In this first instalment of Wallace’s corner, I tackle a question posed by one parent. It’s a seemingly easy P5/6 question on area. However, due to the many steps involved many students may get this wrong. Also it requires lateral thinking, i.e. solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately[…]
The professor who came up with the question on Cheryl’s birthday wants us to guess her age now. ****SPOILER ALERT**** If you don’t want to spend your weekend wrecking brains our the brat Cheryl’s age, our Maths expert Wallace has the solution here. Enjoy! Step 1: The product of all our ages is 144 A,[…]
We are located at HSR, just a few minutes’ walk from Pei Chun. Here’s a new service that we are providing after requests from Pei Chun parents. We are happy to conduct lessons after school hours between 1pm and 3pm on weekdays (or any time that’s best for you) after your school hours for your[…]
Kennethjianwen shared this question on his Facebook page and it went viral. To be sure, MOE has clarified this WON’T be a PSLE question. Still it is a fun logic question. This is the solution. Did you get it right? First we need to figure out if Albert knows the month or the day. If he[…]
That’s the same for compositions. Today we learned the different ways of starting an essay and various methods of ending one. The students also attempted their best at writing that perfect introduction/conclusion. Hope they had fun!
I have a student who is not as strong academically as his peers. I adore him because he has a pleasant personality and is easy-going. *Grades do not define a person’s character. 🙂 Since it is the school holidays this week, I asked the students yesterday what they were going to do over the next[…]
Was recording a Channel U show recently where I was giving my opinions on education. The host asked what I would have done if a parent came for a couple of weeks, learnt my pedagogy and quit the class. Ideally, I should have answered that our way of teaching isn’t that easily replicated. (If it[…]
Science tip: “The weight of an object is also its mass.” This is really awkward to explain because we use kg to measure both weight and mass. -Weight is the pull of the Earth’s gravity on mass and is dependent on the gravity experienced (so an object will have a different weight on the moon).[…]
Wrote this on the board before my P6 class at 7:30pm, hoping they will start to have a sense of urgency soon.#皇上不急太监急
This is a very tough question. Try this and see if you can solve it without using algebra. Andy, Betty, Candy and Danny each have some money. The amount of money Andy has is 1/3 of the total amount of money Betty, Candy and Danny have. The amount of money Betty has is 1/4 of[…]