Situational writing is an important component in the English examination. Students in lower secondary are introduced to it early to prepare them for their O level examinations in secondary 4. But what is situational writing? It is writing based on […]
Karen Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She worked as a primary school English Language teacher for several years. Prior to this, Karen ran her own Speech and Drama Studio. Karen […]
Secondary school may be daunting for many secondary one students. For one thing, they now have to take a lot more subjects as compared to primary school. Under Humanities, students will have to take subjects such as Geography, which is […]
Synthesis and Transformation may sound daunting to students who are not confident in their writing abilities, but there are many resources out there that can be of use. As an essential component of the English paper, synthesis and transformation tests […]
Ong Kian Heng holds a Master of Education in Mathematics Education. In his more than 15 years of teaching Mathematics at the primary levels, he has written books for both international as well as local publishers. He has conducted Mathematics […]
The primary school English Language examination has a total of 4 papers. Papers 1 and 2 focus on writing and reading skills. In Papers 3 and 4, students will be tested on Listening Comprehension and Oral Communication. In order to […]
Jamie Chia read Mathematics at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and joined the National Institute of Education (NIE) to do her Postgraduate Diploma in Education. She started her teaching career at a junior college and spent several years teaching […]
In recent years, the Ministry of Education has introduced subject based banding in primary schools. This means that in Primary 4, students would sit for an end-of-year examination, which would determine the subjects they can take in Primary 5 and […]
Dion Ong You Ping holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy. He currently works as a full-time tutor, teaching Mathematics at the primary and secondary levels. He gained his experience in education through conducting lessons in tuition centres. In his years […]
As concerned parents seeking the best for our children, we want to place them in a good pre-school so that they can have a good head start in life. So how do we go about doing this? What factors should […]