Northpoint City with Kids: Free Rooftop Water Play, 7 Classes on Jungle and Where Kids Eat Free (2026)

1 October 2026 · 14 min read

The best thing at Northpoint City for a child is free, outdoors, on the roof, and missing from the mall's own website. The Level 4 rooftop of the North Wing holds a water playground with a tipping bucket, three slides, ground jets and a sheltered trough zone for toddlers, and nobody charges for it.

The Frasers family page for the mall is a heading and a hero image. The hours below come from parents who went this year, and they do not quite agree with each other. Come in the morning or after 5pm and bring a towel either way.

The building is the largest kids' mall in the north: two wings, 1.3 million square feet and 400-plus tenants on top of Yishun MRT and the bus interchange. South Wing Level 2 is the kids' floor: Kiddy Palace, Mothercare, two toy shops, an indoor playground and enrichment centres from #02-160 to #02-186. North Wing Level 3 has Timezone, Writers' Guild and the taekwondo studio; Level 4 has Yishun Public Library.

Seven of the 17 enrichment centres inside are on Jungle, which means a booking link and, in two cases, a free trial. Where a centre publishes no fee we say so rather than guess. For the rest of the town, read our guide to things to do with kids in Yishun.

Quick steer

• Best for a rainy hour with a toddler: Sunshine Childhood Playland, South Wing Level 2.
• Best free thing: the rooftop water playground, North Wing Level 4, then the library one floor down.
• Best class to trial first: NK Robotics, free trial, South Wing #02-183/184.
• Best age for this mall: 2 to 10.

Family favourites: play at Northpoint City

1. Rooftop water playground, North Wing Level 4

The water playground on the roof terrace of the North Wing is the reason to choose Northpoint over every other mall in the north. It is split in two: a splash pad with ground-level jets, water shooters, a large tipping bucket and a blue tunnel slide beside yellow and red slides, and a sheltered area of ship-shaped water troughs for children too small for the bucket.

Next to it is a dry playground of woodland-themed fibreglass animals on rubber mulch, with no slides. Toilets and a communal shower area with fixed and handheld heads are on the same level.

The catch is the hours. The mall publishes none. A June 2026 parenting post lists the water as on daily from 10.30am to 2pm and 5pm to 9pm; a May 2025 post listed 10.30am to 9pm Tuesday to Sunday, closed Mondays for maintenance and whenever it rains or there is a lightning alert. Treat the two windows as the safe bet and expect the jets off on a Monday morning.

Why kids will love it: Standing under the bucket and waiting for it to tip. Best for ages 2 to 8; the trough zone suits a crawling baby with a parent in the water. Bring a change of clothes for everyone, water shoes for the slippery steps, and go up by the lifts near the library if you have a stroller.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Northpoint City
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, Level 4 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Water on roughly 10.30am to 2pm and 5pm to 9pm daily. Closed in rain and for maintenance; the mall publishes no official timetable.
Price: Free.
Ages: 2 to 12. Toddler trough area.
Nearest MRT: Yishun (NS13), directly connected.

2. Sunshine Childhood Playland

Sunshine Childhood Playland at #02-181/182 in the South Wing is the paid indoor playground, and it is sized for the under-sixes rather than the under-twelves. Inside are a climbing frame with slides into a ball pit, a trampoline and swings, a bead-filled sensory pit with spades and buckets, a brick table, and a row of pretend-play cubby houses: a supermarket, a doctor's clinic and a kitchen, each big enough for two toddlers.

It is air-conditioned, has pram access, and shares the corridor with NK Robotics and The Little Arts Academy's second campus. It is also the lowest-rated place in this guide, at 2.8 stars from 25 reviews on Jungle, mostly about cleanliness and the age of the equipment. Go on a weekday afternoon when it is quiet.

Why kids will love it: Running the supermarket till, then the slide into the ball pit on repeat. Best for ages 1 to 5. Bring socks. A seven-year-old will be bored in 20 minutes.

Book on Jungle: Sunshine Childhood Playground
Website: Sunshine Childhood Playland
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #02-181/182 South Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11am to 8pm. Fri to Sun 11am to 9pm. Call 6455 0566.
Price: Sunshine Childhood Playland does not publish its admission fees online. Jungle bookings carry 10 per cent off, up to $10.
Ages: 0 to 12, best under 6.
Nearest MRT: Yishun (NS13), directly connected.

