Today's tale - 18th May 2018

About a month ago, we had a parent who shared with us a common problem faced by parents who engaged tutors to teach their child at their residence. The issues were.

1. Within the first month, the tutor kept  constantly cancelling classes, changing day and time of classes. Reasons given were unacceptable. Example :- going out with friend.

Even the make up classes were changed .

2. Tutor was busy on her electronic gadget leaving student to do her own work.

3. Lacks professionalism in communicating with parent.

4. Asking for payment before classes commence when it was mutually agreed payment is to be made after every 4 classes.

We urge parents to do a check on the tutor's track record from current or previous students if and when possible.

An adult part time tutor who is in the working world or better still a full time tutor tend to project more professionalism.

Changes to day and time of classes are inevitable once In a while. Not every other week.

Solving Maths - 19th May 2018

Primary 5 Maths problem sum.

At The Learning Verve, a significant number of lesson time is invested to solve mathematical sums in preparation for their PSLE.

Pm us for enquiry on our Maths classes.

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Smart Owl Tuition Agency - 18th May 2018

ARE YOU SOURCING FOR A HOME TUTOR FOR 2018?
ONE WHOSE TEACHING EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMMITMENT ARE THOROUGHLY VERIFIED AND THEY ARE INTERVIEWED FIRST?
SMART OWL TUITION AGENCY IS YOUR ANSWER.

Dear Parents, if you are keen to engager Home Tutors, please kindly email to smartowltuition@gmail.com with the following details, Alternatively you can call 93794744 :-
•Parent's & Child's name
•Contact number
•Level & Subject
•Place of study
•Day & Time of Classes (please give at least 3 different days and timings)
•Preferance of Tutor ( Gender, Age, Race, Qualification, minimum years of experience)
•Budget Per Hr

OUR TUTORS ARE STRICTLY INTERVIEWED BY US FOR VERIFICATION OF EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMMITMENT BEFORE BEING GIVEN ANY ASSIGNMENT.

Motivation - 18th May 2018

In 2009 when I was in my infancy stage in the education industry I had the displeasure of witnessing a mum caning and giving her daughter a right old scolding in front of us for what she perceived as "insulting' grades.

The student was tearing and personally I knew she was humiliated. Me and another educator intervened.

Maybe the mum wanted to send a signal to us to push her child further. Who knows?

The girl was in primary 4 and she attained an 80 plus, Band 1 for her science paper. We knew she could do better. It was status quo for the student. She was consistent from her previous exam. The mum demanded a 95 mark.

Even if the student had committed various careless mistakes, to me a strong advice to eradicate such mistakes for future exams with a "well done" would have sufficed.  Just continue to work harder. Nothing wrong to aim for that 95. It was the process I questioned.

Maintaining high standard is one thing. Sowing the seed for a child to hate learning is another. 

Sometimes I do wonder how the student is doing now.

I just hope that that episode in 2009 had not scarred her eternally to the extent of hating learning.

Learning is a marathon not a sprint.

YISHUN PROVEN RESULT TUITION - 18th May 2018

YISHUN PROVEN RESULT TUITION.
OUR TUITION CLASS HAS HELPED MANY STUDENTS IMPROVE.

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9 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE US

1.TUTOR'S PORTFOLIO.

Our commited and caring tutors are diploma - degree holders. We have Ex NIE teachers and Full Time Tutors with proven track record. With classroom teaching experience in government schools, education centres, language schools, community clubs and one to one classes.
We are more than just tutors. We mentor our students.

2. REASONABLE FEES.
We understand that parents want to maximize their investment on their children's education. Hence, our fees are competitive yet reasonable.

3. MAXIMUM OF 6 STUDENTS PER CLASS.
A small class size and teacher to student ratio allows tutor to devote more attention and time to each student ensuring optimum performance.

4. REGULAR UPDATE TO PARENTS.
Regular update to parents via tutor and parents meeting session and sms broadcast. We believe in a clear line of communication with parents. Our customers are the most important people.

5. TUITION TESTS IN FEBRUARY, APRIL, AUGUST & OCTOBER.
This allows us to effectively evaluate student’s strengths / weaknesses and to work on them.This also allows students to put into practice what has been taught and "warm up" for coming exams. A feedback report will be issued.

6. OUR SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES.
We have 4 systematic and successful approaches termed the:-" Clockwork apporoach","Carrot apporach","Story telling approach " and " Goal setting approach" which have benefited our students. Fast and easy technique to tackle exam questions are taught. All while adhering to MOE syllabus.

7. EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT MATERIALS.
We provide challenging in - house worksheet materials prepared by our experienced tutors which mirrors exam based questions to supplement our use of popular assessment books.

8. FAVORABLE TESTIMONIALS.
Our parents and students have given us favorable testimonials and the "thumbs up". Our student's 2016 and 2017 results and achievements have been very encouraging and a success. They also pick up other intangible skills during our lessons such as being responsible and being discipline.

9. We believe in ' SCR"- sincerity, commitment and being responsible

Alternative timing - 18th May 2018

Good morning and a blessed Friday to all,

To those parents who have made enquiries and added us on fb in the last 3 days, if the timing on the registration from does not fit you please feel free to propose an alternative timing and we will do our best to arrange something.

