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    Comparing Enrichment Programme versus Private Tutor

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    • E Offline
      edanson
      last edited by

      Hi Joy,


      Agree with you. I was looking around but could not find one that specialise in composition.

      This teacher that I mentioned was my daughter’s P6 form teacher who taught her English two years ago. I like her teaching and asked her to teach my boy last year but she rejected. I offer her again this year with the market price for current school teacher ($400) this year and she finaally accept it.

      I suppose I will have to bear with it - 6 months to go.

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        angeline123
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        $400 for 4 lessons, and each session is how long?


        No matter what, its very ex! IS that the market price for school teachers?
        No wonder so many of them part-time or even quit to teach tuition!

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          edanson
          last edited by

          Hi Angeline,


          $400 for 4 lessons of 2 hours per lesson.

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            Joy
            last edited by

            My friend just hired a tuition teacher that is a current school teacher for her p6 girl…Each month is 600 dollars,that is 8 lessons, she told me, its only for 10 mths, so its worth the investment…is it a norm and does this really works?I thought from p5 onwards, one has to be more or less get prepared?thanks

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              edanson
              last edited by

              HI Joy,


              The earlier you prepare a child, the better he or she will be. So if you can start a child from K1, that will be best.

              As for my boy, I think he needs a little more practices on writing and some reminder on things that he should not do in his PSLE exam and so I invest in it only now. His school trained him to write reports, presentation, bibiography, etc and they had very little composition writing opportunity. I spoke to the teacher and she said that they will only train them after mid year. I am worried that it may be too late to learn the skill of writing good composition by then so I kiasu and start now - hopefully not too late.

              As for your friend, I think starting now is better then not starting at all. If one can afford then why not. Anyway some children request for tuition jsust to boost their confidence. Their friends had tuition, so they feel more confident when they have them too. So it depend on your child’s request too.

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                Joy
                last edited by

                Yes, I totally agreed with you that from preschool, the language foundation has to be strong.


                My girl loves to write but she is not geared to exam...and that is why am worried and hope someone can bring her on track.She has vocabs but the maturity in the compo is not there.

                rgds
                Joy

                edanson:
                HI Joy,

                The earlier you prepare a child, the better he or she will be. So if you can start a child from K1, that will be best.

                As for my boy, I think he needs a little more practices on writing and some reminder on things that he should not do in his PSLE exam and so I invest in it only now. His school trained him to write reports, presentation, bibiography, etc and they had very little composition writing opportunity. I spoke to the teacher and she said that they will only train them after mid year. I am worried that it may be too late to learn the skill of writing good composition by then so I kiasu and start now - hopefully not too late.

                As for your friend, I think starting now is better then not starting at all. If one can afford then why not. Anyway some children request for tuition jsust to boost their confidence. Their friends had tuition, so they feel more confident when they have them too. So it depend on your child's request too.

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                  jessn
                  last edited by

                  Hi Edanson!


                  Appreciate if you cld share with me the ex school Maths teacher contact. Pls PM me.

                  tks a lot!!

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                    TiredMummy
                    last edited by

                    Hi Edanson, can you pm me your son’s english teacher and also the maths teacher you mentioned. My girl is in P5 this year and she did very badly for her CA1, scoring only 50+ for English. Am worried for her SA1 now, she said paper was quite difficult.


                    TIA.

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                      westmom
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                      TiredMummy:
                      Hi Edanson, can you pm me your son's english teacher and also the maths teacher you mentioned. My girl is in P5 this year and she did very badly for her CA1, scoring only 50+ for English. Am worried for her SA1 now, she said paper was quite difficult.


                      TIA.
                      Tiredmummy...You should find out the level average score or class average score before you panic. I learnt through experience..my dd came home with 50+ for science in P5, I got so worried until I start checking around. Found out later that the level average was around 45...so the paper was set too hard.!

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                        TiredMummy
                        last edited by

                        Hi, yes I found out the average score was 69, so my dd was called up to attend remedial class now after CA1.

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