Study Room Grooms New Reporters
Introducing Singapore’s newest reporters. At a tender age of seven and eight, they write fantastic cover stories.
Month: January 2014
Study Room New Reporter Nails Kidnap Story
Another of our new reporter, a 12-year old girl, wrote about the latest kidnap story. Yes, we are timely like that. And we believe in introducing students to news.
TGIF!
TGIF!!!!! We am super duper thrilled because it is one day from our inaugural class! From now onwards, we are looking forward to Fridays for a whole new reason—- we would be yearning to meet you on Saturdays! When friends heard that we are starting classes, they asked if we are scared of the risks.[…]
Our Maths Classes
Reality check: I have failed Maths before during my ‘A’ levels. Several times. In the end- I still aced my Maths subjects, including getting a distinction for the ‘S’ paper. Maths is about understanding and practice. And enjoying the subject. So often I hear students say, “Aiya I don’t know why I am doing this,[…]
Real Life Science Applications
Parents can continuously engage their child by asking questions, like – Why do I bag my meat and fish in a zip-lock bag before I put them in the freezer? – What do you think happens if I don’t add baking powder in my cakes? – Do you think crushed ice cools down a drink[…]
Maths Life Examples
Parents can continuously relate Maths to real-life activities. For example: – estimating the price of a shopping cart the next time you go to the supermarket. – comparing prices of detergent or milk powder with different quantities, which will involve calculating price per litre or kg. – get them involved with mental sums that you[…]
Premises
WRONG: We moved to a new premise. Can you spot the error? Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. If you are referring to property, it needs to come with a “s”, regardless whether it is singular/plural. CORRECT: We moved to the new premises. If you used “premise” without the “s”, it[…]
Our Science classes
Our classes (Part 2) – Science Classes I am a Science geek. *Brag alert* Which is why I had As for Physics, Biology, Chemistry in my O and A Levels, had a distinction for S paper in Physics and two medals in the Singapore Chemistry Olympiad. I love and live Science. And I want to[…]
Our English classes
It is just a few more days to Jan. 11- our first Study Room class! Many parents enquired about the way we will be conducting our classes. Over the next few days, we will explain our teaching methods. I will be teaching English. I believe it is tough to do last-minute revision for languages so[…]
Market in Chinese
Do you know 巴刹 is exclusively used in Singapore and Malaysia? It is derived from the Malay word pasar. If you are chatting with Chinese from other nationalities, you should say 菜市场, else they will be wondering who you are intending to kill (since 杀sounds alike) !