Conquering Singapore's Education System

These are the LEGO that we bought or received as gifts. I shall find out how much we spent on these toys for the past 6 years.  Birthday gift from his grandmother. Christmas gift from his aunt. Christmas gift from his aunt. Christmas gift from his aunt. FREE GIFT. Pretty good buy from IKEA. :) I like it. 

 Many wonderful smart parenting articles at The Straits Times today (August 1st, 2021), how to motivate the unmotivated ! Key Takeaways: When a person thinks he or she can do it, his or her motivation will increase. Every child is good at something. Look for the good in him or her because that gives him or her hope and encourages the child.  Providing practical examples of how a lesson topic relates to real life may give the child a reason to pay attention in class. Grades should be viewed as a form of information and feedback on how students are doing.

Singapore Mathematics curriculum is not difficult. He is now in Primary 3 but completed Primary 6 Mathematics today (June 5, 2021). My job is done! It took us 4 years 8 months to complete 6 years of Primary School Mathematics contents. What a perseverance! :) We only used the Intensive Maths Drills series . This is the best Mathematics series in Singapore. I don't use textbooks. He started Primary 1 Mathematics when he was in Nursery 2 on November 17th 2016 . :) I actually spent a good 18-months to complete Primary 1 Mathematics with him. There were no test papers given for Primary 1 and 2. I would say, the toughest Mathematics is in Primary 5 , followed by Primary 3 and 6.  The easiest level is in Primary 4 .  Yes, he has 26x Primary 6 test papers to be completed by the end of this year. He managed to cope the Primary 6 Mathematics materials well and I would give him 8.5 out of 10 .  Hopefully, by the time he is in Primary 6, it becomes 9.5 out of 10. No perfec...

He participated Singapore & Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO) 2021 Primary 3 and got a Silver medal . Silver 214, school rank 7th, country rank 192th, global rank 214th. Good try, keep it up! SASMO 2021 Results – Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad

He participated Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest 2021 Primary 3 and only got a Bronze medal .  Bronze6 , school rank 12th , country rank 170th. SMKC is a unique competition, and it is different from the other math competitions. Its syllabus is less advanced than other Olympiad competition s, and students can compete without any special training or advanced knowledge. Nevertheless, he didn't know how to do one question and decided to leave it blank instead of putting an answer simply because answering wrong will minus points. :(  I think he also made some careless mistakes along the way. Never mind, good try, keep it up! SMKC 2021 Results – Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest