Tuition Articles

After PSLE, parents will choose secondary schools for their children. SAP schools are those schools considering HCL marks, and they include those in their COP (e.g. 265 as in 262+3 or 263+2 or 264+1). Here is the list of SAP schools: Anglican High School Catholic High School CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School Chung Cheng High [...]

2015 PSLE Results About 66.2 per cent of pupils who took 2015’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) qualified for the Express stream in secondary school, slightly lower than the record 66.7 per cent achieved by the class of 2013. Last year, 66.4 per cent of pupils who sat for the national examination qualified for the […]

Congratulations to Hui Ying and En Xin in getting A in their PSLE Math Prelim! They are students from Ms Chen's PSLE Math preparation class. In three months' time, they have improved from borderline pass to 88/100 and 90/100 in prelim, with Ms Chen's coaching. Their next goal is to get A Star in PSLE. [...]

This Four-Step Problem Solving Process has been proven to be an effective strategy to minimize the number of careless mistakes! George Polya was a Hungarian mathematician who made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He was known as the father of problem-solving as he outlined the problem-solving steps. The four [...]

Congratulations to our student, J (for privacy purpose, just refer her by using the first letter of her name), on getting Bronze Award in Singapore International Mathematics Olympiad Challenge. Well done, J! She joined Ms Chen’s Math Competition and DSA Math preparation class earlier this year. This class is meant to stretch high ability students […]

How to overcome the problem of having careless mistakes in tests and exams? It is one of the most frequently asked questions by my students and parents. “My child knows everything but he/she makes too many careless in test/exam. How to avoid making so many careless mistakes” “I could do the questions but made careless [...]

There is always a discussion among educators that how the all round education should be like. My personal opinion is there are three very important areas that educators shall focus on: health, character and knowledge building. In our tuition centre, on top of emphasizing knowledge building, our tuition teachers also seize teachable moments to have [...]

There are quite a number of tuition centres in Singapore. Here are some advises on choosing a good tuition centre among them. But please keep in mind that the tuition fee must be high if a tuition centre can meet all of following. 1. Quality of Tuition Teachers Most of the tutors in the tuition centres [...]

Which quality should I look out for? There is no one magical quality that allows you to instantly make a good decision. However, there are definitely some qualities that are more important. Eventually, you will need to make a holistic assessment of all these qualities and select the tutor that is appropriate for your learning [...]

The life of a teenager can be difficult enough, what with tests, exams, hormones, fall outs with your friends and then added pressure from your parents. The good thing is these emotions do in fact pass and you will get through the turmoil of teenage-hood as you learn to deal with these issues. However, there [...]