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Meet the Parents Session on the Last Day of School

I was jogging past a secondary school near my place when I see students holding THE book. Some were with parents, some alone.

I never had this experience. We didn't have Meet the Parents sessions back in my school days.

To my parents, it isn't a good thing for them to go to my school.

Things have changed.

Every term or half a year, parents would be invited to schools to hear feedback and perhaps compliments about their children performance.

Looking at the expression on the child face, it must be a strange experience to have your parents go to school with you. Everyone wasn't in their own self, chatting merrily with friends, walking without a care for the world . . . Everybody looks serious. Really serious.

How was your experience on this last day of school?

Was it a good one or a bad one? I would love to hear your experience in the comments section.

For the Secondary 4, are you ready for O levels? If your answer is no, click here.

O level E-Math, A-Math & Chemistry June Intensive Revision Programme Early Bird Registration Extended!

O level E-Math, A-Math & Chemistry June Intensive Revision Programme Early Bird Registration Extended!

We thank all parents and students for the overwhelming response for our O level June Holidays Intensive Revision Programme. We hear you and understand that many schools have yet to give their students the holidays schedule. As such, we have decided to extend our early bird registration to 1st June 09, 11.59pm (Singapore time) so that more students can benefit and be prepared for their O levels this holidays.

Here's the scope of programme for A-Math & E-Math:
(You may sign up on a workshop basis, example, you can choose A2 and E3)

A-MATH (SUBJ CODE: 4038) E-MATH (SUBJ CODE: 4016)
A1 *LOGARITHMS & LINEAR LAW E1 TRIGONOMETRY (E-MATH)
A2 TRIGONOMETRY (A-MATH) E2 GRAPHS MASTERY
(Inclusive of Quadratic Graphs, Distance, Speed Time Graphs, Graphs of Power Functions, Gradient of Curves)
A3 *QUADRATIC EQNS & APPLICATIONS E3 VECTORS MASTERY
A4 DIFFERENTIATION & INTEGRATION E4 STATISTICS & PROBABILITY(Inclusive of Cumulative frequency, box-whisker, stem-leaf, dot diagram, calculation of mean, mode, median, standard deviation, probability tree diagram)

Here's the scope of programme for Chemistry:

C1.*ATOMIC STRUCTURE & BONDING
C2.*ACIDS, BASES
C3.*SALTS & QA
C4.PERIODIC TABLE & METALS
C5.RATE OF RXN & ENERGY CHANGES
C6.REDOX & ELECTROLYSIS
C7.MOLE CONCEPTS & CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS

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To register, please call 9685 7675 or 9828 7357 [Read more...] about O level E-Math, A-Math & Chemistry June Intensive Revision Programme Early Bird Registration Extended!

Your Questions on O level A/E-Math & Chemistry June Intensive Revision Programme Answered

We thank you for the many email questions regarding our O level A/E-Math & Chemistry June Intensive Revision Programme.

In this video, I have personally answered the following commonly asked questions by students (Secondary 3 & 4 + IP + IGCSE Programme) & parents:

  • Scope of programme
  • Benefits of attending our programme
  • Fees
  • Proven track record (on the effectiveness of our coaching)

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I look forward in making a difference in your child's academic success!

A-Math: How Do You Sketch A Modulus Graph?

Last Sunday while coaching my A-Math students on a question on Modulus Functions, we did solving of Modulus equation which is of no big problem as long as you get the basic concept correct.

|x| = x when x >= (more than and equal to) 0 or |x| = -x when x < 0

When we came to the next part of the question which involves Sketching of Modulus Graph, that's where the interesting happens.

Read about the Differences between Drawing and Sketching in this post.

When question involves sketching of graph, we usually do not need
- a table of values.
- axis which are evenly marked out.

Sketching of Graph should however includes
- critical points (i.e x - intercept(s), y-intercept, turning point (if you are sketching a quadratic graph))

Let's take a look at the working of 2 different students:

Student A:

  • Sketch the modulus graph using table of values
  • Join up the points in a straight line manner

Student B:

  • Sketch the modulus graph using a series of 2 other graphs

Note the difference in the shape of the 2 graphs.

I certainly hope that my student A is convinced that using a table of values is not recommended for drawing modulus graphs. Moreover, many questions involving modulus could be that of Trigonometry graphs! So be like student B, draw modulus graph using a transformation of a series of graphs