What are my child’s talents? What activity or interest will best serve his/her career prospects? How much time and energy should you invest in CCAs? CCAs are co-curricular activities that students are encouraged to take on in school, to enable them to have a more holistic education. These are some common doubts that can pop up in the minds of parents while helping their kids pick CCAs. When there is no clear-cut option, students themselves tend to get confused as well.
Category: Skills
How can I memorise better?
More often than not we tend to overload our brains with information while learning. What is the logical consequence of this action? You are unable to access the right information at the right time. Is there a way around this? Can you memorise things in a better manner? Yes, you can! And yes, you should develop a learning style that allows you to remember content better.
Let’s Play for a Better Vocabulary!
Finally! The long anticipated (and much dreaded) PSLEs are finally over! Primary Sixes, take a deep breath, it’s time to relax, for awhile at least! Any idea what you plan to do during your break? Well done! Some of you are planning to finally get back to the many storybooks that you’ve been wanting to…
Nature or Nurture – Picking your CCAs!
Should we focus on nurturing new skills or just try to build and improve the ones that we naturally possess? Do we face this same issue while choosing and trying to get into Co-curricular Activities (CCAs)? Since we are taking a break from our CCAs now due to Covid-19, let’s take a dive into whether Nature or Nurture of skills and talents matters more.
Reading – Are you doing it the right way?
We all know the benefits of reading – improved comprehension skills, enhanced knowledge about various subject matter, the list is endless. The real question to ask then is – How many of us actually read? No, we’re not talking about reading comics, or tabloid news on social media platforms. We’re talking about the actual pick up of the novel, read and thumb through each page type of reading. There you have it, most of us are guilty of not reading as extensively as we ought to.
How Do I Stop Forgetting What I’ve Learned So Quickly?
All of our learning can be broadly classified into two divisions. One – where we invest a lot of time and put in all the hard work to learn our subjects of interest. Second – where we just rely on last-minute mugging just for the immediate purpose of clearing exams.
Technology – Use all or Know all?
Knowingly or unknowingly, we fall prey to this “competition”. We take photographs and post them, wishing that we get more likes as compared to our friends. But, what we forget is that if we are not careful, the information that we share on the internet can be used against us. Whenever you fill the “about us” section of any social media platform, post images or share information, you need to realize that that particular platform is going to collect all the information that you have provided and use it for some other purpose.
How to be happy? Remain curious!
Any adult spending time with kids would frequently encounter the above-mentioned questions. According to experts, high and consistent levels of curiosity contributes to mental well-being and life satisfaction. They also say curiosity is the secret sauce ingredient to a happy and fulfilling life.
Leadership Attributes: The skillset to make a great leader!
Have you ever considered what it takes to become a great leader? Well then, you need to possess some exceptional leadership attributes about which we are going to walk you through in this blog.
Student well-being – Is it more important than marks?
We live in a world filled with competition. The average Singaporean parent is conscious about this and devotes a good amount of attention towards making sure that his/her kids are best prepared for this world. What has this resulted in? It has led to a greater emphasis on academics. Consequently, our kids are among the best equipped with regard to academic skills and educational infrastructure. But has this come at a cost?
