2020 Preliminary Oral Themes Part 2 All my students’ prelim oral results have come in and I have to say I am really happy for them. The average score was 27/30 and this year, I had a few 29/30 which Read more…
Model Composition about Being Responsible – Primary 5 How do we incorporate the ‘new normal’ in our compositions and oral? This is what I have been working on with my PSLE students this year. Life in 2020 has changed, including Read more…
In 2 months, I will bid farewell to my current PSLE students. It was not a usual year. For almost 4 months the students went through plenty of disruptions, changes and anxiety. They had to acclimatise to a new way Read more…
Situational Writing (SW) is the shortest piece of writing in the writing component and has a weightage of 15 marks. It is also the easier of the two (the other writing piece being Composition) to master, especially informal SW. At Read more…
There are a number of ways that the teachers at Thinking Factory help their Secondary English students on their journey to becoming good essay writers. What makes a good essay? In this video, our Secondary 2 teacher, Teacher Rachael will Read more…
2020 Preliminary Oral Themes Part 1 Half of my P6 students have completed their Prelim oral before the July break and the other half will do theirs this week. Like every year, my students have kindly helped to compile a Read more…
P5 Common Grammar Mistakes Series: ‘A number’ vs ‘The number’ Do you wonder why we sometimes use a singular verb for ‘number’ and sometimes a plural verb? If you do wonder, this is the grammatical rule for ‘a number’ and Read more…
Have you been told by your teacher the importance of reading your essay question carefully and analyzing it before diving into writing it? 4 common genres of essay writing There are 4 common genres of essay writing in secondary school: Read more…
Common subject-verb-agreement mistakes made by upper Primary students – ‘all of’ & ‘some of’ Have you been using ‘all of’ and ‘some of’ correctly? Do you get confused about which is the subject when you see ‘all of’ and ‘some Read more…
6 PSLE Oral tips Are you ready for your PSLE oral? Some students are eloquent speakers, who thrive on this component. Others, aren’t sure about what to say. Here are 6 tips to help you in both the Reading and Read more…