Anyone knows any good center for composition classes for Primary Students? Need to find one in the east.

Haiz, I just don’t understand why kids like them has to go through so much at this age. They should learn to enjoy the journey of learning and not study because of exams. Look at those Americans, most of them turn out just as well without so much of exams… They learned things outside of books that our children don’t learn.

Same here. My boy is going up P5 and everyone has been telling me that it’s a BIG jump. So worried that he will do badly for his exams and coming PSLE. Any advise on how to overcome this…??

Same here. Sent them an email but no response also. They seems to be popular among parents. That’s why I was told their classes are pretty big. Wondering if the kids can learn with such big classes.

Dear Parents,


I'm trying to form a cognitive training class for my P4 boy because he seems to have problems spelling and comprehend his work which drag his results down. He has been going for tuition and enrichment classes but everything seems to be not working. Thus, I've been researching and asking people around what's the best way to help through forums and friends. Many people told me to improve my boy's cognitive skills (which I think he is lacking as well). This will help him in his work. I found a cognitive trainer but she needs to have 6 students in her class before she would come over to the East (Tampines/Simei). Let me know if any parents (those staying in the East) who is keen to try this program out. It is a 6 months course and apparently there are a lot of good testimonials from a lot of parents. Below are some writeouts if anyone is keen to find out more:

\"Scientific research has shown that cognitive skills are a crucial factor in determining children’s learning ability. Many children find schoolwork difficult and become frustrated as they do not have strong cognitive skills to process information properly. Cognitive skills are the mental skills such as pattern recognition, concentration, perception, memory, language, problem-solving and decision making that needed for acquiring knowledge. Educational therapists contend that an analysis of fundamental cognitive skills is the first step in acquiring solution as they are the foundational tools a child uses to learn. If the child has poor cognitive skills, he will not be able to grasp and process the knowledge in academic environment fast. Tutoring can work if the child has fallen behind in his academic subjects, however, the tutor does not necessarily teach strategies for learning or enhance children’s learning abilities. When learning abilities are neglected, conventional methods such tuition and enrichment programs often do not improve the children’s performance in school.\"

Thanks!!

"The Ministry of Education (MOE) said Wednesday it is abolishing the banding of secondary schools by academic results with immediate effect to enable "every school to be a good school".


On scrapping the banding system, MOE said in a statement that it recognises that a school’s effectiveness in academic education is better measured by its academic value-added than by its absolute academic band, as the student intake profile varies across different schools.

However, the ministry said it will continue to monitor and recognise schools’ ability to value-add to their students academically.

Introduced in 2004, school banding places secondary schools into nine bands each year based on the performance of their students at the GCE O Level in the previous year.

For example, schools in Band 1 would have students who have obtained an average L1B5 of less than 11 points. This information can be used by parents when deciding where to enrol their children after the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)."

Hi, do you have the schedule for your compo class for P5 for 2013? Are you going to hold more classes at the SingPost?

Dear Parents,


Which is better? Han Language or Tien Hsia? Thot of signing my boys at the simei branch. Any feedback?

Please help!