This week for English (Upper Primary level), we shall talk about Troy, the Trojan War, and Achilles, where the phrase "It is your achilles heel" comes to mean one's weakness. Below is a Youtube video of The True Story of Troy from History Channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYCdcopIddo
Designers and Engineers changing the world
How to get your child to read?
by Wong Kin Leong Often have I heard parents complain about their child's lack of reading story books. In Singapore, this is made worse with electronics like games and smartphones becoming a staple in everyday activities of our children. Texting and all that distraction becomes the scourge of the millennium to some parents. Made worse …
Speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford Commencement
Ken Robinson Talks Education
Optimism and its role in studying
by Wong Kin Leong There is a direct correlation between the optimism in a student and the success in studying. Just like the answer to the glass is half full or half empty, this concept is very much a question about the outlook and confidence of the individual. The optimism of students to how well …
How to improve discipline in a student
by Wong Kin Leong Discipline, the main ingredient to success. Sprinkle with concentration, a dash of determination and double boil with patience. That's the making of a properly executed education. In every education system around the world, the recipe above are quality prerequisites because students spends years in school before gaining their certification and joining …
Famous People-Florence Nightingale, Nursing
The professionalism of nurses you see in our hospitals owe it to Florence Nightingale. She set the standards for modern nursing and her methods have improved medicine and caring for the sick to what it is today. Here's an extract from wikipedia.com "Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (/ˈflɒrəns ˈnaɪtɨŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated British social …
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Doing well in the PSLE of Singapore
by Wong Kin Leong Primary School Leaving Examination are the first educational hurdle of all Singapore students and has been a staple of our enduring educational system since its inception. So what's all the fuss over the PSLE's? First and foremost, it dictates the secondary schools that a child can go to. Secondly, it dictates …
