I shared this with my students a few weeks ago. What’s wrong with this introduction? “Jason! You forgot to get the drinks and the crackers for tomorrow’s party!” my mum exclaimed. Realisation struck me like a lightning. “I will go and get it now, mum.” I replied. My mum answered, “Be careful, when you go[…]
Several parents wrote to the Straits Times recently to express their concern about how the Science open-ended questions are structured. Despite the MOE’s good intentions to move towards a more inquiry-based learning, and to cultivate inquisitiveness, it does sometimes seem like the exam format is penalising those who do not memorise and regurgitate model answers.[…]
This is a tough question that helps with a bit of guessing (yes guess and check is a valid method). “In a school, the ratio of the number of pupils who wear glasses to the number of pupils who do not wear glasses is 11 : 5. 2/3 of the boys and 7/10 of the[…]
“The cold travelled from the ice into the drink.” Yes, the drink is cold because of the ice, but for exam purposes, remember that heat only travels from hot to cold, and there is no such thing as “coldness”. While awkward to explain sometimes, it’s best to say that the heat from the drink was[…]
A superb class before we close for Chinese New Year. Always delighted when students try their best at attempting the questions. Even happier when I pose questions from previous weeks and they get it correct, telling me it’s cos they revised at home. Happy New Year, all!!!
The March school holidays are here soon and we are planning exciting programmes for you! Check out what we are offering! Monday March 16 – Friday March 20 Upper-Primary Intensive Composition Writing (12-2pm) -We teach the latest three-picture composition format, explain how to tackle it and provide intensive exercises for the entire March holiday. –[…]
“The white mist coming out from a kettle is called steam.” Remember: this is inaccurate for the PSLE. While most people won’t argue with this in the layman world, it’s not accurate for PSLE. Steam is hot water vapour, that is, water in the gaseous state, and it is invisible. The white mist is formed[…]
Our column is published on 早报 today. We talk about how we disagree with labelling our students and believe in educating them without any judgement. You can read the article here: http://www.zaobao.com.sg/forum/opinion/story20150208-444678
English quiz: Synthesis and transformation takes up 10 marks in Paper 2. It’s not as tough as comprehension or vocabulary cloze– the nemesis of most students, so try to score in this category. Many of my students were stumped by this question. It’s not tough but there are a few parts to the question which[…]
I always aim to explain theories to my students by doing experiments and showing them the evidence. Last week I did this with my kids and you can do it at home too! Click here for the video. 1.Fill up a bottle with water. 2. Find a sieve – the kind used for sifting flour,[…]