Start Date: TUE 7 NOV 2017
Time: 7.30 pm – 9.15 pm, from 7 Nov to 12 Dec 2017 (6 sessions)
Location: Blk 644, Bukit Batok Central, #01-68. S(650644).
Focus: CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING & APPLICATION OF SKILLS
Format: Teaching + Worksheets + Discussions
Target Group: Current S3 (NA) students who wish to learn S4 (NA) Math topics so as to be better prepared for their N-Levels.
Fee: $360 per student for 6 lessons.
Course Outline*:
7/11: APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY I
14/11: APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY II
21/11: ARC LENGTH & AREA OF SECTOR I
28/11: ARC LENGTH & AREA OF SECTOR II
5/12: PROBABILITY I
12/12: PROBABILITY II
Background of Tutor:
The tutor is a RI & RJC alumnus and a NIE-trained ex-teacher who has been teaching Math (NA) for more than 5 years.
To register, sms <Student Name><S4NMWHS> to 97860411.
For any queries, you may also talk directly to the tutor at 97860411.
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TUITION CLASSES:
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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES:
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By EX-MOE TEACHERS & EXPERIENCED TUTORS
@ BLK 644, BUKIT BATOK CENTRAL, #01-68. S(650644).
CALL 65694897 OR SMS 98530744 OR 97860411.
SEC 4 (NA) (2018) SCIENCE (PHY/CHEM) HEAD START PROGRAM
Start Date: WED 1 NOV 2017
Time: 5.15 pm – 7.00 pm, from 1 Nov to 6 Dec 2017 (6 sessions)
Location: Blk 644, Bukit Batok Central, #01-68. S(650644).
Focus: CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING & APPLICATION OF SKILLS
Format: Teaching + Worksheets + Discussions
Target Group: Current S3 (NA) Science (Phy/Chem) students who wish to learn S4 Science topics so as to be better prepared for S4 year.
Fee: $360 per student for 6 lessons.
Course Outline*:
1/11: SOUND
8/11: CURRENT ELECTRICITY
15/11: D.C. CIRCUITS
22/11: METALS
29/11: THE PERIODIC TABLE
6/12: THE ATMOSPHERE & ENVIRONMENT
Background of Tutor:
The tutor is a RI & RJC alumnus and a NIE-trained ex-teacher who has been teaching Science (Phy / Chem) for more than 5 years.
To register, sms <Student Name><S4NSCIWHS> to 97860411.
For any queries, you may also talk directly to the tutor at 97860411.
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TUITION CLASSES:
_______________________________________________________________
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES:
______________________________________________________________
By EX-MOE TEACHERS & EXPERIENCED TUTORS
@ BLK 644, BUKIT BATOK CENTRAL, #01-68. S(650644).
CALL 65694897 OR SMS 98530744 OR 97860411.
Go to the type of school that caters to your strengths
Recently I met an enterprising young man who was trying to sell to me fire extinguishers. He’s studying in a polytechnic and does sales part-time. He speaks very good English so I asked him about his educational background.
He was from the Normal Academic stream and knowing himself, he felt that he wouldn’t survive another year studying for the O-levels in Sec 5. So he went to the ITE instead and eventually obtained a Higher Nitec cert which allowed him to be admitted into a local polytechnic.
This is what I’ve been trying to tell some parents. If, after so many years, your child still cannot sit still to study, please don’t force him or her to do the O-levels or the A-levels. There are so many pathways to success, including academic success, in Spore now. And there’s no shame in going to the ITE to pick up a vocational skill; the ITE is not a lesser school compared to a JC or an IP school. It’s just a different kind of school where you can acquire a different set of useful skills.
Rgds,
Ilyasa
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TUITION CLASSES:
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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES:
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By EX-MOE TEACHERS & EXPERIENCED TUTORS
@ BLK 644, BUKIT BATOK CENTRAL, #01-68. S(650644).
CALL 65694897 OR SMS 98530744 OR 97860411.
Yay, my sec 3 NA student topped his class in A. Math.
Congratulations to Daniel Lam, from BPGHS, who obtained 39 out of 40 marks for his recent A. Math class test on Quadratic Equations.
I’m still not used to publishing testimonials from current or past students for my teaching or tutoring. In fact, I hardly record or remember their pre-tuition and post-tuition marks. It is sufficient for me that my students have stayed with me for as long as they have needed my guidance (or nagging), and that they continue to do well all the way to university.
Yes, I’m not good at marketing. Even my website is not dazzling enough. It’s ok for now, as I still get a sufficient number of students every year. I don’t even produce my own materials (but I know where to get the good ones).
So without aggressive marketing, testimonials and “own materials”, how have I been able to attract students to come and learn? And in what ways do I add value to a student’s learning? Well, you have to attend my tutorial sessions to know what thinking looks like. : )
Rgds,
Ilyasa
The big jump – from N-Level to O-Level …
I wish all N-level students good results come Monday. But as you know, even if you get good results, it’s just the beginning of another journey. If you intend to do your O-Levels, bear in mind that it’s going to be a rough journey, so you’d need to work extra smart and hard. The O-Levels is tougher than the N-Levels in at least three ways:
(1) Additional topics are added so you’d have to remember more facts and think more, and some of the exam papers are now longer;
(2) The questions in the O-Levels are harder both in intellect and in language use; you’d be expected to write longer answers in proper English for most of the papers;
(3) The marking is stricter for most of the papers. For eg, for the Sciences, you are expected to write proper units for the values you have calculated.
However, preparing for the O-Levels may actually be easier than for the N-Levels as there is much more educational support for the O-Levels – more guide or assessment books, more notes and prelim papers on sale, more tutors willing to coach you etc.
Anyway, I hope that when the N-Level results are released I’ll get a few calls telling me the good news. : )
From N-Level directly to Poly ….
Are you aware that starting this year, N-Level students who perform very well can go directly to a Polytechnic without having to do the O-levels? This also means that N-Level students who did badly in 2011 can opt to re-take their N-Levels this year and still stand a chance to be admitted to a Polytechnic in 2013.
The following is taken from the MOE website:
“Students who have performed very well in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE N-level examinations (expected to be among the top 10% of the Secondary 4 N(A) cohort)2 will have a new option of completing a one-year Foundation Programme (FP) at the polytechnics, instead of taking their O-Levels in Secondary 5. The FP will offer a practice-oriented curriculum taught by polytechnic faculty, using applied teaching methods. This will better prepare polytechnic-bound N(A) students for entry into relevant diploma courses.
For the first phase beginning in 2013, polytechnics will offer a total of about 1,000 FP places that would articulate into a range of diploma courses. Students will gain admission into specific diploma courses upon entry to the FP and continue on to these diplomas if they complete their FPs satisfactorily. The FP could be expanded over time to cover more diploma programmes and offer more places.”
To read the full article, click on http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2010/09/more-pathways-secondary-schools.php
Good luck.
Rgds,
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