Thank you.

Call us at 93794744 for further enquiry on our classes,.

Class size - 17th May 2018

The Learning Verve's classes are predominantly on a 1:5 Tutor to student ratio.

A smaller class size brings with it obvious advantages.

1. Teacher should have a more in depth knowledge of character profile of each student and their strength and weakness.

2. It would be logically easier to manage a class size of 5 as opposed to 10 - 15.

3.Teacher can spend more time for explanation and to tailor made lesson to suit a small group with similar learning ability.

4. Students feel more at ease opening up and asking question infront of 4 of their peers compared to 10 -15.

5. A small group aids in student assessment and evaluation.

Tuition assignement -17th May 2018

Tuition Assignment.

TMP0004

Tampines St 21

Pri 6 Science

Sunday afternoon, Girl student

1hr 30 mins per lesson, once  a week

$25.00 per hr

Malay family

No race or gender preference.

Minimum diploma holder.

Familiar in PSLE science syllabus.

Opened to Full time / Part time tutor

Interested tutors please sms / wa your details with assignment code to 9379 4744.

2018 SA 1RESULT - 17TH May 2018

Results for SA1 have started to slowly filter in. For those students who have been with us for at least 3 - 4 months, slight to marked improvements can be seen.

Our commitment is to ensure improvements within 12 -1 6 classes, that is of course with the student's co-operation.

Kindly call 9379 4744 or pm us for any enquiry on our classes.

Slots for classes @ Yishun - 17th May 2018

Remaining slots for classes @ Yishun.

1. Pri 4 Maths Wednesday 5pm - 630pm ( 2 slots left)

2. Sec 1 NT Eng Friday 630pm - 8pm ( 3 slots left)

3. Sec 1 NT Maths Friday 8pm - 930pm ( 3 slots left)

4. Sec2 NT Maths Saturday 1030am -12pm ( 3 slots left)

Kindly call us at 9379 4744 for enquiry on any of our classes.

2018 Term 2 tuition classes - 17th May 2018

Registration opened for 2018 Term 2 tuition classes @ Yishun.

Please call us at 9379 4744 for any enquiry on any of our classes.

Ramadhan - 17th May 2018

The Learning Verve would like to wish it's Muslim parents a blessed month of Ramadhan and may you be given the strength to observe it.

2018 SA1 :- 27th April 2018

April as always has been an additionally busy month as compared to January, February and March.

Extra classes, free session, parent's meet up, tuition test, student counselling are more evident during this month.

As The Learning Verve's student gear up for their SA1, we look forward to a fruitful and productive exam season.

Stay strong and motivated.

For parents who are still sourcing for a Tutor and are keen to know more on our classes, kindly call us at 9379 4744.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USING 'MAY' AND 'CAN' - 3rd March 2018

At the learning verve, we strongly believe in a commitment to ensure proper usage of grammar is mastered.

For academics and daily purpose.

A student's composition, comprehension and oral portion of their exam papers will improve with superior language skills.

Call 9379 4744 or email thelearningverve@gmail.com for enquiry on our English classes.

Star Wars: Yoda's Wisest Words - 3rd March 2018

A powerful scene from Star Wars Empire Strikes Back released in 1980.





Keyword - Believe

Take note students.


Luke: "I don't believe it!"
Yoda: "That is why you failed."

Humility - 3rd March 2018

You could be a straight A student but if your character namely honesty, respect for elders, humility, integrity, humble amongst peers fails you badly then you still have to work on things, ain't that right?
At the end of the day, our existence is not only to score in our exams although that is why everyone is in this tuition class.

Year 2016. One of our Tutor gave this advice to a student who was getting cocky and the student made disparaging remarks to his peers who did not score A for the exams.

He got the message. He did well for his PSLE. More importantly he learnt to stay HUMBLE.
There is no definitive textbooks which teaches you to be HUMBLE.


The hare and the tortoise story comes to mind.

Teacher - Student Convo - 2nd March 2018

Conversation went something like this


Pri 6 student : Teacher, I am lazy to revise.

Teacher : Are you lazy to eat?

Pri 6 student: Teacher, we are living things. We NEED to eat to survive.

Teacher : Make revising your NEED. You will NEED it for your survival in your academic pursuit. There must be a hunger to succeed.



Case closed. Student gave a quizzical look.

He will need a lot of pep talk.

This 30 sec exchange might / might not have helped but it did hit him.


He will improve, we have faith and we believe in his potential.

Dream career - 2nd March 2018

Throughout our years of teaching, a realisation hits us slowly that a student at Primary 4 level and above who has a dream career in mind normally does better in his / her exams.

This is not definitive neither it is the only variable which ensures his / her long term success.

What we feel is, it does show that the student has at least an objective of why he has to go to school, revise, sacrifice his play hours, complete his homework etc.

There are myriad of other reasons why a student would want to do well in his / her studies. Having a serious dream career could cultivate a child's motivation.

The greatest of sportsman, musician , painters started young.

Let's harness and inculcate our child to have a dream. It may be the start of something beautiful.