Smartification: Parenting, Educating and Smartifying Your Child to Succeed

This is an interesting read.

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school Can free schools solve the problem of "futoko", Japan's phenomenon of refusing to attend school?

If a child fails at something, are they doomed for life or are they able to navigate the obstacle course?

More than 7 in 10 of 15-year-old students in S’pore are fearful of failure: OECD PISA study 78 per cent of Singapore respondents said they would doubt their plans for the future when they fail.

Please take note!

8 changes to the Singapore education system you should know about this year There have been some major changes to Singapore education system. With these measures MOE hopes to shift the focus from grades, to student's strengths. Here are some key changes that you need to be updated with this year: 1. NO MORE EXAMS IN P1 AND P2 AND OTHER EXAM CHANGES From 2019, all weighted a...

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MOE tells anxious parents not to compare children’s grades on PSLE results’ release day Grades aren't everything.

Good luck to all who will receive their results on the 21st Nov.

Remember - life is always full of surprises, twists and turns. Results obtained here are not the end.

As long as you are open-minded and developing yourself constantly, you will be surprised at what you can achieve.

PSLE results to be released on Nov 21 SINGAPORE: The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results for 2019 will be released on Nov 21, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and ...

This is a great reminder!

All the best to all students taking the PSLE !

Looking for vocal Parent- Child to talk on Talking Point

Date and time 23 Aug from 4 to 530pm
Format- Pre-recorded (will be edited)
Location- Cafe at Pasir Panjang or Central Area
Program - Talking Point
Topic Recent changes in PSLE education landscape

Looking for parents with children aged between 8-14 (preferably vocal for both)

If interested, please pm me

Accompanying my daughter and her class for the school's weekly swimming lesson at a public pool, I overheard a young voice trying to hide his growing frustration.

A young boy of 8 named Ezan was trying to explain to his classmate to pick up and discard a food item which he had dropped onto the floor. "Others may step on it and it will make a mess of their shoes! Please be considerate to others!" Yet, each passing explanation seemed to fall on deaf ears. The other student simply refused to pick it up. Finally, exasperated Ezan picked up the offending food item and threw it into the nearby bin.

This exchange was extremely fascinating to me because Ezan was labelled as a trouble maker in school:

He is unable to follow orders such as "sit down and listen quietly".
He is unable to remain at his seat but is often touching, exploring and experimenting with something.
He is seen as the odd one out among the peers - the "sore thumb".
He is not one of the smartest and have little academic achievements to speak of.

And yet all this while, the other students with better academic achievements were watching them. Just watching.

Don't write off that C student anytime soon.