What is your child observing? Around us, there is a great variety of living and non-living things. Not only do we reinforce the school’s curriculum on the classification of living and non-living things through their similarities and differences, we emphasise on imbuing habits that potentiate their scientific curiosity.

Cycles are repeated patterns of change in nature. The primary school curriculum covers cycles in plants and animals, as well as cycles in water and matter.

To set them apart from their peers and push for a better AL, students should not only be able to understand different life cycles of living things and the step-by-step process of the water cycle, but also be able to appreciate and in turn, memorise the keywords and answer questions in a systematic manner to score in their papers.

In the curriculum, energy in the form of heat and light is taught. They are then applied in processes like photosynthesis, and students are also required to understand about energy conversion.

Even students who understand the concept may find themselves confused over certain terminology, for instance, between heat and temperature. When they use these terms interchangeably, they will be penalised. Our role here is to ensure that conceptual errors are clarified, which in this case, is for them to remember that heat is a form of energy, and temperature is a form of measurement of heat.

For PSLE, interactions of forces involve those between magnets, as well as frictional, gravitational and elastic spring force, and interactions with the environment.

This includes key components of the human system — digestive, respiratory, circulatory systems, the plant system — parts and their functions, respiratory and circulatory systems.

Students also have to be able to understand the electrical system and be able to draw up a simple circuit in their open-ended papers, or answer related MCQs.

We are able to help them explore what happens to a circuit if for e.g. when it is closed or open, and provide them with a plethora of practice questions to be fully prepared for this commonly tested topic.