Content and Language Mastery

Students will learn about new requirements for components they have seen before in primary school. These include:

• Essay writing
• Situational writing
• Comprehension
• Editing
• Orals

Students will also be exposed to the question requirements and formats for these components which they will encounter for the first time at secondary school:

• Summary writing
• Literary analysis of unseen poetry and prose

Comprehension, summary and critical thinking passages cover a wide range of general knowledge topics and current affairs to help students develop a global perspective.

These topics include:

• Education and the environment
• Global issues and social trends
• Arts and the humanities

Skills and Techniques

Through our weekly lessons, students will refine their reading and writing skills that will lead them on the path to academic excellence.

These include:

• Building writing skills by learning how to express their thoughts and opinions in an organised and fluent manner
• Honing comprehension skills by learning how to identify question types and understand their specific requirements
• Developing summary skills by learning how to source relevant information within a text and summarising content in a coherent manner

Students will also be trained in time management through practice tests, and be given the opportunity to sharpen their skills through workshop-style lessons.

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Content Mastery

• Learn about the classification of numbers based on number properties, and find the highest common factor and lowest common multiple of numbers using prime factorisation
• Explore the concept of variables and learn how the relationship between two variables can be represented in algebraic and graphical forms
• Be exposed to real-world context questions involving delivery charges, water consumption, the use of solar panels and see how these real-world scenarios involve mathematics
• Learn terminologies related to personal and household finance, such as interests, instalments, utilities bills, and exchange rates

Skills and Techniques

• Learn to use algebra and other symbols to represent and convey mathematical ideas
• Master the application of algebraic equations to a variety of problems, and solve problems using a systematic and logical approach
• Acquire appropriate presentation skills to better demonstrate clear and accurate thought processes as part of the solution

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Content Mastery

• Students will be introduced to General Science topics, such as Laboratory Skills, as well as Biology, Chemistry and Physics topics, such as Cell Structure and Organisation, Exploring Diversity of Matter by Its Chemical Composition and Exploring Diversity of Matter by Its Physical Properties

Skills and Techniques

• Students will develop answering techniques involving data analysis, experiment-based questions and application questions
• Students will practise experimental skills, such as identifying variables and writing experiment procedure

School-Specific Classes

In addition to our Secondary 1 Science thematic programme, we also offer school specific science classes for the following schools:

• Raffles Institution
• Raffles Girls’ School
• Hwa Chong Institution
• Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
• Singapore Chinese Girls' School
• Nanyang Girls’ High School

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