a Christmas Party sponsored by Gospel Light Christian Church.
I THEATRE
28 Nov 2014: I Theatre invited our ReadAble kids to see a production Hop and Honk.