Classes
Pornsak’s Wishes to Our PSLE Students
Our Primary 6 students have been working really hard and I have been thinking of ways to spur them on for this final leg. I bought them popcorn to munch in class, tell them grandpa stories about why they should persevere etc. Then I thought a personalised greeting from a local celebrity may encourage them[…]
Happy Mooncake Festival!
Last year this time I attempted making a mooncake and it looked like an ang-ku-kuey instead with too much skin. So I know how difficult it is to make one. (And also I have no flair in baking any sorts of cake :p) Last Saturday, one of my P1 kids gave me a mooncake which[…]
Happy Teachers’ Day!
Happy Teachers’ Day! I am a day early but I know schools are celebrating the special occasion today. I am very lucky to be blessed with very good teachers. I have absolutely no flair for Maths, but Mr Ang, my secondary school Maths teacher for four years, didn’t give up on my class and was[…]
Final PSLE preparation for students who are eyeing the A*
Last week, we wrote a note for students who are on the verge of failing the PSLE. Today, we focus on helping students who are eyeing the A*. Note that PSLE is based on a bell curve, i.e. your grades are based on how your peers perform. It doesn’t mean that you automatically get an[…]
Missing the children
As we run up towards the PSLE, I’m starting to miss my students already, knowing that in a few more weeks they’d have done their exams and it’s unlikely I’ll see them again. So as they pleaded hard for me to order pizza, I gave in. I also remembered, back when I was studying for[…]
If there’s one thing I won’t teach, it’s baking
It’s one of the students’ birthday so I woke up really early yesterday to bake a cake. I had tried baking a few times and they usually turn out ok. Not great but at least average. So I got a little too ambitious and even tried a new recipe just because the author said it’s the[…]
My Sports + English class
I love my P6 students a lot. They are very hardworking and sensible. And these poor kids have been burnt out with the prelims and upcoming PSLE. I decided to take their minds off the exams today. We played a game where they needed to answer an English question correctly before they could have a[…]
The Approach to Education
You can lead the horse to the water but you cannot make the horse drink it. We can teach students the means of scoring, spot questions for them and give them as much practice as we can, but if the heart is not willing, there’s nothing we can do. I am sure a lot of[…]