Thank you, Liangbrolovesoccer. Very useful information

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May I know if there is only bus 327 from Sengkang MRT station to Nan Chiau? Saw bus 327 both inside Interchange and outside the station. May I know where is the correct place to take the bus to school.

Thanks beats.sh and weirddad for your insights. They gave me more confident to choose this school for my DD

Dear all


My DD scored 247. I couldn’t decide between Nan Chiau and St Margaret. Nan Chiau is nearer to our house but I am worry about it’s culture. I would like a school that is not too overly emphasized on academics. Anyone has any idea about these 2 schools?

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May I know if Nan Chiau has very strong focus on academic & lots of homework?
I am considering of choosing this school for my DD, as its near our house. However, I am worry that the school focus too much on academic. I would prefer a more holistic environment with work play balance…

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Anyone knows if the creative writing class at Mindstretcher for P6 at Seletar mall or Waterwaypoint is good? Need urgent help to improve compo to prepare for coming PSLE.

Is PW marked by their own JC teachers ?

Thanks Esteema & laughingcat. Maybe will check out academia.

Yeah I am still trying to start reading with her, despite her keep postponing. Really worry about her English.

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Anyone know of any good group English tuition in the North east area?
My P6 DD is very weak in creative writing. She doesn’ t like reading and refused to memorise good phrases that I asked her to do. Sigh. Have engaged a home tutor for English but realised she is not too good and has still yet to teach compo after 2 months. Hence, I am thinking of switching her to grouped tuition, at least they have materials to coach, rather than relying on assessment books that Home tutors do.

finicki:

I have a kid with Leaping Math (class with Miss Teo) and Leaping English (taught by Miss Ng). My kid joined Mrs Lee's centre 2.5 years ago from other Maths and English centre separately. Being from the lower primary then, my kid wasn't taught by Mrs Lee.


In my opinion, both are very good teachers. My kid started with Miss Teo in P2 (mid year). Miss Teo is a very hands on teacher. Very encouraging and motivating to her class. I'm not the kind of parents who chase up for grades and want my kid to go to those branded or SAP sch after PSLE. Enrolling in the extra classes is just to supplement what the primary sch teachers teach. Pri sch teachers hands are tied. they have classes of 40 kids of varied learning abilities and they have their KPIs to achieve, so I feel kids being kids, will somehow can't keep up due to many reasons like distraction, teaching styles... By getting my kid to have extra classes is really to just help cope better and if my kid can improve over the years, then it's good enough.

Miss Teo is always there if you want to know how to help your kid. She's able to identify the weakness (not only just kids' usual carelessness) if you want to find out more about your child and work with her. I've asked her for extra questions to work on my kid's weakeness, she didn't provide a whole paper of the maths topic, but she will mark out those questions which she thinks will help the child. And she provides working and answers for me. I think if you're willing to work with her to help your child, she feels your commitment, she'll work with you on that. As I said, I don't really chase up for grades, but just that my child enjoys classes, understand the concept and don't do too badly (above average). My kid Maths results didn't do superbly great from a term to another, but over the 2+ years we saw improvement from 70+ to 80. And maintains that exams after exams as the kid progresses each term, each year.

For Miss Ng, my kid is with her for English. My kid totally enjoys her \"unique\" class as my kid puts it, \"Miss Ng's class is always full of fun\". I was skeptical coz when how I was brought up in the 90s, study or these extra classes don't equate to \"fun\". I didn't really bother to look at the worksheets, but merely just remind my kid to do Miss Ng's work. My kid is motivated to do and hand in the work all by herself without me really reminding often. The EL results was what surprised me, especially this is the 1st year we are with Miss Ng fully. She started mid last year. My kid's EL improved from the usual 70+ to this recent SA1 85. Bearing in mind that this EL class coaches both Paper 1 and Paper 2, to get 85 overall, I think it's really both the kid and Miss Ng's hardwork. Who says extra classes is not fun.

How you choose the centre, it's really what you set out for your kid to achieve. If you are just simply chasing grades, as parent, you also gotta be fair, you need to work together with your kid and the centre's teacher, then make your own judgement after a few terms or up to a year. If you are just simply a parent, ferrying the kid to these classes, and expect kids to be motivated, do work by themselves and jump from 70s to 90 grade, I think it's a tall task. It's not that it can't be done, but a lot of work from all parties. I'm the kind of parent who want kid to be motivated by themselves when it comes to studying, at the same time, enjoy sports and manage own time. I see my kid has that change from P3 to P4.

From the experiences that I have with them for 2.5 years on Maths and EL, both teachers (not Mrs Lee) are very dedicated, hands-on, no-nonsense coaches. I see my kid's classmates are always happy going in and coming out.

As for my interaction with Mrs Lee, she comes across as very caring and responsible person. Even though my kid isn't in her class, she bothers to speak to me, and she knows my kid's exam grades and even tracks the improvement (or not). And yes, we even speak to each other when we bump to each other outside.

This is just my opinion on the other teachers in Leaping.

Hi may I know how does mS Ng teach Composition. My child is very weak in writing compo. She has been attending another tuition centre, but I have not seen any improvement. I am thinking of changing, but would like to know more so I can gauge if it will be relevant to her, in case I make a wrong choice again. Thanks