3. Timezone

Timezone at #03-30/31 in the North Wing is the arcade, one floor above the MRT concourse. It has basketball hoops, a boxing machine, rhythm and music cabinets, racing seats, a VR corner and a wall of claw machines, with redemption tickets going to a prize counter. There is no bowling and there are no bumper cars, which is the first question every eight-year-old asks. Credit loads onto a card and prices are not published online.

Why kids will love it: The claw machine they are convinced they can beat. Best for ages 6 to 12. Set a card limit before you walk in, and go on a weekday if you want a free racing seat.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Timezone Singapore
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #03-30/31 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 11am to 10pm. Sat and Sun 10am to 10pm.
Price: Pay by card credit. Timezone does not publish its game fees online.
Ages: 4 and up.
Nearest MRT: Yishun (NS13), directly connected.

The kids' retail is all on Level 2 of the South Wing, which is convenient and expensive.

• Kiddy Palace, #02-158/159: open 10.30am to 9.30pm, and where the school socks and the birthday present come from.
• Mothercare: two units, #02-107 and #02-122.
• Toys Terminal, #02-151, and The Entertainer Toy Store, #02-104/125: the toy aisle.
• Gashapon Bandai Official, #02-155/155A: the capsule-toy wall that eats coins.
• Cotton On Kids, #02-160, and BabySpa, #02-161: BabySpa runs the baby hydrotherapy sessions.
• Golden Village Yishun: in the Yishun 10 building across the road, not inside the mall.

Learn and play: classes at Northpoint City you can book on Jungle

Northpoint has 17 enrichment centres, more than any mall north of Ang Mo Kio: eleven on Level 2 of the South Wing, five on Level 3 of the North Wing, plus the library on Level 4. Seven are on Jungle and come first. Two offer a free trial or assessment.

4. Yishun Public Library

Yishun Public Library on Level 4 of the North Wing. Photo: Yishun Public Library, Jungle listing

Yishun Public Library moved to #04-01 of the North Wing in February 2018 and is the top floor of the mall, reached by the lifts and escalators by the MRT concourse. The children's section is a bright, open area with low shelves, a Digital Learning Zone and virtual bookshelves where a child borrows by scanning a QR code.

Storytelling sessions run on the first and second Saturday of the month from 11.30am to noon for ages 4 to 6, and the library's event calendar carries school-holiday craft and coding workshops, most of them free with registration.

Why kids will love it: Choosing 16 books and scanning them out on the machine themselves. Best for ages 2 to 10. It is the quiet room to go to after the water playground, and the toilets are on the same floor.

View on Jungle: Yishun Public Library
Website: Yishun Public Library, NLB
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #04-01 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: 11am to 9pm daily.
Price: Free. Storytelling free.
Ages: 0 to 18.

5. Aureus Academy

Photo: Aureus Academy, Jungle listing

Aureus Academy at #02-179/180 in the South Wing is the music school, and the one centre in the mall that puts its prices on its website. Lessons are one-to-one in piano, drums, guitar, violin and voice, with a Musical Adventure group class for the youngest. The three monthly packages of four lessons are $279 for 30 minutes, $399 for 45 minutes and $519 for 60 minutes. Trials are booked online.

Why kids will love it: A drum kit of their own for half an hour, with a teacher who lets them hit it. Best for ages 5 and up who want an instrument rather than a music-and-movement class.

Book on Jungle: Aureus Academy
Website: Aureus Academy Northpoint
Address: 1 Northpoint Drive, #02-179/180 South Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 768019. Google Maps
Opening hours: By lesson timetable. Call 6950 6163.
Price: $279, $399 or $519 a month for four 30, 45 or 60-minute lessons. Trial bookable online.
Ages: 2 to 18.

6. NK Robotics

Photo: NK Robotics, Jungle listing

NK Robotics at #02-183/184 in the South Wing is the coding and robotics school, next door to Sunshine Childhood Playland. Programmes run in age bands: Coding Pioneers for 4 to 6, Tech Explorers for 7 to 8, Roboteer from 9, PythonBots from 10, and Scratch and Python coding for the older ones.

It is the only centre in the mall with a free trial class on its website, and its school-holiday camps are priced in public: $450 for a three-day LEGO camp and $500 for two days of drone coding in June 2026. Weekly term fees are not published.

Why kids will love it: Building a robot from a LEGO bin and making it drive across the floor before the lesson ends. Best for ages 6 to 10. Closed Monday and Tuesday, so the trial is a Wednesday afternoon or a weekend morning.

