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Tuition Classes for Primary 5
Primary 5 marks a crucial year in the lead-up to PSLE, where students are introduced to more demanding content and exam-oriented application. At this level, students are expected not only to recall and understand concepts, but also to analyse, explain and apply them across a range of contexts.
Our curriculum is aligned with the MOE syllabus and designed by our curriculum writers to sharpen subject mastery while building exam techniques and structured thinking. Lessons are focused on refining comprehension and problem-solving strategies, applying key concepts accurately, and responding to questions with confidence and clarity.
Beyond academic mastery, we encourage students to ask questions, justify their answers, and explore real-world connections, empowering them to approach learning with both independence and curiosity.
Class Fees: approximately $87 to $101* per 2h session (charged per term)
Class Duration: 2 hours
Class Size: Maximum 12 students
*pricing differ with location and weekdays/ weekends
Overview of Primary 5 Programmes
READ CRITICALLY, WRITE CREATIVELY
Students deepen their comprehension skills by analysing more complex texts across various genres. They learn to identify implied meaning, interpret tone and intention, and evaluate the effectiveness of language choices. In writing, students are guided to strengthen narrative structure and descriptive impact using techniques such as purposeful paragraphing, nuanced dialogue, similes, and metaphor, enabling them to craft more vivid and polished compositions.
BECOME AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
Students participate in more structured oral discussions and presentations, developing fluency in articulating opinions and justifying their viewpoints. Through storytelling and thematic conversations, they practise speaking with clarity, coherence and confidence, skills essential for oral exams and collaborative discussions.
CULTIVATE A CURIOUS MIND
Real-world topics such as sustainability, community, and technology form the foundation for critical thinking and language exploration. Students are encouraged to examine multiple perspectives, ask meaningful questions, and connect classroom learning to global issues, sparking deeper inquiry and engagement.
MASTER KEY STRATEGIES AND SKILLS
Students refine PSLE-specific answering techniques across comprehension, grammar and writing. They learn to break down complex questions, organise their thoughts clearly, and respond with accuracy and relevance. Regular review exercises, teacher feedback, and exam-style practice ensure students build the stamina, precision, and confidence needed for upper primary assessment demands.
CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS
Parents receive ongoing updates through Learning Snapshots and teacher feedback, including termly reports on progress, strengths and areas for growth. These insights allow for timely support and reinforce the partnership between home and school in preparing for PSLE success.
Key Curriculum Focus
Through the course of our Primary 5 English programme, your child can look forward to learning the following:
- Strengthen Writing Across Multiple Genres
- Deepen writing experience through exposure to a broad range of genres including narrative, descriptive, reflective and situational writing. Emphasis is placed on tone, audience and purpose.
- Craft Complex and Purposeful Plotlines
- Plan and develop multi-layered plots with clear conflicts, resolutions and character arcs. Students learn to build tension, establish character motivations, and shape narrative flow using a clear conflict-resolution structure.
- Structure Longer and More Detailed Stories
- Organise ideas effectively using planning tools and techniques. Organise ideas effectively using planning tools and techniques. Focus is placed on purposeful paragraphing, pacing of events and effective use of transitions. Students also learn to structure their writing with engaging openings, rising action, climaxes, resolutions and satisfying conclusions.
- Refine Writing Techniques
- Apply a refined range of tools such as show-not-tell, sensory language, flashbacks, internal dialogue, and varied sentence lengths to enhance depth, tone and emotional impact.
- Expand and Apply Rich Vocabulary
- Develop a richer vocabulary bank and practise using figurative language, strong verbs, and precise adjectives to improve clarity, characterisation, and descriptive detail in writing.
- Engage with Texts of Greater Depth and Complexity
- Strengthen comprehension skills by engaging with longer and more challenging fiction and non-fiction texts. Students explore different themes, viewpoints and text structures to deepen understanding and develop critical reading habits.
- Apply Advanced Answering Techniques
- Refine strategies such as underlining keywords, unpacking multi-part questions, rephrasing the question into an answer stem, and linking clues across paragraphs. Students learn to evaluate distractors, use contextual clues effectively, and provide evidence-based responses for both comprehension and cloze questions.
