PSLE Science: Length Of A Spring Is NOT The Extension Of A Spring

Spring questions catch out more children than almost anything else in PSLE Science, and usually it is not the physics that does it. It is one word. A spring has a length before any load is hung on it. Add a load and it gets longer — but the extension is only the amount it […]

PSLE Science: every part of a flower, filmed up close

We went downstairs with a macro lens to find every part of a flower your child needs for PSLE Science. 0:00 These pink parts are NOT petals0:12 Petals0:26 Stamen – anther and filament (male part)0:43 Pistil – stigma, style, ovary, ovules (female part)1:02 Pollination1:18 Fertilisation1:30 The ovary becomes the fruit (cotton)1:44 Seed dispersal1:57 Germination2:10 Recap […]

PSLE Science: What The Brown Dots Under A Fern Leaf Actually Are

Turn over a fern leaf and you will find rows of little dots. They are spore bags, and they are the whole answer to a PSLE Science question that catches children out: not every plant reproduces by seeds. In this clip: where the spore bags sit, how to tell a ripe one from an unripe […]

PSLE Science: these pink parts are NOT petals??

The bright pink parts of a bougainvillea are special leaves, not petals. The real flower is the tiny cream one in the middle, and inside it you can see the yellow anthers. In PSLE, if a question shows you a bougainvillea, find the real flower first. Book a trial class or WhatsApp us at 9826 […]

Our P6 PSLE party at Saizeriya

PSLE is over, so we took our P6 students out to Saizeriya on Children’s Day. Inside: ordering everything on the menu, 34 cups of Mountain Dew (the goal, anyway), plate stacking, a triple-digit bill, an alumni drop-in, honest answers to “How was PSLE?”, the envelopes for hitting their marks targets, and the thank-you notes they […]

Our P6 PSLE party, start to end

Our P6 graduation party at Saizeriya on Children’s Day, from the drinks rush to the last thank-you note. PSLE is done, so our P6s took over Saizeriya. The drinks rush, a goal of 34 cups of Mountain Dew, a triple-digit bill, the marks-target envelopes and the thank-you notes at the end. Thank you, parents, for […]