Stories By Children

🎉 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗤𝗖𝗘𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) — 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🎉

All Glory to God, we are overjoyed to share that 7 or our 9 submissions received awards from the world's oldest international writing competition -- QCEC 2025.
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🏅 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:
🌟 𝟭 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 (𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁) 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱
~ Miss Jia Xuan Sophie Gwee
~ selected from 53,434 entries worldwide to be considered for one of the top two global winners.
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🏅𝟭 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱
~ Miss Zi Ning Faith Teo
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🥈𝟰 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
~ Miss Alyssa, Miss Mingxuan Sophie Qian, Mister Renze Evan Ye & Miss Ying Shin Kang Kierra
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🥉𝟭 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱
~ Miss Amelia

While Stories By Children has ceased operation, we are glad our children writers ended on a high note with us. We look forward to a prize presentation ceremony in 2026 where our children writers' voices, their families and community partners, who played an important part in being good stewards of their voices, would be celebrated.

Celebrating children's authentic voices,
Teacher Evelyn
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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗤𝗖𝗘𝗖
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world’s oldest international schools’ writing competition, established in 1883 by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS). Each year students from across the 56 Commonwealth nations submit essays exploring themes of global importance—fostering creativity, critical thinking and empathy.

Many former entrants have gone on to significant success. For example:

🩵 Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore’s Prime Minister) was a winner circa 1967 through the QCEC.

🩵 Elspeth Huxley (author of The Flame Trees of Thika) won first prize in 1924.

🩵 Mei Fong (Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist) was a winner in 1989.

This legacy underlines how the competition not only celebrates young writers, but nurtures voices who make an impact. Achieving an award in QCEC signifies that a student is among the top young writers across the Commonwealth and that their work resonates beyond the classroom.

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All Glory to God! Our children writers did amazingly well this year! 🥰👏🏽❤️💕💐

As the results continue to stream in,
please hang in with us,
before we make the grand announcement. 📣

God
Glory to God
!

To all Mothers, Foster Mother's, and ladies who play a mothering role (e.g., teachers, nurses, counsellors etc.), Happy Mother's Day!

Collage-Inspired Autobiographies with Roald Dahl

It’s the March Holidays and we decided to take a spinoff from our usual humdrum of exam-focused writing.

Here, our children writers each created their own unique collage from newspaper cuttings. The theme? Anything that inspires you about your future dream job! 🤩

Then, we studied an excerpt from Roald Dahl’s Boy, and…

imagined we were now 45 years of age, and looking back on life, highlighting key incidences, like how Dahl would have written Boy.

Not an easy task indeed, as it requires a few creative turns in the brain and across mediums!

Looking forward to see what the children come out with in the next few weeks!

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Here’s wishing everyone a blessed CNY! May your CNY season be filled with peace, love, joy and abundance! 🍊🍊🧧🧧💕💕💕

Family Times with Ye Ye & Ah Ma
~ a heart warming piece by Faith Teo (11 yo)
https://storiesbychildren.love/pre-young-writers-gallery-1/f/family-times-with-ah-gong-and-ah-ma

Stories By Children
www.storiesbychildren.love
~ inspiring authentic voices, one children's story at a time

Family Times with Ye Ye & Ah Ma ~ by Faith Teo (11 yo)

Michael Jackson the Turtle by Faith Teo (12 yo)

Based on a real experience, our child writer Faith Teo kickstarts 2025 with a story about a turtle named Michael Jackson. Lost he was for a whole year (who knows what he’s been through) and found, a year after in a forgotten corner of the school’s level 4 down water pipe.

This is a story of perseverance, of always looking up, of never givingStories By Children from the age-old tale of the slow turtle that won the race.

Stories By Children
www.storiesbychildren.com
~ caring for children voices

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~𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙣𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚! 💌✍🏼
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"Teacher Eveyln (Yuanhui) is a keen observer and a wise teacher. A rare GEM.

She has all the necessary professional training of a MOE teacher but what sets her apart from other teachers is her desire for the children she encounters to reach their truest and highest potential.

She takes great loving care to observe the wholeness of my daughter emotionally, mentally and physically, and enables my daughter to reach her natural full self expression through the English language and Art. Her teaching methodology is unique and derived from love.
I as a parent, who only wants the best for my child, strongly recommend Yuanhui to guide your child. 1000 likes. " ~ Dave T, parent
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"Teacher Evelyn's (Yuanhui’s) lessons have been a wonderful experience for my daughter. Under her guidance, she became more creative and confident in her writing. It was amazing to see her do well in her year-end composition exam. She truly enjoyed every class and always looked forward to learning. We’re so grateful for Teacher Yuanhui’s dedication and support. Thank you!" ~ Debbie L, parent
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Contact Teacher Evelyn at 8374 6808 today!

Stories By Children
~ a heart-based ❤️, award-winning🏆space for young writers

📍: Joo Chiat Community Club, 405 Joo Chiat Rd, #01-102
🌐: www.storiesbychildren.love
📨:[email protected]

📲:whatsapp (+65) 88374 6808to enquire today!