This week marks the start of the SA1 Oral component for many of our P6 students. In the next few weeks, our P4 students will also be having their SA1 Oral. In today’s blog post, I will focus on the Reading Aloud portion of the Oral component. These tips apply Read more…
Certain themes can be difficult for students to write on. Describing certain emotions that are not often dealt with in compositions can be challenging for some. Recently, we worked on the theme of embarrassment. Unlike being sad, happy or afraid, describing being embarrassed is an emotion not often described during Read more…
You are reading an article from the P6 English vocabulary & editing lists section. The Editing section of the PSLE Paper 2 is one of the easier components, that is if you are able to spot the grammatical and spelling mistakes. If a student has a good grammatical foundation (and Read more…
The Chinese New Year break is over and the P6 students are revising for their upcoming WA or CA. Many schools are focusing on testing Paper 2 components only. In today’s post, we will take a look at the Synthesis and Transformation component. With so many rules to learn, this Read more…
As our students move into the second month of the school calendar year, our P6s are hard at work preparing for their first examination of their PSLE year – the Continual Assessment 1 (CA1). This week all the P6s had a Synthesis & Transformation class test that contained questions with Read more…
P6 students are back to the school since last week and their PSLE year is underway. For the next 9 months, these students will go through the highs and lows of their most important primary school year. They will need to juggle extra work, examinations, expectations and stress. So how Read more…
The long school holiday is about to begin! While it is important to relax and unwind, PSLE and O level students are beginning to prepare for their major year ahead. Without piles of school homework (and unfortunately, the lure of exploring different countries this December), students can focus on the Read more…
Today, I will bid farewell to the last class of my 2020 P6 students. Like every year, it will take me some time to get used to not seeing them on a weekly basis. At the same time I feel excited for them as they take the first step towards Read more…
The PSLE Listening Comprehension is on the 18th of September. The LC is one of the easiest components to score or it used to be. Over the years the questions and texts have become more challenging. In one of my P6 classes, we recently compared the 2015 and 2019 PSLE Read more…
Firstly, congratulations to my students for their excellent Preliminary English scores. Some targets have been surpassed while others have been narrowly missed. And of course, there are also some disappointments. For those who are disappointed, don’t feel disheartened. There is still a month to go and a lot can be Read more…