Book on Jungle: NK Robotics
Website: NK Robotics
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #02-183/184 South Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Wed and Thu 1pm to 6.30pm and 7.30pm to 9pm. Fri 1pm to 6pm and 7pm to 9pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 6pm. Closed Mon and Tue. WhatsApp 9878 8235.
Price: Free trial class. NK Robotics does not publish its term fees online. Holiday camps $450 for three days of LEGO, $500 for two days of drone coding.
Ages: 4 to 16.

7. My English School

Photo: My English School, Jungle listing

My English School at #02-163 in the South Wing is one of 16 branches of the English enrichment chain, and the Yishun one sits between Berries and EduFirst in the row most parents walk past on the way to Kiddy Palace.

It runs a Reading Programme for N1 to K2, a Primary Programme for P1 to P5 and PSLE preparation for P6, and offers a free assessment before placement, booked online. Fees are not on the website. The centre is closed Monday and Tuesday.

Why kids will love it: Small groups and a reading corner, rather than a worksheet factory. Best for ages 4 to 8 starting phonics. Book the free assessment for a Saturday morning; weekday slots start at 2pm.

Book on Jungle: My English School
Website: My English School centres
Address: 1 Northpoint Drive, #02-163 South Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 768019. Google Maps
Opening hours: Wed to Fri 2pm to 9pm. Sat and Sun 9am to 6.30pm. Closed Mon and Tue. Call 6817 8377.
Price: Free assessment. My English School does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 2 to 12.

8. Writers' Guild

Photo: Writers' Guild, Jungle listing

Writers' Guild at #03-32/33 in the North Wing is the creative writing and English centre with the best reviews in the building, 5 stars from 462 on Jungle. It teaches P1 preparatory, primary and secondary English in small groups, with a curriculum that runs from grammar and cloze through to composition and oral, and it is known for its school-holiday writing workshops.

Those are the only priced thing on its website: two-day P3 to P6 workshops in September 2026 were $320 at One Punggol and Tampines and $348.80 at AMK Hub. Term fees for Northpoint are not published.

Why kids will love it: A teacher who reads their story aloud and asks what happens next. Best for ages 7 to 12 who can already write a paragraph and hate it.

Book on Jungle: Writers' Guild
Website: Writers' Guild
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #03-32/33 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable, weekday afternoons and weekends. WhatsApp 9088 3136.
Price: Writers' Guild does not publish its term fees online. Holiday workshops $320 to $348.80 for two days.
Ages: 6 to 18.

9. Singapore Taekwon-do Academy

Photo: Singapore Taekwon-do Academy, Jungle listing

The Singapore Taekwon-do Academy, founded in 1971 and the oldest taekwon-do body in the country, runs its Yishun classes inside The Little Arts Academy studio at #03-38 in the North Wing. It is a Sunday school: the published timetable has a 1pm class for ages 8 and up and a 1.45pm class for ages 4 to 7, with family and adult sessions around them.

Fees are charged monthly with no deposit and no term prepayment, which is rare, but the amount is not published. The branch page has not been updated since 2019, so confirm the times by WhatsApp before you turn up.

Why kids will love it: Kicking a pad as hard as they like and being praised for it. Best for ages 4 to 10, and the right first martial art for a child who needs to run before they can sit.

Book on Jungle: Singapore Taekwon-do Academy
Website: STA Yishun
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #03-38 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Sundays, 1pm for ages 8 and up, 1.45pm for ages 4 to 7. WhatsApp 9766 2277.
Price: Monthly fees, no deposit. The Singapore Taekwon-do Academy does not publish its fees online.
Ages: 4 to 18.

10. The Little Arts Academy

The Little Arts Academy is the one centre at Northpoint built for families who cannot usually afford enrichment. Run by The RICE Company, it has two campuses in the mall, North Campus I at #03-38 in the North Wing and North Campus II at #02-185 in the South Wing, with studios for dance, music, theatre and visual arts.

Fees are published and low: Art of Play is $400 a term and Foundation classes are $220 to $320 a term, with a $21.40 registration fee. Children aged 6 to 19 from households earning under $2,750 a month qualify for full funding through The Business Times Budding Artists Fund. It is not yet on Jungle.

