Do you want to improve in your studies but are unsure how you are making progress? You are not alone. Many students often focus solely on the scores they achieve during each assessment as an indication of their progress. In doing so, they fail to realise that the important process of reviewing and evaluating one’s progress goes beyond ascertaining that…
七步诗 Qī bù shī Quatrain of Seven Steps 煮豆燃豆萁， zhǔ dòu rán dòu qí, Boiling beans by burning the beanstalks, 豆在釜中泣。 dòu zài fǔ zhōng qì The beans are sobbing inside the pot. 本是同根生， běn shì tóng gēn shēng Both of them were from the same root, 相煎何太急 ? xiāng jiān hé tài jí? Why should the beanstalk torture the…
The end-of-year exams are over and school is wrapping up lessons. But before you pack up the pencils and make plans for the upcoming holidays, there’s one last matter to attend to – your child has brought home their final assessment reports – what should you do now? Whether you and your child are happy with the scores, this is…
Term 3 begins next week on 28th June. Some children are excited about going back while others are still in "vacation mode". As parents, we will need to help and prepare our children in advance for a smooth transition back to school. Presumably, you would already have looked at these areas earlier in the week but if you have not,…
Just as “Googling” is an activity akin to web searches, “Zooming” is becoming ubiquitous as a generic term to describe activities related to videoconferencing. Zoom fatigue refers to the exhaustion you feel after a video conference or call. As working from home during COVID-19 becomes more commonplace in our daily lives, more people are logging onto popular video chat platforms…
