Sunday, 12 November 2023

PaperOne Paper Promo on Shopee

 Printing past year papers yourself?


Sidenote: My favourite website to download free past year papers is sgtestpaper.com , no idea why, just like their website more (we not affiliated ah). I always go to this website. There are other websites too, you can refer to my Resources page for the list where you can download past year papers for free.


It's the SALE period again! I forgot to buy my printing paper yesterday 11.11 sale. I thought I missed out on the discount but thankfully, much to my delight this morning, that THE SALE IS STILL ON, 11th to 13th!! 



https://shope.ee/5ARmvA5nMJ


It's $19.08 for 5 reams. After applying the shop voucher of $2, the final price is $17.08. That's about $3.40 per ream! 😱  And on top of that, I managed to claim and apply Shopee Mall 30% cashback (cap at 500 coins), and I will get 500 coins cashback after transaction is completed (which is equivalent to $5)!  That means all in all I only pay $2.40 per ream!!


AND the best part is of course FREE DELIVERY using the free shipping voucher. 


Remember to claim the shop voucher by PaperOne, and also all the discount and free shipping vouchers by Shopee before carting out to enjoy this offer!


I used to like papers above 80gsm as they are thicker and nicer. But after printing papers through the years, I now prefer 75gsm.. Thinner paper = thinner stack to store = save more space. 


Realised I'm always so excited when there's good promo on papers.. 😂 My 2021 post on buying paper from PaperOne Shopee 

Monday, 16 October 2023

Secondary School Open House November 2023




IMPORTANT: The information is gathered and re-arrange from all secondary schools' websites and School Bag website. The list below is arranged according to dates, so that as parents, it is easier for us to plan (especially if we are school-hopping within the short few hours on that day).  


While I am still monitoring and updating the list to reflect the details as accurately as possible, the list may not be the most up-to-date. The schools are still finalising the date and time, some changing dates, some changing time, and the most up-to-date information will always be from the respective school's own official website.

I urge you to double-check the date/time of the schools of your interest from their own official website nearer to date. 


I've noticed that my compiled information has been replicated in image format and is being shared within parenting groups. While I appreciate the good intentions behind this, I kindly request that you avoid converting the list into images and circulating it. My primary concern is that the information may become outdated, potentially causing parents to make unnecessary trips or miss valuable opportunities if they rely on incorrect date/time. If you feel it's necessary to share it as an image, please make sure to include a note in the image indicating that parents should double-check with the schools' website to ensure they have access to the most up-to-date and accurate information. Thank you!


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Time to mark your calendar and plan strategically which school you want to visit this November, especially 18th and 25th! 


INFORMATION ACCURATE AS AT 31 OCT 2023

* Schools with link -- school have indicated open house timing officially (more reliable)

* Schools without link -- timing as indicated in School Bag website (subject to change)


Friday, 3 November 2023


Wednesday, 8 November 2023


Thursday, 9 November 2023


Friday, 10 November 2023


Saturday, 11 November 2023


Tuesday, 14 November 2023


Wednesday, 15 November 2023


Thursday, 16 November 2023

Friday, 17 November 2023


Saturday, 18 November 2023


Monday, 20 November 2023


Wednesday, 22 November 2023


Thursday, 23 November 2023


Friday, 24 November 2023


Saturday, 25 November 2023


(data abstracted and arranged from respective school websites and School Bag) 

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Schools' Dedicated Open House / Virtual Open House website






ACS Open House 2023, ACS Independent Open House 2023,  Nanyang Girls Open House 2023, NYGH Open House 2023, RI Open House 2023, RVHS Open House 2023, River Valley High School Open House 2023, Temasek JC Open House 2023, Methodist Girls' School 2023, MGS Open House 2023, Fairfield Methodist School  Open House 2023, FMSS  Open House 2023, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School  Open House 2023, SNGS  Open House 2023, ACS Barker  Open House 2023, Catholic High School  Open House 2023, Hwa Chong Institution  Open House 2023, HCI  Open House 2023, RAffles Girls' School  Open House 2023, RGS  Open House 2023, Victoria School Open House 2023, SJI  Open House 2023, St Joseph's Institution Open House 2023, NJC Open House 2023, National JC  Open House 2023, NUS High Open House 2023

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

[REVIEW] Pitaya - FREE!! Primary School Top Schools Test Papers Online Platform

 Who doesnt like free stuff? Auntie here LOVES free stuff, especially when it is GOOOD too!

I can't believe this platform with such amazing features is COMPLETELY FREE! 


I'm referring to this test papers online platform called Pitaya. 


Take a look here:

It has [Paper Center], in which there are 2 modes, Mock Exam and Practice. 




