Primary 6 English Composition: A Changed Behaviour & PSLE 2019 results Tomorrow we begin our PSLE Intensives until December 18th. I would like to congratulate my 2019 PSLE students for their accomplishments and results – from A*s and As and to my student who worked hard to accomplish his B 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…
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…
One of the questions that I am usually asked by parents of my new students is this. How do you teach creative writing in Thinking Factory? When I first started tutoring I did not realise that there were many ways that creative writing was taught in private centres and among Read more…
This year I asked a few of the parents & students (mostly from my P6 group) if they had some time to write me a testimonial. I was humbled and touched by the kind words and would like to share those testimonials with you. Being a mother myself I share Read more…
I happened to be out at the mall closest to my home on Tuesday around lunchtime. It was the end of the PSLE for many (who were not sitting for higher MT). Students were chatting excitedly as they queued together outside food outlets and drink stalls. Smiles were plastered on Read more…
This post is way overdue. First of all let me say Congratulations to my batch of P6 2017 pupils!! Really proud of them. Everyone did exceedingly well with a record number of A-stars. A few of them were expected..but a few were extremely pleasant surprises. Most importantly, this batch of Read more…
English PSLE I hope that everyone is enjoying their break from school! My P6s are on their last leg of English revision before the big day on September 28th. Their preliminary results were as I had hoped. Those aiming for A-star were well into the region and it was for Read more…
Firstly, thank you to all the participants who attended the September holiday workshops. It was a pleasure seeing some familiar faces and meeting new ones. I hope that everyone found the workshops useful and remember the oral and writing techniques we worked on for their SA2. I’ll be putting up Read more…