I had this conversation with a parent whose child is taking the PSLE next year. “Why should I trust you with my daughter? It’s a crucial year for my child and I don’t want to have to switch tutors in the middle of the year again.” This is a very legitimate question. I understand the[…]
I am going to have intensive practice with my students this weekend ahead of the SA2 Paper 2. With the new English exam format, the comprehension component has changed too. Some parents are very worried- fret not. We are here to help. And guess what, it’s actually easier to score with the new system. What[…]
Can you guess what these are for? I was teaching my P3/4 students fractions last Saturday and it was easier to illustrate how they work if the children can visualise the concepts. You can use materials found in your home for such experiments too! Every week I try to use different games and such tests[…]
Seeing is believing. Revising for SA2 with the P5s. How else to explain electricity than to try it ourselves?
A lot of students are having their oral examinations this week and are terrified because of the new oral format. In the previous oral examinations (that has been almost unchanged since my days!), students have to describe a picture and then would be asked to discuss a topic. It is a bit more of a[…]
Read a piece about photography and it advises one to do this. “Learn all the rules, then break them. As much as I hate rules, they’re there for a reason. The first time I heard about the “Rule of Thirds” my mind was blown. I quickly began rearranging all my images to fit, and I[…]
There was a comic going around recently. The elephant, monkey, penguin and others were told to climb a tree and all had to perform the same task to ensure a fair selection. The cartoon took shots at the examination system- how each individual is geared differently and how it shouldn’t test everyone the same way.[…]