Of Kids and Education

For the record, I hate house lizards. Well, I hate all types of lizards but the other kinds don't enter my home uninvited so they don...

A while back, I blogged about the ordeal that was Andre's Grade 5 theory exam . About that time, we also came to the decision that it w...

Growing up, Lesley-Anne was always a stuffed toy kind of girl. She never was one to play with dolls - her stuffed toys were her childhood c...

This month, the sec 2 students in Lesley-Anne's school have one main thing on their minds - subject combinations for sec 3. In my time, ...

Every year, the p5 cohort around the island get to attend National Day Parade rehearsals and this year was Andre's turn. Having attende...

In Andre's Social Studies class, the kids were told to break up into groups, write and enact a scene from the Japanese Occupation. I...

Lesley-Anne has been learning about weather and climate in geography. Recently, in an effort to make lessons more interesting, the teacher ...

This is Lim Tong Hai, ex-captain of the Singapore national football team and current team manager of Geylang United. You may wonder what he...

During the June holidays, Andre participated in the Berita Harian/Pilot Pen/Ashaway Youth Badminton Championships. Yes, it's quite a mo...

In March this year, Andre sat for his ABRSM Grade 5 theory exam. For most kids, this probably would just be a routine exercise but for Andr...