Games at oceanarium as ST's Little Red Dot marks 20th anniversary

On the morning of Oct 28, Trevis Tay found himself competing in games and challenges all over the Singapore Oceanarium.

- Dillon Loh

Pupils exploring the Singapore Oceanarium on Oct 28 as part of ST school publication Little Red Dot's 20th anniversary. Seventy pupils, grouped in teams of five, raced around the oceanarium to solve a missing shark mystery. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY

(GIN TAY)

Among other fun activities, the 12-year-old fished letters out of pools filled with recycled plastic waste and used his body to spell the names of the manta rays.

“I think the seahorse nursery, where we had to transport ping pong balls using a plastic spoon (clasped in the crook of) our elbows, was the hardest,” said the Palm View Primary School pupil.

“It required us to have the most teamwork and coordination, and we actually dropped the ball once.”

The Primary 6 pupil was competing in Big Day Out, the signature event of Little Red Dot, a weekly primary school publication by The Straits Times.

Previous events have been held at the National Museum and the ArtScience Museum, among other locations.

Big Day Out was refreshed in 2025 to celebrate Little Red Dot’s 20th anniversary. The event was organised by ST and Singapore Oceanarium at Resorts World Sentosa.

In total, 70 primary school pupils, grouped in teams of five, raced around Singapore Oceanarium to solve a missing shark mystery.