Why kids will love it: A real theatre studio and an art gallery that shows their work. Best for ages 6 to 12. Apply through the admissions page; there are no walk-in trials.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: The Little Arts Academy admissions
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #03-38 North Wing and 1 Northpoint Drive, #02-185 South Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Tue to Sat 9.30am to 7pm. Closed Sun and Mon.
Price: Art of Play $400 a term. Foundation $220 to $320 a term. Registration $21.40. Full funding for eligible low-income families.
Ages: 6 to 19.

Ten more centres are not yet on Jungle and are enquiry-only on price. On Level 2 of the South Wing: Berries World of Learning at #02-162 (Chinese), EduFirst at #02-164, My Art School at #02-165, Sunflower Piano House at #02-167, CMA Mental Arithmetic at #02-174 and The Orange Academy at #02-186. In the North Wing: Stalford Learning Centre at #02-29, Confucius Mandarin at #03-11, Yu Cai Education at #03-16/17 and AGrader at #03-37.

Two of the seventeen offer a free trial or assessment. For the island-wide list, read our guide to free trial classes for kids in Singapore. Browse Northpoint City classes on Jungle.

Eat with kids at Northpoint City

Northpoint City has about 180 food outlets across two wings and three food courts, the most of any mall in the north. Three have a real children's offer: Seoul Garden, where under-fives eat free, Swensen's with $10.90 kids' meals, and Hai Di Lao's complimentary kids' platter.

11. Kopitiam, North Wing Basement 2

Kopitiam at #B2-12 is the North Wing food court, one level below the MRT concourse, and the one most families end up in because it is closest to the station and the water playground lifts. It is the standard Kopitiam line-up of chicken rice, noodles, Western and drinks stalls, with open seating that takes a stroller.

The South Wing has two more: Malaysia Boleh at #B1-194/195 and #B1-203/205, which is the better food, and Bagus Food Hall by Kopitiam at #02-101 to 103, which is the quiet one on the kids' floor, next to the classes.

Why kids will love it: Choosing their own stall, and nobody minding if lunch is a plate of chicken rice with no chicken. Best for any age. Bagus on Level 2 is the one to pick between a class and the playground.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Kopitiam
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #B2-12 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mall hours, 10am to 10pm daily.
Price: Hawker prices, most plates $5 to $8.
Nearest MRT: Yishun (NS13), directly connected.

12. Seoul Garden: under-fives free, 5 to 12 from $12.45

Seoul Garden at #03-05/06 in the North Wing is the Korean barbecue and steamboat buffet on the same floor as Timezone, and its children's pricing is the best deal in the mall.

Children under 5 eat free at every session, and 5 to 12 year olds pay half: $12.45++ at weekday lunch, $17.45++ at weekday dinner and weekends on the Regular tier. Adults are $24.90++ at weekday lunch and $34.90++ at dinner and weekends. Bring identification for the child discount; they ask.

Why kids will love it: Cooking their own chicken on the grill in the middle of the table, then the ice cream. Best for ages 4 to 10. Weekday lunch, 11.30am to 3.59pm, is the cheap session and the empty one.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Seoul Garden menu and prices
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #03-05/06 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Weekday lunch 11.30am to 3.59pm, dinner 4pm to 10.30pm. Sat, Sun and public holidays 11.30am to 10.30pm.
Price: Under 5 free. Ages 5 to 12 $12.45++ weekday lunch, $17.45++ dinner and weekends. Adults $24.90++ to $34.90++ on the Regular tier.
Ages: Best for 4 to 10.

13. Swensen's: kids' meals $10.90

Swensen's at #02-14 in the North Wing is where the north has celebrated birthdays since the mall was Northpoint Shopping Centre. The kids' menu is six meals at $10.90, from Spaghetti Twirlies and Fish 'N' Chippies to a Healthier Choice salmon quesadilla, each with a corn-in-cup and a choice of iced Milo, soft drink or juice.

Kids' sundaes are $4.90. It is one of the few places in the mall with a printed children's menu, high chairs at every table and the patience for a two-year-old.

Why kids will love it: The Volcano sundae arriving with a sparkler. Best for ages 2 to 9. The queue starts at noon on a Sunday; 11am or 2.30pm is painless.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Swensen's Singapore
Address: 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #02-14 North Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 769098. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mall hours, 10am to 10pm daily.
Price: Kids' meals $10.90 with a drink. Kids' sundaes $4.90.
Ages: Best for 2 to 9.

14. Hai Di Lao: free kids' platter and fried rice

Hai Di Lao at #B1-179 to 193 in the South Wing is the hotpot chain that treats a child as a guest rather than a nuisance. Children get a complimentary kids' platter and a bowl of fried rice, there is a toy and a bib on arrival, and the staff will cook the pot for you while you manage a toddler.

