@BiggerDaddy Hi! My son was from SJIJ; he’s now 14. From my personal experience, the culture is caring, and introverted students (like my son) were also given opportunities to be student leaders. There’s a very strong badminton team culture. On the whole, I’m glad we sent my son there — you can PM me if you have other questions, perhaps?

Hi all, this is from the KiasuParents Team: we’re not banning or deleting advertiser posts, unless it’s really obvious that someone is posing as a parent but spinning a story to drop a link to their business.

In fact, as parents, we would rather have business owners chat with us authentically, letting us know what the value proposition is, and answering our questions.

Hi everyone!

Wanted to let you know about our FREE KiasuParents Huddle webinar in May 2025:

Register here: https://mautic.kiasuparents.com/webinar-may-2025-registration-form

Sharing a new article up on our site —> not so much of study resources, but useful for noting exam dates and planning an effective study schedule:

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/o-level-dates-2026-and-how-to-make-a-study-timetable

@slmkhoo Thanks for letting us know!

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Hi P6 parents!

KiasuParents is holding its monthly KiasuParents Huddle webinar on July 30 Wed. The topic:

Thriving Through the Last Lap of the PSLE

Entry is FREE!

I’ve been through the PSLE (as a parent) twice. The last stretch can honestly feel quite painful, even if you consider yourself a chill parent

Do join us for this session — we’ve got a great moderator and educator panellists, all parents themselves.

Details here: https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/activities/kiasu-parents-huddle-thriving-through-the-last-lap-of-the-psle

@HNS2015 Hi! Do schools make students buy the Conquer Science MCQs series?

We bought that ourselves, a few years back. (My son’s now in Sec 2.)

https://sapgrp.com/product/conquer-science-mcqs-primary-level-lower-block-3-4/

Looking for an activity during the PSLE marking days? The LEGO AI Builder Challenge 2026 gives your child their first taste of a robotics competition, with no experience needed

Hosted by The Lab Singapore, this is a competition for 4 to 12 year olds. Kids will design and build their own original creation, using the LEGO Education Computer Science & AI Kit

The best part of this competition: No instructions and no coding required, just imagination, creativity, and problem-solving! Each child competes individually, with 45 minutes to build and a chance to present their creation to the judges. Every builder is a winner, so all participants go home with a medal

Note: Children take part on their own, with no parents in the competition area (including the Kinder category), so it is best suited to children who are ready to build independently!

Monday, 12 October to Wednesday, 14 October 2026
One-hour sessions. Choose your preferred time slot when registering.
KINEX, 11 Tanjong Katong Road, 03-01/02, Singapore 437157
S$50 per participant

Slots are filling fast! Register by 18 September:
https://tinyurl.com/legoaibuilderchallengeform

What are your Sept holiday plans? We’ve updated our list of school holiday activities!

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/school-holiday-activities-50-fun-things-to-do-with-kids-and-teens-in-singapore

My 2 kids aren’t dating yet. I have friends who are single (ranging from 20+ to over 40) so I do hear a lot of stories!

Wondering how you’ve supported your kids through dating issues, like poor experiences on apps, no physical attraction/no spark and not sure if one should move on, being ghosted, talking stage lasting forever, boundaries, etc?

Just curious

I have some 40-something gfs who are keen, and we’re now looking around for places that are very beginner friendly!

So far, we’ve seen:

• Just Dance SG: They have beginner-friendly classes but basically it seems like you drop in on their regular classes and just try to pick up what you can.
• EV Dance: https://evdance.com.sg/absolute-beginner-courses/

If anyone has been playing pickleball lately, do share your experiences!

So far, we’ve tried these places:

Play Pickle at Upper Serangoon: Aircon + cheery-looking decor, but low ceilings (we kept hitting the ceiling piping as well), and no separation between courts. Beginner friendly, but a lot of time was spent running between courts to retrieve balls.

The Sports Arina at Expo: Really good design; courts are separated by netting, aircon, music. By this time, my gf had bought a pickleball caddy to store and easily retrieve balls, and the court separation was much appreciated!

I’ll go first. I’ve recently volunteered as a youth mentor and learning coach for Beyond Social Services.

For learning coaches, it’s very similar to tutoring, but you’ll also have to contend with factors such as your student’s family situation and learning setup. For me, I tutored in the void deck, and no-shows were very common. Even if you do link up with the parent, and they are communicative, there may be factors that make it difficult for them to support this learning effort. Sometimes they choose to pull out as well, because they don’t wish to waste anyone’s time.

So it’s a lot about empathy and non-judgement, and also learning to deal with families that have very different situations from your own. Eg your own kids might be absent solely due to illness, but you may find that the kids you’re helping have school refusal issues etc. So a statement such as, “Oh my child also missed school, lots of kids having the flu” doesn’t build connection.

For my learning coach stint, I worked with teens to support them in setting up projects to benefit the community. They too had volunteered, so there was a lot of good energy going in the same direction for that effort. I’ll be returning to that project soon

@sharonkhoo Thank you

Btw I came across a video about a sewing studio (in an HDB flat), where they hold classes!

https://www.tiktok.com/@togather_sg/video/7678659884090543367?_r=1&_t=ZS-99KrW6Ljtpq

LinkedIn quite often gives a month-long trial for their premium membership, where I think you will also be able to access their learning courses!

For the next month or two, I’m going to focus on trying out pickleball and dance, for starters!

It’s quite surprising to me that people have really taken to pickleball!

I used to think of it as a senior sport, but I see millennials and 20-somethings also getting into it.

I tried it recently and it was quite fun! It looks easy to an observer but I was missing a lot of so-called easy shots

To prep, I bought paddles, balls (even silent balls for home practice). I didn’t even have proper workout clothes or court shoes, so I got those too.

We do plan to play regularly, perhaps monthly! We figured it was better than just meeting to eat!

https://thesmartlocal.com/read/pickleball-courts-singapore/

I have finally completed my course!

Happy to share regarding these programmes and the actual employment leads that came about from them, if anyone is keen:

• Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling (RP) https://www.rp.edu.sg/lifelong-learning/courses/specialist-diploma-in-career-counselling/

• Specialist Diploma in Business Analytics (RP) https://www.rp.edu.sg/lifelong-learning/courses/specialist-diploma-in-business-analytics/

• Generation Singapore Bootcamp: Junior Data Engineer https://singapore.generation.org/sctp-jrdataengineer/

I’ve taken them all; maxed out my SkillsFuture like a good citizen

I saw some parents sharing this

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-students-need-to-show-they-understand-topic-and-answer-accurately

In my daughter’s P6 year, I was slightly taken aback when her teacher told me not to use websites like National Geographic and the Smithsonian as materials to explain scientific concepts. (At the time we didn’t worry about AI-generated responses!)

I did accept the need to be accurate and precise, but again, these are 12yos trying to figure things out.

Let’s talk about this?