Last Saturday, I was having a “composition marathon” with the upper primary students to prepare them for their upcoming CA. One of the themes was to write an essay about how you plan for a party for your sister who has returned from overseas. Some students used “shocked” to describe how the protagonist felt when[…]
Kudos to our brave young reporters. They approached strangers at the national library today to interview them for their stories. Some adults don’t even have the courage to do this. Well done!
2013 Wallace and Wei started a project in 2013. We thought we could help students in our spare time and were helping students with questions on our Facebook page. It was especially exciting during the PSLE examination period when we get hordes of questions and it was gratifying to be able to help as many students[…]
The great thing about teaching kids is you keep yourself updated with what’s happening in their world. The bad thing is- you feel like an old fogey. Asked the students to write a letter to their idol today and I promised to send them to the heartthrobs after the edits. One girl likes the “Little[…]
Over the past couple of days, a video of a student shouting at his teacher went viral.Yesterday, it was reported the student has apologised and “shown remorse.” This reminded me of my secondary school days when I was in one of the rowdiest classes. There was a classmate who joined a gang (the infamous 369[…]
I must say the P1-2 class is the hardest to teach. As the students are very young, we have to maintain discipline, ensure they learn, make it fun and be innovative. This combination is almost impossible.Besides focusing on their writing, I want my lower primary students to be able to present and express themselves from a[…]
Thanks to Pornsak for graciously agreeing to attend the “Study Room Press Conference”! He shared with us how he learnt his languages, why he got into the entertainment circle and how he managed his time despite his busy schedule. The budding young reporters in the Upper Primary English class were awed by him and were[…]
It’s been a tiring week- I work Mondays through Fridays and also started our new classes last Saturday. Coupled with a severe jetlag as I just returned from the U.S., I haven’t been sleeping much. Poor Wallace would often get e-mails/texts from me at 3 a.m. when I get excited over a new idea about[…]
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Introducing Singapore’s newest reporters. At a tender age of seven and eight, they write fantastic cover stories.