JEI/PSLE Math - Discussion

[24hr-mum]

alltheway:

Regarding the question on:- \"do they do Pre-school? PSLE Math sound like only for P6.\"

- They do actually. My younger boy who is in K2 this year attends the JEI math class. He has been attending since K1. They go according to your child's ability and therefore the child can progress at his own pace. When he first joined, they gave him a short test to evaluate his maths ability. Depending on the score, the teacher will recommend the appropriate starting level.

- My elder child who is in P3 enjoys the class. He was previously doing Kumon and was at Level G when he stopped last year. He did complain abt the difficulty on the maths questions and we noticed that his problem sums are not that good. Hence, decided to give JEI cum PSLE Maths a try and he has been doing great in maths.

hi alltheway,

who is the teacher for p3? gd? whc branch?

[saralim]

I went down to JEI Marine Parade this afternoon. After looking at the materials, I signed up my P2 girl and start the lesson on the same day so happen there was a P2 class going on. Her teacher is Jason. Will try it out for a term.

[alltheway]

Hi 24hr-mum,


My p3 boy’s teacher is kenrick. My son likes his teaching and looks forward to his class.

At the end of each class, kenrick will go through with me the material which he has covered for that lesson and highlight areas which he’s good and areas which need more concentration and improvement.

I find thisgood as I can then revise with him at home.

[24hr-mum]

thats very gd. plan to do the trial and start after my girl’s ca at beginning march

[Chengg]

Seems there is a lot of good feedback about this centre. Do you know when the AMK one is starting and where exactly would it be?


I am looking for one for my youngest. How are they different from onsponge?

[24hr-mum]

amk centre opening in late mar or early apr, acc to rebecca the franchisee, at amk blk 163 (the mkt near st nics )


u can go to jei at marine parade first to chk the materials n talk to jason.

onsponge is purely a tuition centre that uses onsponge methodology, for prob sums. p3 is $180 for 4 sessions, 1.5hrs i think. hvnt tried so not sure what is the difference. but jei/psle math is 1 hr JEI - foundation math (something like mpm or enopi) and 1 hr problem sums whch they term it psle prog. i guess 2hr more value for $??

i hvnt tried both but i know mpm n enopi a bit

jei is for n2 onwards, psle prob sum is p2 onwards. ie p2 onwards do both programmes as 1 integrated 2hr course.

[Tulip]

I am also looking for a Maths centre for my P3 girl. She dislikes Maths and got a band 2 for her Maths last year. I’ve tried MPM when she’s in P1 but switched to 1-to-1 with a private tutor, and still no improvement in her Maths.


She’s gone thru MPM so I roughly know what JEI is about. How about the plse maths part? Do they conduct lessons or the students are only given booklets to work on and the teacher will help and guide them when the student can’t solve the problems?

I’m also staying in Bishan, so I’ll prob. wait for the AMK branch to open and sign up for a trial lesson 1st.

[24hr-mum]

i m not sure if the jei/psle centre does teach but they are given similar problems to work on.


can always do a free trial at the marine parade branch first.

my girl now with Just iMaths bishan. started only 1 mth ago but it was all revision mth. proper teaching only starting this wk so cant tell much but i m keen to try the jei/psle math at marine parade first and switch to amk br later maybe.

i also considered onsponge whc is 180 a mth and at some shophse along longhse area. hvnt decided whc is the best.[/i]

[sydney]

Tulip:

I am also looking for a Maths centre for my P3 girl. She dislikes Maths and got a band 2 for her Maths last year. I've tried MPM when she's in P1 but switched to 1-to-1 with a private tutor, and still no improvement in her Maths.


She's gone thru MPM so I roughly know what JEI is about. How about the plse maths part? Do they conduct lessons or the students are only given booklets to work on and the teacher will help and guide them when the student can't solve the problems?

I'm also staying in Bishan, so I'll prob. wait for the AMK branch to open and sign up for a trial lesson 1st.

At P3, its wise to switch out and consider a centre that do Singapore base syllabus. MPM, Kumon and also JEI, they are not Singapore primary school focus. They are only good for arithematic training. These days in Singapore Math is more about analysis and very lesser about computation.

In JEI, There are two part. One is JEI Math and the other is PSLE Math. For PSLE Math the focus is on problems solving skills. There is teaching involved.

[Tulip]

24hr-mum:

i m not sure if the jei/psle centre does teach but they are given similar problems to work on.


can always do a free trial at the marine parade branch first.

my girl now with Just iMaths bishan. started only 1 mth ago but it was all revision mth. proper teaching only starting this wk so cant tell much but i m keen to try the jei/psle math at marine parade first and switch to amk br later maybe.

i also considered onsponge whc is 180 a mth and at some shophse along longhse area. hvnt decided whc is the best.[/i]

Thanks for your response. I am also exploring Onsponge, but I think their focus is only on problem sum solving but my girl would need help in a wider spectrum, she's quite weak in her maths foundation.