Secondary school oral tips We had been tackling PSLE oral, but we haven’t forgotten you, big boys and girls. ☺ O Level oral is from 13-27 Aug. If you are one of the students taking the test next week, best of luck! Here are some quick tips. 1. Organise your thoughts. Some students tend to[…]
Physics tip: Always check decimal points and significant numbers in the final answers and don’t forget the units! For instance, for the topic on “Pressure”, which has a multitude of units (atm, bar, torr, Pascals, etc) for one quantity. In exams, the SI unit is used (Pascals or Newton per unit sq metre) so it’s[…]
The P6 students did a story on “A Proud Moment” last week. This is a past-year prelim question. The three pictures: bald boys, football, a good job badge. (For the uninitiated, you need to use at least one picture in no particular order.) This is a hard topic with many students going out of point.[…]
We consider ourselves very lucky as educators. We have the autonomy to come up with our own curriculum, teach as we deem fit, and hopefully change a few lives. Life is not less stimulating than a corporate one- we meet interesting people, inspiring characters and get to reflect on our own. I wrote this for[…]
Question from a S3 student I feel stupid and stressed. I am slower than the rest. My friends always say they don’t study, but they always do so much better than me. When I study in school, they would jeer at me and I feel very pressurised. Should I not study? I don’t want to[…]
Every now and then, we need to reflect on why we are in the business so we don’t get lost in the daily grind. Someone asked me the other day: Your classes are all about fun and games, aren’t they? I have to admit, unfortunately, while we have games and experiments, we still need to[…]
Composition tip: Read this student’s introduction. Student’s intro: I still could remember that day, that fine and sunny day. It was one of the worst experiences I had ever experienced. Let me take you through that experience. It all started on a fine Friday afternoon. Notes: – Good attempt at a flashback. – However, links[…]
FAQ: What do you do for lower primary English? I want to work on my child’s composition. Do you provide that? We cover the fundamentals (ie grammar and vocabulary) , comprehension and composition for our P1-3 classes. For composition, we do one in class weekly. P1: they started from writing about topics they are familiar[…]