[Mock Exam] will be timed and scores recorded.




For [Practice], you can choose the school/subject/paper to do.





[Test Centre] It has [Question Bank] [Wrong Question] and [Favourite]


[Question Bank] is powered by AI, which push questions for you to do.


[Wrong Question] records all the past wrong questions that you had done on the platform, for easy reviewing. I LOVE this feature the most! 



[Favourites] is like bookmark. It allows you to "star" whichever questions you encountered along the way, and they are all stored under this section.


For the questions at [Test Center], you can further filter them according to their topics. Lovely!







[Leaderboard] This is my daughter's favourite... kids are so competitive 😂



[Redeem] They even have redemption?! Hmm.. I'm not sure, a bit paiseh to redeem  when I'm not even paying anything. 😅 but my girl is so motivated to gain points and wanting to redeem something when she saves enough.


If you have signed up and find it good, you can share with your friends and earn more points!

Pitaya has all that I could ask for. Although we do spot mistakes here and there (1 million questions in the bank though, can't expect totally error-free. We just notify them to fix it whenever we encounter any. - yes you can report mistakes)


This is our referral link to Pitaya. If you find this post useful, please click on our link to sign up an account on Pitaya! 


They are currently taking order for 2023 PSLE Top Schools Prelim papers as well. Members can contact them to purchase and will be delivered to door-step by 1st week of September. 

I see that they are coming up with online classes in future too, so stay tuned!

Sunday, 7 May 2023

PSLE Marks Allocation

PSLE English Papers Marks Allocation


Paper 1 (27.5%)

Situational Writing - 15 Marks (7.5%)

Continuous Writing - 40 Marks (20%)


Paper 2 Booklet A  (14%)

Grammar MCQ (1-Mark) - 10 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

Vocaobulary MCQ (1-Mark) - 5 Questions - 5 Marks (2.5%)

Vocabulary Cloze (1-Mark) - 5 Questions - 5 Marks (2.5%)

Visual Text Comprehension (1-Mark) - 8 Questions - 8 Marks (4%)


Paper 2 Booklet B (33.5%)

Grammar Cloze (1-Mark) - 10 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

Editing for Grammar & Spelling (1-Mark) - 12 Questions - 12 Marks (6%)

Comprehension Cloze (1-Mark) - 15 Questions - 15 Marks (7.5%)

Synthesis & Transformation (2-Mark) - 5 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

Comprehension Open Ended - 10 Questions - 20 Marks (10%)


Paper 3 (10%)

Listening Comprehension - 20 Questions - 20 Marks (10%)


Paper 4 (15%)

Reading Aloud - 1 Passage - 10 Marks (5%)

Stimulus-based Conversation - 1 Visual Stimulus - 20 Marks (10%)


PSLE Mathematics Papers Marks Allocation


Paper 1 Booklet A (20%)

MCQ (1-Mark) - 10 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)

MCQ (2-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)


Paper 1 Booklet B (25%)

Short-Answer (1-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 5 Marks (5%)

Short-Answer (2-Mark) - 10 Questions  - 20 Marks (20%)


Paper 2 (45%)

Short-Answer 2-Mark Questions - 5 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)

Structured/Long-Answer (3-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 15 Marks (15%)

Structured/Long-Answer (4-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 20 Marks (20%)

Structured/Long-Answer (5-Mark) - 2 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)


PSLE Science Papers Marks Allocation


Booklet A (56%)

MCQ 2-Mark Questions - 28 Questions - 56 Marks (56%)


Booklet B (44%)

Open Ended 3to5-Marks Questions - 12-13 Questions - 44 Marks (44%)


PSLE Chinese Papers Marks Allocation


Paper 1 (20%)

命题作文/看图作文 - 40 Marks (20%)


Paper 2 Booklet A (25%)

语文应用 MCQ (2-Mark) - 15 Questions - 30 Marks (15%)

短文填空 MCQ (2-Mark) - 5 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

阅读理解一 MCQ (2-Mark) - 5 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)


Paper 2 Booklet B (20%)

完成对话 MCQ (2-Mark) - 4 Questions - 8 Marks (4%)

阅读理解二A 

MCQ (2-Mark) - 3 Questions - 6 Marks (3%)

电邮/短信 - 4 Marks (2%)

阅读理解二B

词语 (2-Mark) - 2 Questions - 4 Marks (2%)

OEQ (3-Mark) - 2 Questions - 6 Marks (3%)

OEQ (4-Mark) - 3 Questions - 12 Marks (6%)


Paper 3 (25%)

朗读篇章 - 20 Marks (10%)

会话 - 30 Marks (15%)


Paper 4 (10%)

听力理解 (2-Mark) - 10 Questions - 20 Marks (10%)


Source: SEAB website 

you can download the detailed pdf with exam purpose and objective from SEAB website.