The adult bill is the mall's highest for a family meal and the chain does not publish its menu prices online, but the children's part is free.

Why kids will love it: The noodle-pulling dance at the table and a snack box of fruit and sweets while they wait. Best for ages 3 to 10. Book in the Hai Di Lao app; weekend queues run past an hour.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Hai Di Lao Singapore
Address: 1 Northpoint Drive, #B1-179/180/191/192/193 South Wing, Northpoint City, Singapore 768019. Google Maps
Opening hours: The outlet publishes no hours online. Open from lunch to late daily; book in the app.
Price: Kids' platter and fried rice free. Hai Di Lao does not publish its menu prices online.
Ages: Best for 3 to 10.

The rest of the kid-friendly list

• COLLIN'S, #01-113/114 South Wing: kids' menu, 11am to 10.30pm daily. $30-spend free kids' meal at seven outlets; not Northpoint, August 2026.
• PUTIEN, #02-42/43/44 North Wing: Michelin-listed Heng Hwa restaurant with soft bee hoon a two-year-old will eat. No children's deal published.
• Din Tai Fung, #B1-107/108 South Wing: xiao long bao and fried rice, the most reliable sit-down meal for a fussy eater.
• PastaMania, #03-04 North Wing: $9.90 kids' meal, free with a main on the last Sunday monthly at participating outlets; ask here.
• Paris Baguette, #02-16/17 North Wing: opened 2020 with a kids' set of mini burgers or tortilla pizza, now unlisted; ask the counter.
• McDonald's, #01-12/13 North Wing, and KFC, #01-173/174 South Wing: one in each wing.
• Genki Sushi, #02-52/53/54 North Wing, and Sushi Express, #B1-150 South Wing: the conveyor belt that keeps a four-year-old at the table.
• Geláre, #02-114 South Wing: ice cream one escalator from the enrichment row.
• Mei Heong Yuen Dessert, #02-171 South Wing: next to the piano school.
• Chateraise, #01-152, and llaollao, #01-133: one floor below the kids' floor.

Family facilities at Northpoint City

• Nursing rooms: on every level from Basement 2 to Level 3 in the North Wing and Basement 2 to Level 2 in the South Wing.
• Inside each nursing room: a lockable door, an armchair and table, a changing station, a sink, a hot and cold water dispenser and a power point.
• Family lots and stroller loan: neither is published on the mall's website.
• Lifts: serve every floor in both wings. The Level 4 rooftop is reached by the lifts beside the library.
• Car park, weekdays: $1.40 for the first hour, then $0.80 per 30 minutes. Rates checked August 2026.
• Car park, weekends and public holidays: $1.50 for the first hour, then $0.80 per 30 minutes. Ten-minute grace period.
• Water playground showers: a communal shower area with fixed and handheld heads on Level 4, beside the toilets.
• Mall hours: 10am to 10pm daily. The library opens at 11am.

Getting there

Northpoint City sits on top of the Yishun Integrated Transport Hub.

• By MRT: Yishun (NS13) opens straight into the North Wing concourse. The South Wing, where the kids' floor is, connects through the basement and by Northpoint Link, the covered walkway from the station.
• By bus: Yishun Bus Interchange is in the same building, so every bus serving Yishun stops under the mall.
• By car and taxi: enter the car park from Yishun Avenue 2 for the North Wing and Northpoint Drive for the South Wing.
• On foot between the wings: the two wings are joined underground. With a stroller, cross at Basement 1 rather than at street level.

Make a day of it

Yishun's parks are a short walk or one MRT stop away, and the cinema is across the road.

• Yishun Park, a ten-minute walk: the Nature Playgarden, a free playground of logs, sand and ropes under mature trees, open 24 hours.
• Yishun Pond Park, one stop north at Khatib: a 14.5-metre spiral lookout tower and herons at dusk, also free and open all day.
• Golden Village Yishun, in Yishun 10 across the road: the cinema for a wet afternoon.
• Sembawang and Canberra, one stop further north on the MRT: our guide to things to do with kids in Sembawang and Canberra covers the hot spring park and the free water play at Canberra Plaza.

At a glance

Northpoint City is the mall where the free thing is the best thing and the classes are two floors below it. Book a trial before you go, and browse every enrichment class in Yishun on Jungle.