- Construct Clear, Accurate and Well-Structured Responses
- Practise writing complete answers using proper grammar, specific contextual evidence, and answer structures tailored to the question type (e.g. cause-effect, compare-contrast, inference).
- Strengthen Inference and Evaluation Skills
- Make well-supported inferences by connecting explicit information and implied meaning across the text. Students also learn to interpret character motivation, author intent, and mood through close reading and logical deduction.
- Expand and Apply Higher-Level Vocabulary
- Discover new vocabulary through contextual analysis, word substitution exercises, and exposure to varied sentence structures. Students build a repertoire of precise and expressive words that enhance both comprehension and written responses.
- Master Key Grammar Structures
- Expand mastery of key grammar components such as correlative conjunctions determiners and changing word classes (e.g. noun to verb, verb to adjective) to build flexibility in sentence construction.
- Strengthen Sentence Construction
- Practise sentence synthesis using a broader range of structures including active and passive voice, prepositional phrases, participial phrases, adverbials, and correlative conjunctions to express ideas clearly and effectively.
- Apply Grammar Concepts with Precision
- Develop accuracy in applying grammar rules across contexts by analysing sentence structure, and correcting common errors in both multiple-choice questions and open-ended formats.
- Consolidate Learning Through Targeted Practice and Feedback
- Reinforce key grammar skills through repeated exposure, spiral reviews, and focused feedback that ensures long-term retention, exam-readiness, and confident usage in writing and comprehension tasks.
- Express Ideas with Clarity and Depth
- Participate in purposeful discussions and presentations on topics such as personal values, challenges, and real-life decisions. Students refine their ability to communicate thoughts clearly, confidently and respectfully.
- Strengthen Listening, Empathy and Interaction Skills
- Practise active listening by interpreting multiple viewpoints, responding appropriately, and building on others’ ideas. Emphasis is placed on respectful turn-taking, questioning techniques and collaborative communication.
- Deliver Structured and Impactful Responses
- Organise oral responses with clear introductions, elaboration, and purposeful conclusions. Students learn to modulate tone, pace, and expression to match content and audience, a key skill for oral assessments.
- Refine Stimulus-Based Conversation and Reading Aloud Tasks
- Build exam confidence through regular practice in stimulus-based conversation. Develop pronunciation, intonation, and expressive reading aloud to engage listeners and convey meaning effectively.
What goes on in our English programmes?
Lessons are structured to help students investigate the craft of writing with examples from notable children’s literature (e.g. How did the writer make the character memorable? What were some of the writing techniques he used? How can we emulate them?)
Students are encouraged to learn grammar through a mix of implicit and explicit instruction (e.g. noticing patterns in different sentences vs listing of grammar rules)
Students hone their reading skills with integrated phonics components that include catchy songs / rhymes to stimulate their interest
Students engage in a wide range of themes (e.g. biodiversity, young game changers) throughout the year to ignite their curiosity in the world around us
“Develop Your Voice” modules encourage students to be active listeners and articulate speakers
ACHIEVE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
Children learn through the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach by recalling and building on pre-existing knowledge. During the programme, your child will explore and apply concepts beyond the syllabus.
UNLEASH CURIOSITY IN MATHS
Research shows that curious children attain better academic outcomes. Children will explore mathematical concepts through open-ended activities and develop a system of generating results from exploration of ideas and concepts. Our Maths tuition programme also extends problem solving through investigation.
COMPUTE WITH EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY
Children will be able to confidently apply knowledge and address learning needs through weekly exercises and assessments. Each child will be exposed to a wide range of computation exercises and challenging tasks.
ACHIEVE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PROBLEM SOLVING
Our Maths programmes guide students in mastering heuristic strategies for problem sums, identifying task requirements by exploring similar concepts in different problems, and explore different solutions to the same problem.
ARTICULATE CONFIDENTLY
Children will learn to identify and correct errors, be confident in providing justification for answers and question assumptions made in problem solving. The Eton Academy encourages children to cultivate an open mind towards learning from and sharing with peers.
CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH TEACHERS & PARENTS
Receive regular updates about class performance from our teachers. Learning snapshots are sent termly to see areas of strength and improvement and teachers’ recommendations.