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Secondary School Open House May 2023

UPDATE: NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE 2023 DATES FOR NOVEMBER-DECEMBER


Some secondary schools are having open house in April-May. These open house are mainly for students who are considering to apply via DSA. DSA registration is from 4 May to 31 May 2023. 


There will be another round of secondary school open house in November-December by many more schools.


Saturday, 1 April 2023


Saturday, 15 April 2023


Saturday, 29 April 2023


Friday, 5 May 2023


Saturday, 6 May 2023


Saturday, 13 May 2023


Monday, 15 May 2023


* 15,16,17 May


Friday, 19 May 2023


Saturday, 20 May 2023



Saturday, 27 May 2023


* 28 April - 3 June 2023


Tentative year-end open house


Friday, 3 November 2023
  • Manjusri Secondary School 9am - 12pm

Saturday, 4 November 2023
  • CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) (e-Open House)

Saturday, 11 November 2023
  • Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School (e-Open House Session 1)  9.30am - 11am
  • Clementi Town Secondary School 9am - 3pm
  • Commonwealth Secondary School 8.30am - 2pm
  • Dunman Secondary School 9am - 2pm
  • Fuhua Secondary School 8am - 12pm
  • Riverside Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Xinmin Secondary School 8.30am - 12.30pm

Tuesday, 14 November 2023
  • CHIJ St Theresa's Convent (e-Open House) 4pm - 5pm

Friday, 17 November 2023
  • Northland Secondary School 11am - 5pm

Saturday, 18 November 2023
  • Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School (e-Open House Session 2)  9.30am - 11am
  • Anderson Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Ang Mo Kio Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Bartley Secondary School 8.30am - 1pm
  • Bowen Secondary School 9am - 12pm
  • Bukit Panjang Government High School  9am - 1pm
  • Bukit View Secondary School 8am - 12pm
  • Chung Cheng High School (Main) 8am - 2pm
  • Chung Cheng High School (Yishun) 8.30am - 12.30pm
  • Compassvale Secondary School (Time TBC)
  • Crescent Girls' School 9amm - 11.30am
  • Dunearn Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Edgefield Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Evergreen Secondary School 9am - 12pm
  • Hua Yi Secondary School 9am - 2pm
  • Junyuan Secondary School 9am - 12pm
  • Jurong Secondary School 9am - 1.30pm
  • Juying Secondary School 8.30am - 1.30pm
  • Kent Ridge Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Kranji Secondary School 9am - 12pm
  • Nan Chiau High School 8.30am - 1pm
  • North Vista Secondary School 9am - 12pm
  • Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) 8am - 12pm
  • River Valley High School 8.30am - 1pm
  • Sembawang Secondary School 9am - 12pm
  • Swiss Cottage Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Tanjong Katong Secondary School (Time TBC)
  • Temasek Secondary School 9am - 2pm
  • Unity Secondary School 8.30am - 1pm
  • Yusof Ishak Secondary School 9am - 2pm
  • Yuying Secondary School 8.30am - 12.30pm

Monday, 20 November 2023
  • Meridian Secondary School (e-Open House) 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Wednesday, 22 November 2023
  • Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) (Time TBC)
  • Woodgrove Secondary School (Time TBC)

Thursday, 23 November 2023
  • CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) (Parent Webinar)

Saturday, 25 November 2023
  • Anglican High School 9am - 3pm
  • Bedok South Secondary School 8.30am - 12pm
  • Broadrick Secondary School (Time TBC)
  • Bukit Batok Secondary School 8am - 3.30pm
  • Changkat Changi Secondary School
  • Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) 9am - 12pm
  • Guangyang Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Jurong West Secondary Schoo 9am - 1pm
  • Jurongville Secondary School 8am - 12pm
  • Maris Stella High School (Secondary) 8.30am - 1pm
  • Marsiling Secondary Schoo (Time TBC)
  • Nan Hua High School 9am - 12.30pm
  • New Town Secondary School 8am - 12pm
  • Northlight School 8am - 12.30pm
  • Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School 9am - 3pm
  • Pasir Ris Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Pei Hwa Secondary School 8.30am - 12.30pm
  • Peicai Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Peirce Secondary School 8.30am - 2pm
  • Punggol Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Queenstown Secondary School 8.30am - 1pm
  • Serangoon Secondary School 9am - 12.30pm
  • Tampines Secondary School 9am - 1pm
  • Whitley Secondary School 8.30am - 2.30pm
  • Yuan Ching Secondary School 8.30am - 12.30pm
  • Zhenghua Secondary School 8.30am - 1.30pm

