Of Kids and Education

Lesley-Anne's exams took place two weeks ago and just as she has done ever since she entered secondary school, she took on the planning ...

When we received the keys to our new place, the first thing we noticed was that the living/dining floor was not in as good condition as we...

My kids often bug me to play games with them and most board games, well, leave me bored. The problem is most of them require a pretty lengt...

What's more painful than watching paint dry? Stripping wallpaper. The plan was to start the paintwork on our house on Monday and I had ...

Back in July, I wrote in a post that we'd bought a new place and will be moving end of the year. Well, we finally got the keys last we...

This is Lesley-Anne's third poem for her poetry assignment. It's in the style of "Sheltered Garden" by Hilda Doolittle a...

This is the second poem Lesley-Anne wrote as part of the assignment mentioned in the previous post. It's based on the set poem "Un...

One of Lesley-Anne's recent literature assignments was on poetry. The students had to study three poems and write their own rhyming poe...

One day as a treat after the exams in September, we brought the kids to Au Petit Salut for lunch. It's a French, fine dining restauran...

Yesterday, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat gave a speech at the MOE Work Plan Seminar. In it, he gave some broad strokes of his plans for ...