Transiting from PSLE to Secondary School Science can be difficult. Diving into a pool of new knowledge, students find it challenging to grasp the in-depth concepts Secondary School Science has to offer.
Students will be exposed to the 3 fields of science – Chemistry, Physics and Biology. Contents are more in depth. Physics involves calculation, Chemistry entails understanding of complex concepts and chemical symbols while Biology requires heavy memory work.
Transitioning from Primary to Secondary Science is never easy. A new environment, new subjects and new expectations. Coupled with demands of teenage years can be both academically challenging and emotionally draining.
There are less quality resources for the Lower Secondary syllabus compared to that of Upper Secondary. In addition, scheme of work varies across different schools and most tuition programmes are generally unable to provide targeted help for students.
Begin with the End in mind – CONSIDER THE JOURNEY TOWARDS A LEVEL
When we plan with parents, we begin with the end goal in mind – to help students do well in their A level and get into a good University. A critical framework is necessary to map out the route for parents, students and tutors to work hand-in-hand towards the long-term vision of doing well in A level examination. The Making Sense programme ensures that students acquire the necessary skill sets, exposure and rigor to excel in their secondary school examinations, before they embark on the A level journey.
In-Line with School Syllabus
For lower secondary science tuition to be effective, customisation is of the essence. There is a wide disparity in the scheme of work among secondary schools. By offering the option of structured classes or Personalised learning (PL), we can better identify the needs of the students and offer the correct solution. In addition, PL allows for a small and intimate setting where teachers work closely with individual students to address their needs.
Encyclopedic Resources
Students in both structured classes and PL will gain access to our highly sought after-notes. Concise and comprehensive, these materials are designed by our Curriculum and Assessment unit, which includes all the equipment and laboratory setups to facilitate students’ understanding.
Targeted Learning
Our tutors are constantly monitoring the progress and addressing the needs of students. This can include advanced learning, addressing specific weaknesses, exposure to more application questions and focusing on the specific areas that the student is struggling with. In addition, term tests are conducted to gauge the progress of students and to give constant feedback and guidance for students to improve their grades.
Many students have their own unique way of processing knowledge. Equipped with a multitude of approaches, Mr. See ensures that every student will discover their most effective learning process. He is a strong believer in bringing insightful demonstrations and simulations that spice up lessons as many of us learn better with visual aids.
Mr. See believes that developing interest is the key to mastering the subject. He is focused on equipping students with solid concepts and explanations, topped with effective answering techniques to deal with the wide range of questions in exams.
Under the guidance of Mr. See, many students achieved academic distinctions and moved on to pursue great academic results beyond ‘O’ Levels.
Favorite Phrase: “Do not just learn how to get it right, learn how to never get it wrong.”
Miss Huang enjoys creating mnemonics, analogies and doing active recall learning to help students understand and memorize concepts.
She understands that students have it rough, there’s schoolwork, revision of multiple subjects while trying to take care of their own mental well-being at the same time. It is extremely overwhelming, and students tend to run out of steam in this long, arduous journey. Hence, Miss Huang always tries to keep the lessons engaging and contents digestible while ensuring that it is challenging enough for the students.
Students enjoy Miss Huang’s teaching as well as her sunshine personality. She is willing to go the extra mile just to give students the support that they require.
Miss Huang enjoys a particular quote from Dawson Trotman “The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started”!
We are here to extend our helping hand, so get started today with the amazing team at Making Sense and trust us, you will never look back!
Armed with 13 years of teaching experience at 3 MOE secondary schools and as a former head of department, Mr Tang has rich experience in interacting, guiding and mentoring young minds. His students achieved high distinction rates in GCE O & N levels and improved beyond their expected grades based on their PSLE results. Mr Tang has also adopted leadership positions in Info-Communication & Technology, thus he is adept at harnessing technology to facilitate teaching and learning in the classroom and more importantly, this makes learning more engaging in his lessons.
While Mr Tang agrees that Chemistry is a subject with many abstract concepts which many students have difficulty grasping, he feels that learning Chemistry can be easy if students are able to understand concepts fundamentally. He makes learning Chemistry fun and easy by using daily applications in life and drawing simple analogies in his lessons. By making learning Chemistry fun, he effectively removes the inertia and fear in learning the subject. Mr Tang also believes that having strong rapport and communication with the students is a key approach to building motivation and interest in the subject. A good teacher is one who understands his students well and can help students cope with their learning needs and difficulties. Mr Tang enjoys the interaction with his students and inspires students to learn beyond their academic subjects.
The teaching approach here focuses on higher-level thinking by challenging us with application questions which helped me to improve my results. Within a term, I was able to improve from failing to topping the class!
Joining Making Sense is easily one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life. I was blown away in that one lesson by the ease in which you helped us to realise concepts, link topics together and remember things. I think it’s safe to say that if you lectured in a school, no one would be skipping lectures ever again.
