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Prepping Right for Secondary

Get ready for secondary with TLL. 


 

 

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Prepping Right for Secondary

The jump from primary to secondary school can be quite a stressful one.

Boost your child's confidence for a strong transition to secondary school with our Prepping Right for Secondary programme, a 3-week course that will introduce your child to the basic concepts and theories taught in Secondary 1.

 

 

 

 

Programme Highlights

 


 

English


 


 

The Prepping Right for Secondary programme aims to give Primary 6 students an introduction to parts of the Secondary school English paper, a new subject. This is an ideal programme to give them an edge over their peers as they head into Secondary one.

As a bonus, students will be introduced to ways of tackling the various parts of the paper and questions, through TLL’s in-house methods.

Programme Highlights

Your child will be exposed to new parts and questions of the Secondary English paper like summary writing and personal expository essays. They will also be introduced to higher level demands of the comprehension paper with only open-ended questions. 

 

Components Covered

  • Summary Writing 
    • New component in secondary English syllabus. Students are required to summarise points from a given passage in prose form of up to 80 words.
    • Students will learn how to understand the expectations of the question and then identify points in selected parts of the passage to answer the question.
  • Composition Writing – Introduction to Expository Essay
    • This is a new composition question type that students would not have written in P6. 
    • Students will learn how to analyse key terms of the expository essay question, construct a clear thesis statement that addresses the question requirements and craft a content paragraph that follows the TLL TEES structure.
  • Comprehension 
    • Tougher questions, with more inferential and language questions and longer passages than what students would have seen in P6. 
    • Students will learn to identify the different types of questions asked in an expository comprehension, identify the answers to different comprehension questions using clue sourcing skills and apply answering techniques for each type of question.
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Mathematics


 


 

This programme develops students’ foundation of secondary mathematics. As the shift from primary to secondary mathematics is huge, we want to buffer the jump for students by introducing them to key topics and concepts in the secondary level.

With a strong focus on fundamental techniques, higher-order thinking and mathematical principles, we provide materials that are specially curated to give students a competitive edge when they enter secondary school. 

 

Programme Highlights

The real number system and the basics of arithmetic are introduced, along with more advanced and challenging mathematical concepts. Examples of topics covered include factors and multiples, integers, rational numbers, percentage, statistics, algebra and solving algebraic equations.

Components Covered

  • Number System 
    • The new concept of negative numbers will be introduced to students here. By end of the lesson, students will be able to:
      • classify real numbers, integers, and rational numbers based on their properties
      • compare and order numbers
      • represent real numbers, integers, and rational numbers on number lines
      • use inequality signs to express more than and less than statements
      • apply the order of operations to simplify mathematical expressions, including those involving negative numbers
  • Estimation and Approximation
    • An entirely new topic that P6 students have no exposure to. By end of the lesson, students will be able to:
      • determine the number of significant figures in a number
      • round off numbers to a required number of significant figures
      • estimate sums and differences of decimals
      • estimate products and quotients of rational numbers
      • estimate square roots and cube roots
      • apply estimation skills in real-world contexts
  • Fundamental Algebra
    • Algebra will be tougher in secondary school as compared to P6. Questions will be more difficult and requires more algebraic skills that students have not enquired yet. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
      • formulate simple algebraic expressions
      • evaluate numerical value of an algebraic expression given the values of the unknown variables
      • expand algebraic expressions using distributive law
      • simplify algebraic expressions with fractional coefficients
      • identify algebraic equations and solve for the unknown variable
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Science


 


 

This programme develops students’ scientific knowledge and understanding, as well as the skills and dispositions needed for secondary science. Students will gain exposure to experiment methods and be introduced to the disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics.

By exposing the students to real-life applications, this programme aims to introduce secondary science as a fun and exciting subject, and inspire students to pursue science at a higher level.

Programme Highlights

In class, students will be exposed to the importance of science in various fields. They will learn about animal nutrition by performing a frog dissection. They will also carry out hands-on experiments to explore the properties of solutions, suspensions and colloids, as well as to learn how ships are designed to support maximum weight based on the concepts of mass, weight and density.

Components Covered

  • Animal Nutrition 
    • Students will learn to:
      • recognise the role of the digestive system in animal nutrition
      • appreciate the organs of the digestive system using an animal model
      • perform a frog dissection, allowing for the identification of the organs involved in digestion
  • Solutions, Suspensions and Colloids
    • Students will learn to:
      • describe similarities and differences between solutions, suspensions and colloids
      • identify examples of solutions, suspensions and colloids in daily life
      • explore properties of solutions, suspensions and colloids through hands-on experiments such as butter making
  • Mass, Weight and Density
    • Students will learn to:
      • distinguish between mass and weight
      • recognise how mass, volume and density are related
      • recognise the application of density and upthrust in ships
      • relate the concepts learnt to how ships can be designed to support maximum weight through a hands-on experiment
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Programme Schedule

 

Science
Online

Every Wednesday
3 Nov - 1 Dec

 3pm to 5pm
Online

Every Wednesday
3 Nov - 1 Dec

 5.15pm to 7.15pm
Online

Every Friday
5 Nov - 3 Dec

 5.15pm to 7.15pm
Online

Every Tuesday
9 Nov - 7 Dec

 5.15pm to 7.15pm
Online

Every Tuesday
9 Nov - 7 Dec

 3pm to 5pm
Online

Every Monday
8 Nov - 6 Dec

 3pm to 5pm
Online

Every Wednesday
3 Nov - 1 Dec

 3pm to 5pm
Online

Every Tuesday
9 Nov - 7 Dec

 5.15pm to 7.15pm

Prepping Right for Secondary: English
United Square Every Friday
1, 8 & 15 December		 5.00pm to 7.00pm
United Square Every Wednesday
13, 20 & 27 December		 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Prepping Right for Secondary: Mathematics
United Square Every Tuesday
28 November, 5 & 12 December		 5.00pm to 7.00pm
United Square Every Monday
4, 11 & 18 December		 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Prepping Right for Secondary: Science
United Square Every Thursday
30 November, 7 & 14 December		 5.00pm to 7.00pm
United Square Every Friday
15, 22 & 29 December		 3.00pm to 5.00pm


 

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Programme Details

 

Duration

3 x 2 hour lessons

Fee

1 subject: $388.80 (w/GST)

3 subjects: $1049.76 (w/GST)

 

Class Format

Fully physical classes

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