My First School
My First School (Chinese: 快乐第一班) is a Singaporean Chinese drama series which is telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Mediacorp Channel 8. The series began production on November 2015 and made its debut on 12 April 2016 and ended on 31 May 2016. This sitcom consists of 8 episodes, it stars Julie Tan , Chen Liping , Youyi , Xiang Yun , Aloysius Pang & Damien Teo as the casts of this series.[1][2][3][4][5] The series is jointly presented by NTUC First Campus and the Lien Foundation.
| My First School 快乐第一班 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Family School |
| Created by | Cynthia Chong 张湄纭 简桂仪 |
| Written by | Cheong Yan Peng 张彦平 |
| Directed by | Lim Mee Nah 林美娜 |
| Starring | Julie Tan 陈欣淇 Chen Liping 陈莉萍 Youyi 有懿 Xiang Yun 向云 Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 Damien Teo 张值豪 |
| Opening theme | Every Kid Is An Angel (每个孩子都是天使) by Julie Tan |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Winnie Wong 王尤红 |
| Production location |  Singapore |
| Running time | approx. 23 minutes |
| Production company | Mediacorp Studios |
| Distributor | Mediacorp TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Picture format | 16:9 widescreen |
| Original release | 12 April – 31 May 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Don't Worry, Be Healthy |
| Followed by | Sidewalk Scientist |
| Related shows | Don't Stop Believin' (2012) My Teacher Is a Thug (2017) |
| My First School | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 快樂第一班 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 快乐第一班 | ||||||
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Plot
Xu Leqing (Julie Tan), aged 20, graduated from Polytechnic with a Diploma of Early Childhood. She comes from a well-off family who is always jovial, cheerful and helpful. Her smiles and optimism brought joy to the people around and no one could tell that she had gone through a painful experience of losing her father at 11 years old. Leqing is very close to her father and when her father died of cancer, she went through a painful period of mourning. Xu Zhengbo (Chew Chor Meng) is a good father. He believes that parents play an important role in guiding and leading in the upbringing of their children. Hence, he believes that pre-school education has a great impact which can influence a child's life. When Leqing was 4 years old, he quit his job as a computer programmer to be a full-time father to take care of Leqing. Leqing's mother, Lin Yixin (Xiang Yun) continued to work so that Zhengbo can focus in taking care of Leqing. With the love, tender and care given to Leqing, she grows up as a happy and confident girl.
Cast
Xu Leqing's Family
| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Tan 陈欣琪 | Xu Leqing 徐乐晴 |
|
1 - 8 |
| Xiang Yun 向云 | Lin Yixin 林怡欣 |
|
1, 3–4, 6–8 |
| Damien Teo 张值豪 | Xu Lejie 徐乐杰 |
|
1, 3–4, 6–8 |
My First School
| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Liping 陈莉萍 | Chen Xiujuan 陈秀娟 |
|
1, 6-8 |
| Youyi 有懿 | Guo Jingwen 郭静文 |
|
1 - 6, 8 |
| Julie Tan 陈欣琪 | Xu Leqing 徐乐晴 |
|
See Xu (Leqing) family |
| Sun Yi En 孙艺恩 | Zhang Yitong 张怡童 |
|
1, 7-8 |
| Cruz Tay 郑凯泽 | Wang Likang 王立康 |
|
1 - 8 |
| Yap Huixin 叶慧馨 |
|
1 - 8 | |
| Bukoh Mary | Lin Yihan 林怡涵 |
Doctor (医生)
|
1 - 8 |
| Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 | Li Yonghui 李泳辉 |
|
2–3, 6–8 |
Others
| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Yaodong 张耀栋 | Weng Zhihao 翁志豪 |
|
4–5, 7–8 |
Deceased but mentioned
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chew Chor Meng 周初明 | Xu Zhengbo 徐正博 |
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Awards & Nominations
My First School is only nominated for its only award, Young Talent Award.
Star Awards 2017
| Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Category | Recipients (if any) | Result |
| The Road to Star Awards 2017 Episode 1
红星大奖 影聚响宴 |
Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 | Cruz Tay 郑凯泽 |
Nominated |
Trivia
- In terms of filming schedule, Xiang Yun and Julie Tan would go on to play mother and daughter in Peace & Prosperity.
- This is Damien Teo's fourth drama series after The Journey: Tumultuous Times, You Can Be an Angel Too and The Dream Makers II
- This drama series takes its name from My First Skool, a preschool chain owned by NTUC (which sponsors this show) as one of its social enterprises.
- Damien Teo & Aloysius Pang First collaboration
- Julie Tan & Chen Li Ping First collaboration
- Damien Teo & Julie Tan second collaboration after The Dream Makers II
See also
- List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese drama series (2010s)
- List of My First School Episodes
References
- Toh Zi Yi (8 April 2016). "Julie Tan spills the beans about her April Fool's joke". Toggle. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- "坏小孩！陈欣淇休学惹父怒 冯伟衷张耀栋陷退学风波" (in Chinese). Toggle. 9 April 2016.
- May Seah (8 April 2016). "Julie Tan gets schooled by kindergarteners for new drama". Today Online. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- May Seah (12 April 2016). "Chen Liping and Xiang Yun's earliest classroom memories". Today Online. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- May Seah (12 April 2016). "What Aloysius Pang wish he'd learnt in school". Today Online. Retrieved 14 April 2016.