As we approach the year-end examinations, we get academic queries from parents on our wall and private messages. Thought it would be great to share the questions and solutions with everyone here. Science: Question: Wallace: I’ve seen this question before. It’s not a good one to be honest. There’s elastic spring force acting on the[…]
Yesterday, I invited members from Save Our StreetDogs SOSD to give a speech to the Primary 1/2 children. When asked what one should do when his puppy grows up and is no longer adorable, one of my students said he would “let it go” in the forest. The kind volunteer explained to the students why[…]
As we get caught in the PSLE frenzy, it’s easy to lose sense of the bigger picture and overlook why we are studying. PSLE grades are important to get into the secondary school of our dreams. But let’s not forget that we are studying because we want to be educated, to be able to communicate[…]
To do well in the exams, it’s more than knowing your subjects. It’s a combination of being exam-smart, understanding your subject matter and winning the psychological war. Students taking the PSLE will be taking a major exam for the first time in their lives; it’s understandable some may get cold feet and panic. Here are[…]
At first: ratio 3 : 1, difference = 2After: ratio 6 : 1 difference = 5Since the difference in price between the bear and clowns are the same, we make the ratio so that the difference is the same. So we multiply the first ratio by 5 and the second ratio by 2. i.e.At first:[…]
Our Primary 6 students have been working really hard and I have been thinking of ways to spur them on for this final leg. I bought them popcorn to munch in class, tell them grandpa stories about why they should persevere etc. Then I thought a personalised greeting from a local celebrity may encourage them[…]
Last year this time I attempted making a mooncake and it looked like an ang-ku-kuey instead with too much skin. So I know how difficult it is to make one. (And also I have no flair in baking any sorts of cake :p) Last Saturday, one of my P1 kids gave me a mooncake which[…]
Taking the exams is not just about knowing everything but also about being exam-smart. Vocabulary cloze, like all other cloze passages, requires you to get hints from other parts of the story. We may not understand all the words in the passage. However, we can guess the meaning from the other sentences. E.g. Anyone looking[…]