Importance of learning English before entering P1 – Prepare for the Gifted Education Program

The primary schools in Singapore expects the children to know certain things before entering P1. That is why K2 English tuition is necessary to prepare the students properly for their next step – the primary school.

In the tuition, your a child will learn about the following things:

• They will be able to read and write all of the 26 alphabets both in the capital and small letters
• They will be able to spell simple words as their English vocabulary will be nourished
• They will learn how to construct small sentences while using the right grammar

Taking English tuition at K2 is important as here the tutors will influence your child to express themselves in the English language. This will help your child greatly because when they will get interested in the subject, they will indulge themselves in reading and writing in English.

Here’s a brief explanation on how English tuition will help your child,

Grammar rules

Learning English is easier than several other languages, and being a global language if you get a good grip at English at the earlier stage, it will benefit you in future studies. So, the English tuition in K2 will start with the basics and then they will move on to the different segments. In these segments, your child will learn about different word classes and tenses.

Enlarge the word bank

If you want to speak fine English, you need to have a large stock of English words. Creating vocabulary at such an early age will help your child to read and write in English with fewer problems. If they can read and write without any problems, sooner they will be able to speak in English as well.

Close passage

The tuition classes will engage your child in extensive reading and writing sessions. While doing that, they will help your child to find the textual clues and simple interferences.

Comprehension skills

Comprehension skills are necessary to help your child understand the meaning of a context and different text types. There are several types of stories they will read in K 1-2, and if they can understand the context of the story, it will be much easier for them to understand different story line ups.

Prepare for the Gifted Education Program

Preparation of Gifted Education Program (1-3)

GEP preparation is about providing in-depth knowledge about the syllabus and the questions. They will also help you to get all the skills and knowledge required for participating in this program.

Gifted education program – English

This course will make sure that the students have the following abilities,

• The strong idea about the basics
• Make them aware of the test formats
• Nourishing vocabulary
• Learn about the patterns
• Potential to understand and explain long passages

Gifted education program – Mathematics

This course will cover the following points,

• Symbolic depiction
• Semantic differences
• Mental mathematics
• Number bonds
• Tips and tricks to solve math problems in less time
• Fast thinking

Gifted education program – Mathematics (P 4-6)

The P4-6 is a more advanced course that focuses on effective applications on different methodologies. 

It will help the students to develop the necessary skills to tackle the trick questions that require finer problem-solving skills.

When you join the tuition classes for a P4-6 mathematics course, consider the following points:

• They are following the latest syllabus
• 80% gifted education program mathematics
• 10% of mainstream mathematics
• 10% math Olympiad
• Solve tricky math problems
• Provide classes for PSLE preparation