Concepts and Skills
Some maths concepts and skills that your child can look forward to in our Primary 5 Maths programme include:
- Whole Numbers
- Order of operation
- Fractions
- Four operations of fractions and mixed numbers
- Decimals
- Conversion involving compound units
- Four operations
- Percentages
- Interpretation and representation
- Discount, GST and annual interest
- Rate
- Area of Triangle
- Volume
- Cube, cuboid
- Liquid in rectangular tank
- Geometry
- Angles in triangles, parallelogram, rhombus and trapezium
- Statistics
- Percentage in pie charts
- Draw A Model
- Assumption
- Before-change-after tables
- Number x value
- Simplify the problem
- Remainder concept
- Excess and shortage
- Grouping
- Patterns
What goes on in our Mathematics programmes?
Lessons are structured around weekly investigative problems to help students draw connections to real-life experiences e.g. how much water do we consume in a day? How can we represent it in different measurement units?
Students learn how to apply heuristics to solve a variety of math problem sums
Lessons use manipulatives, hands-on activities and class projects to give students a fun learning experience
Interactive activities and quizzes are used to engage students and check for understanding
Weekly stretch activities are included to help students deepen their understanding of each mathematical concept
Reviews of the prior week’s content are conducted at the start of each lesson to assess students’ readiness and consolidate students’ learning
FUN, HANDS-ON SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
From constructing simple circuits, observing live specimens to predicting how different seeds and fruits are dispersed, our lessons turn abstract concepts into exciting, hands-on experiences. At Primary 5, our students conduct meaningful investigations that sharpen their observational skills, reinforce theoretical understanding, and spark curiosity about how scientific principles apply to everyday life.
DEVELOP SCIENCE LITERACY
At Primary 5, our students enhance their ability to think critically and explain science concepts with accuracy. They will learn to interpret data, evaluate outcomes and link experimental results to scientific conclusions. Through purposeful discussions and written explanations, students develop confidence in using appropriate scientific language to communicate their ideas clearly.
SHARPEN ANSWERING TECHNIQUES
Our targeted instruction helps students tackle challenging open-ended questions with confidence. They learn to analyse question requirements, use comparative language and apply structured answering frameworks to provide accurate, complete and well-supported responses. Timed practice and detailed feedback prepare them for exam conditions and build exam-readiness.
NURTURE CURIOSITY AND INQUISITIVENESS
Students are empowered to explore complex scientific ideas through real-life scenarios and problem-solving tasks. They are guided to ask deeper questions, make predictions and reflect on their findings, allowing them to strengthen their conceptual understanding and build the confidence to apply knowledge beyond the classroom.
BECOME AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
Students refine their ability to explain scientific thinking both verbally and in writing. They practise articulating their reasoning clearly, responding to challenging questions and supporting their ideas with evidence. Class discussions and collaborative activities help them grow as confident and effective science communicators.
CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS
Parents receive ongoing updates through Learning Snapshots and teacher feedback, including termly reports on progress, strengths and areas for growth. These insights allow for timely support and reinforce the partnership between home and school in preparing for PSLE success.
Topics and Skills
Through the course of our Primary 5 Science programme, your child can look forward to learning the following:
- Reproduction in animals
- Reproduction in plants
- Water & changes of state
- Water cycle
- Plant transport system
- Respiratory & circulatory systems
- Electrical systems
- Designing experiments
- Designing a control set-up
- Testing hypotheses
- Data analysis
- Evaluation of findings
- Articulating conclusions with clear explanations and sound reasoning
What goes on in our Science programmes?
Lessons are structured to help students investigate the craft of writing with examples from notable children’s literature (e.g. How did the writer make the character memorable? What were some of the writing techniques he used? How can we emulate them?)
Students are encouraged to learn grammar through a mix of implicit and explicit instruction (e.g. noticing patterns in different sentences vs listing of grammar rules)
Students hone their reading skills with integrated phonics components that include catchy songs / rhymes to stimulate their interest
Students engage in a wide range of themes (e.g. biodiversity, young game changers) throughout the year to ignite their curiosity in the world around us
“Develop Your Voice” modules encourage students to be active listeners and articulate speakers
