Singapore Moo-O Awards 2025
Event Date: 6 August 2025
Registration will close either on 23 July 2025 or when 40 teams have registered.
Synopsis
This digital storytelling competition celebrates students’ ability to read aloud expressively in English through the Moo-O videos they create. The Awards aim to motivate young learners to improve their reading skills and nurture a lifelong love for the English language through a fun, engaging, and immersive reading experience.
Competition Instructions
- Team Formation
Each school may nominate one team consisting of three Primary 2 students and one teacher-mentor. - Pre-Competition Preparation
- Teacher Briefing & Training: All teacher-mentors must attend an online session on 30 July 2025. Details will be emailed after registration closes.
- Moo-O Accounts: Every participant, including the teacher-mentor, will be given a Moo-O account.
- Practice Trial: A trial period will be provided for participants to familiarize themselves with the app.
- No Prior Experience Needed: Participants do not need to be existing Moo-O users.
- On Competition Day
- A set of story titles will be released in each team’s Moo-O account.
- Each team must select only ONE story to record.
- All three students must take on at least one role in the story.
- Once the team has completed the video, they must publish it online as their final submission.
- Only one video submission is allowed per team.
- Judging & Results
- All submissions will be assessed by a panel of judges based on the judging rubrics below.
- Winners will be announced on 20 August via SGEM’s Facebook page, Moo-O’s Facebook page, and Moo-O's YouTube Channel.
Important Dates
- 2 July – 23 July Registration
- 30 July Online Briefing for Teachers
- 6 August Competition Day
- 6 August - 9pm Entry Submission Cut-Off
- 20 August Announcement of Results
Don’t miss the deadlines!
Teachers will receive full briefing details via email after registration closes.
Award Categories
Gold Award - 5 teams
Silver Award - 5 teams
Bronze Award - 5 teamsPrizes
- Each winning team will receive a trophy for the school.
- Each participating student in the winning teams will receive a medal and a Certificate of Achievement.
- All other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Judging Rubrics
| Criteria | Max Score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fluency & Pronunciation | 30 | Evaluates clarity of speech, pacing, and smoothness of delivery |
| Expression | 30 | Captures emotional tone, emphasis, voice modulation, and facial expressions |
| Creativity | 30 | Looks at imaginative elements such as voice characterisation and how the story is brought to life through self-made sound effects, or interpretation |
| Technical Quality | 10 | Assesses the clarity of audio and visual presentation in the video |
Judges
Judge 1
To be announced later
Judge 2
To be announced later
Judge 3
To be announced later
Judge 4
To be announced later
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