* 18 or 25 November 2023
  • Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School (Time TBC) 

* 24 or 25 November 2023
  • Westwood Secondary School (Time TBC)



*22 November 2023
  • Crest Secondary School 11am - 4pm
  • Spectra Secondary School 1pm - 4pm
* 23-25 November 2023
  • Christ Church Secondary School 9am - 4pm
  • Crest Secondary School 9am - 3pm
  • Spectra Secondary School 9am - 3pm
(data rearranged from source) 

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Schools' Dedicated Open House / Virtual Open House website





ACS Open House 2023, ACS Independent Open House 2023,  Nanyang Girls Open House 2023, NYGH Open House 2023, RI Open House 2023, RVHS Open House 2023, River Valley High School Open House 2023, Temasek JC Open House 2023, Methodist Girls' School 2023, MGS Open House 2023, Fairfield Methodist School  Open House 2023, FMSS  Open House 2023, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School  Open House 2023, SNGS  Open House 2023, ACS Barker  Open House 2023, Catholic High School  Open House 2023, Hwa Chong Institution  Open House 2023, HCI  Open House 2023, RAffles Girls' School  Open House 2023, RGS  Open House 2023, Victoria School Open House 2023, SJI  Open House 2023, St Joseph's Institution Open House 2023, NJC Open House 2023, National JC  Open House 2023, NUS High Open House 2023

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

[Review] Vitamin M Let’s Score! PSLE Chinese Video Oral Practice

 Vitamin M had recently launched their new product, Let’s Score! PSLE Chinese Video Oral Practice 一起考好！PSLE 录像口试练习 



Features included:

– 10 High Quality Video Oral Exam Questions

– Suggested Video Answers for modelling

– 10 Reading Passages with Teacher’s Reading Sample

– Interactive Vocabulary Practice Related to Oral Topics

– Downloadable Notes to Revise Answering Techniques

– Discount code to book mock oral sessions

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The 2 things I'm most worried about for J exams -- oral and compo. 😬 I have been trying my best to source for suitable resources to help her. 


Last year, I signed her up for Vitamin M's Vitamin Hour. The package came with 1 hour online lesson + 2 interactive videos (GamiStory) per week. During the lesson, teacher would guide the students on how to tackle oral questions among other things like watching videos and playing vocab games. She had so much fun attending the lessons and playing games and competing with her classmates!  I also introduced the course to my friends and all the feedback were positive!


The interactive videos (GamiStory) are of high quality and the contents and concepts are so interesting! I always watch them together with J because I enjoyed as much as she did. Side note, if you are keen on the GamiStory, they do have a package with GamiStory alone without the online lessons.


Now that I've tried out this new oral package, I can't wait to show J! As with the GamiStory, the videos in this oral package are interactive and of quality. Although the fun element is sort of reduced (because, how fun can a oral topic be? 😅 ), I can see that it is a useful tool to help the children in tackling oral questions.


There are 10 lessons in total, all the common oral topics which have high chance of coming out in exam. E.g., 公路安全， 环保，公德心   Sharing some screenshots of the first lesson here to show you how it looks like:


Every lesson begins with a passage for reading. There is a feature for you to record your own reading. Playback and listen to your own recording helps to identify problem areas.



Following that, you can play the video of teacher's reading sample. The sentence being read is highlighted accordingly.


Next will be the video of the oral topic.



Tips and answering technique is shown here, that can help you to form your own answer.


Now, this is the part I like most. For each of the questions, there will be a video that shows teacher asking student questions, and student answering the teacher. I believe this will help our children to visualize oral exam settings better, and to get used to the questions and answers. The feeling of reading model answers from text, compared to listening to the model answers coming from a child of similar age is very different.

The record feature is here as well, so that you can do a comparison and see if you missed out anything.



And of course, what is Vitamin M without some games and fun? The last section is a game that requires you to match the English definition to the correct Chinese term.

Second part of the game is slightly harder, which is to click on the words to form the Chinese term of the given English definition. Remember to scroll down further if you can't find the word you are looking for.


The lesson ends with a colourful PDF lesson notes. Although some of the pages are wordy (which is actually necessary), I think it's a great tool for parents who are helping the children to practise for their oral exams.


Price is $38, which I feel is very reasonable for such a unique package! 

And, you get to enjoy additional $5 OFF if you use this promo code SGPSCH5


Upon signing up, you get a discount code ($15 off) if you would like to sign up for their 45mins 1-to-1 mock oral session.

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