Teacher Rachael has proposed a 2-day writing course. The course will follow the Secondary curriculum changes in English Language. DESCRIPTION The aim of the course will be to teach the students techniques on how to handle: Persuasive Writing Skills (Discursive/Argumentative) Narrative Writing Skills (Personal Recount & Descriptive) Dates: 22nd & 25th Read more…
PSLE: Example of a stimulus-based Conversation on kindness Usually, by mid-May my students would be done with the oral component for their SA1. The rest of the levels would then have a break before they re-start oral testing in September for their SA2. The P6s would still continue on with Read more…
Writing Workshops Hello everyone and I hope that you are doing well 🙂 Recently, I have had some parents request for short-term lessons during this ‘circuit breaker’ period. I have managed to arrange two workshops with the focus on writing. A Secondary 2 workshop, which will be conducted by our Read more…
PSLE Oral: Stimulus-based conversation key questions Every year, I get my P5 & P6 students to prepare the questions on the list. The list was created by one of the ‘top’ schools a few years back as a means to prepare their students for the SBC portion of the oral Read more…
PSLE Oral: Gadget Addiction It is a little early in the year to be posting about PSLE Oral. After all, we are all in the midst of CA1 revision. However, some schools this year seem to have scheduled the oral component a lot earlier this year. They start testing for Read more…
New English classes for 2020 Happy New Year to everyone! As we begin the year, Thinking Factory is excited to announce two new classes for 2020. Primary 3 – Thursdays 3pm-5pm to begin on 9th of January Secondary 1 – Saturdays 5pm-7pm to begin on 1st February PLEASE FILL UP Read more…
Creative & fun ways to get your child to write this December holidays As the school holiday approaches and school books are kept away, students are looking forward to some rest and relaxation. This is also a great time to introduce some fun writing ideas for students to try as Read more…
Changes to PSLE scoring from 2021 and how that may affect the English Language PSLE For the past few years MOE has been making an effort to reduce the stress that our stduents face in school. From removing the mid-year examnation at certain levels to revising admission rules by DSA. Read more…
2019 Preliminary Oral Topics These are the Preliminary topics my students faced this year. Many schools had the same topics and questions were also similar All the best for the PSLE Oral!! ACS Junior/ Southwest/ Alexandra Theme: Addiction to Gadgets Picture: Talk about gadget addiction 1) Would you take part Read more…
2020 Primary 3-Primary 6 English classes Registration for 2020 English classes is now open. All classes will begin in October as the P6 2020 will begin work on their PSLE year. Every year at Thinking Factory, I begin my P6 classes in October as the PSLE English date is now Read more…