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08Sep 2020 by Principal

When your child does NOT need tuition

Parents enrol their children in tuition for various reasons. The 2 most common ones are: My child is weak in subject X so I want him to do better; my child is good in subject Y but I want him to do even better (i.e. I want a guaranteed distinction for him). Scratching below the surface However, parents often do not look beyond the surface to find out exactly why their child is not doing well. (We shall leave out the 2nd reason of obtaining a distinction for the purpose of this post.) This investigative step is critical as it is the key to solving the problem of poor grades in the child. Could it be due to a lack of understanding? Unfortunately, such an explanation is still vague so…

07Aug 2020 by Principal

Students in Primary 5, Secondary 3 & JC1 in 2020: Do they get the worst deal from COVID-19?

COVID-19, Online Teaching & Learning, Opinion, Tuition

By Mr Chen By now, no one can live in denial that COVID-19 has impacted all of us in our daily lives. A year ago, the acronym HBL (home based learning) was only known to teachers and students (at least the more attentive ones) but now, it has entered the consciousness of the country, if not, the world. In the old days, parents were forced to deal with HBL, say by taking leave to help their kids at home for only a handful of days a year. However, in 2020, HBL has grown into a 3-month horror in the eyes of some parents. In the old days, HBL was mostly limited to asynchronous learning i.e. kids logged into SLS or whatever proprietary platform and learned at their own pace through…

09Feb 2019 by Principal

Achieving a Powerful Memory (Part 1): A Method Excellent Teachers (and Students) use

Non-cognitive skills, Opinion, Revision

By Mr Kwok Achieving a powerful memory has always been striven for in education. Though not a direct learning objective in curricula, content retention can make or break a student's grades. To help students learn better, excellent teachers use a technique known as scaffolding and we are not talking about construction here. Scaffolding is the support given to a student during the learning process so that he can achieve his learning goals. Some learning professionals also refer to scaffolding as the building of an idea on top of another idea. This is somewhat like why you go for your PSLE long before you attempt your 'O' Levels because you need all the knowledge and skills from P1-6 and S1-2 before having the capability to pick up whatever is dished to…