I go through a piece of news with my students every week. This is to broaden their knowledge about the world, get them interested in reading and it is also a good way to learn new phrases which will be useful for their composition and comprehension cloze. For the upper primary students, I usually share[…]
It’s the last Study Room class for the year this coming Saturday as we take a break and prepare for full-time operations in 2015.Maybe it’s the haze altering my mood; I am feeling very melodramatic now as I prepare for the final lesson of 2014. I remember the excitement when we had our inaugural class- I[…]
*brag alert* I am sorry about the brag posts of late but we really want to share our joy with all of you. A student messaged me today to tell me he got into band 1 for his English after scoring 86/100 (compared with 77.5 in the previous test). Another parent told me his child[…]
It’s our job to teach and to help whenever we can. Of course, when we know we did make a difference, that would totally make our day. One of the students texted me today just to thank me for teaching him the use of the ratio cross multiply two weeks ago. It was a five-mark[…]
Teaching isn’t easy, even if it is for enrichment classes. We do not just teach the subjects; it is also about providing an education for the students. One of my lower-primary students has a short-temper issue. He gets irritable easily and would vent his anger in class. Typically I do not give him the attention[…]
A parent of a P2 child enquired about our class curriculum. I tried finding previous posts about the P1-2 English class to give her a sense of what we do. There were so many wonderful memories as I browsed through the contents. It’s amazing how much we have done, and this is just for the[…]
I had this conversation with a parent whose child is taking the PSLE next year. “Why should I trust you with my daughter? It’s a crucial year for my child and I don’t want to have to switch tutors in the middle of the year again.” This is a very legitimate question. I understand the[…]
I am going to have intensive practice with my students this weekend ahead of the SA2 Paper 2. With the new English exam format, the comprehension component has changed too. Some parents are very worried- fret not. We are here to help. And guess what, it’s actually easier to score with the new system. What[…]