peterho:

sydney:

Can you tell me more about the programme? How is chess link?

Oh, no no my son joined the heuristics maths program so no chess is involved. They have 2 programs there (I think). One is the heuristics maths program (purely maths) and the other one is math & chess program (enrichment program involving chess). Don't know much about the math & chess program. I only read through their booklets there while waiting for my son to finish his lesson. Also heard that they are holding their program in some primary schools. Seems interesting but since my son is Pri 6 this year so thought should let him focus on purely maths first. Maybe you can give them a call to ask?

Just found this while browsing through the topics.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13852

Maybe you can check with the fellow parents over there?

sydney:

Can you tell me more about the programme? How is chess link?

Oh, no no my son joined the heuristics maths program so no chess is involved. They have 2 programs there (I think). One is the heuristics maths program (purely maths) and the other one is math & chess program (enrichment program involving chess). Don't know much about the math & chess program. I only read through their booklets there while waiting for my son to finish his lesson. Also heard that they are holding their program in some primary schools. Seems interesting but since my son is Pri 6 this year so thought should let him focus on purely maths first. Maybe you can give them a call to ask?

sorry forgot to state the location of the centre. it is located at tampines. very near mrt so its very convenient. if I’m not wrong I think they have a few branches but the tampines branch is the one specializing in heuristics maths.

Just want to share with parents (especially those with kids who are weak in problem sums) about this centre. My son is very weak in problem sums. He did ok for section a and b but don’t know why, his section c is just very badly done. I tried to teach him personally but I got to admit that the questions aren’t that easy for me to teach anymore. So last year I look around my area for a suitable centre and found this Ho Math and Chess. It seems like they are specialised in maths because they have enrichment and normal programs for maths. So I decided to let my son try out for awhile to see if there’s any improvements. He scored about 65 for SA1 and for SA2 his grade jumped to 85! (much to my surprise cos he never did this well for the entire year). So now he is in p6 and still taking lessons over there. I am sharing this because I am a parent myself and I understand how parents feel when their kids are not doing as well as expected and psle is just around the corner. So parents please do not give up so fast on your child! all children have a hidden potential so please do guide them and provide them with the necessary learning environment!