Home-based learning has made way to welcome the school holidays amid this Circuit Breaker. Staying in during the holidays is the new novelty with activities that your primary school child can enjoy during the day. Here we will list 8 educational Chinese YouTube channels to help your little ones learn. To help you get started,...
With schools still closed during the extended Circuit Breaker and the school holidays brought forward, you’ll now need ideas to keep your primary school child occupied meaningfully. It’s no secret that your child will request for screen time and you can’t deny that this will give you that much-needed peace and quiet, especially if you’re...
Children are exposed to science every day as it is all around us. Watching how a plant grows, learning about the life cycle of animals and observing raindrops are all part of science. It is no wonder then that children look forward to learning science at primary school. In Singapore, science is officially introduced into...
With the rise in COVID-19 cases reported recently and the circuit breaker measures in place from 8 April to 4 May 2020, schools have now switched to full home-based learning and free e-learning resources while preschool services are suspended. Your child’s teachers would have made arrangements for online lessons to be conducted and daily assignments...
The Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore, has made a grand move at the start of 2019 to reduce academic testing at Primary 1 and 2 levels. The move was greatly applauded by both parents and teachers, as many have come forward to share that children of that age group may not be ready for examinations....
Do you look at your child’s Maths textbook and feel a growing sense of confusion? Don’t worry – you are not alone! There is little need to be alarmed, though; the concepts and ideas that our children are learning in primary 1 and 2 maths are the same. It is simply that teaching methods have...
Mathematics will probably be one of the toughest subjects your child will learn in school, but it is also one of the most useful. Although their children may be struggling with the subject, some parents shun away from sending their children for math tuition due to certain misconceptions. Here are some of the common myths...
According to a 2015 survey, nearly eight in 10 parents in Singapore send their primary school children for tuition. In fact, it almost seems like a natural path for parents to sign their kids up for extra classes once they start school. Surprisingly, tuition might not be the way to academic improvement as a 2016...
Are you a parent who isn’t for the idea of enrolling your child in primary school tuition? Here’s a survival guide on how your child can manage his/ her own homework and revision independently. It is already past bedtime. Instead of enjoying time reading or watching television together, you find yourself bound to the desk...
The local primary school education system with its unique PSLE examination structure is one of the most rigorous programmes in Singapore. With this in mind, more and more parents prepare their children as early as the age of 18 months by enrolling them in different classes. Needless to say, when these children enter primary school,...
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