Primary 3 to 6
Programmes for Primary 3 to Primary 6
As your child progresses to upper primary, there are more subjects to learn and the focus shifts to mastery of skills and knowledge.
Our curriculum and lessons are designed to ensure that your child is not only able to master the content and techniques included in the MOE syllabus, but is also encouraged to speak up, ask questions, and further explore themes and concepts he or she is interested in via our structured-inquiry learning approach.
At Primary 5 and 6, our tuition lessons are geared towards PSLE excellence and mastery.
Class Duration:
P3 & P4: 1 hour 45 mins
P5 & P6: 2 hours
Class Size: Maximum 12 students
Enrichment & Tuition Classes for Primary 3 to Primary 6 PSLE (English, Maths & Science)
Primary 3 to Primary 6 – English
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WRITE ON!
We get your child interested in writing by inquiring into children’s books, learning best writing and characterisation techniques and how to emulate them
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RAISING READERS
Our passages incorporated into our curriculum are taken from literary works and non-fiction, exposing your child to different text types while honing their reading comprehension skills and encouraging them to read critically
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MASTERING KEY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
We focus on developing question analysis skills and answering techniques so that your child may tackle different language components with confidence and ease
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BE HEARD
Our lessons encourage our children to be active listeners and articulate speakers, developing their own voice and perspective
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BE CURIOUS
Our students are exposed to a wide range of themes (e.g., sustainability, young game changers) to get them to think beyond the classroom academia
Themes and Language Skills
Through the course of our English enrichment programme, your child can look forward to learning the following:
- Narrative Writing
- Generate plotlines with a conflict and resolution based on given themes and pictures
- Apply writing techniques including varied sentence structures, slow-motion descriptions to enhance suspense
- Craft engaging introductions and satisfactory endings
- Creative Writing
- Gain exposure to different text types and genres (e.g., P3: food reviews, P4: brochures, P5: reviews)
- Situational Writing (P6 PSLE only)
- Gain exposure to different text types and genres (e.g., formal and informal letters)
- Reading Comprehension Skills
- Analyse key terms in questions
- Locate clues in the passage
- Construct relevant and precise answers
- Subject-verb agreement
- Question tags
- Sentence synthesis
- Continuous and perfect tenses
- Sentence synthesis (active and passive voice, correlative conjunctions)
- Infinitives and gerunds
- Reported speech
- In-class discussions and presentations (e.g., discuss about the consequences of one’s actions, personal milestones in one’s childhood, personal aspirations, discuss about relationships with others)
- Stimulus-based conversation and read aloud practices
- Various themes covered during the academic year include:
- P3: Communicating with Others, Stories and Imagination, Young Game Changers
- P4: Discoveries and Inventions, Sustainability, Travel and Adventure
- P5: Young Game Changers, School and Learning, The Natural Environment
- P6 PSLE: Identity and Confidence, Discovery and Inventions, Sustainability
What is The Eton Academy Difference in our P3 to P6 English Enrichment Tuition Programmes?
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READ WITH PURPOSE & EMULATE AUTHENTIC WRITERS
Children learn to read with a critical eye from various authors and inquire into children’s stories. The ability to summarise ideas, infer and draw conclusions to fully engage with a variety of texts. Children emulate authors’ writing and characterisation techniques to create engaging stories.
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BECOME AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
Children participate in lively class discussions and presentations which help to boost a child’s confidence, ability to listen actively and articulate personal ideas and opinions.
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CULTIVATE A CURIOUS MIND
Research shows that curious children attain better academic outcomes. Our children are exposed to a wide range of themes (e.g., sustainability, inventions, identity) and are challenged beyond the school academia.
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MASTER KEY STRATEGIES AND SKILLS
Ensures exam readiness of students by honing time management, question analysis and answering techniques. Regular review of concepts and personalised feedback strengthens content mastery.
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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.
Primary 3 to Primary 6 – Mathematics
Curriculum and tuition lessons have been designed to be aligned with the MOE primary school syllabus and mathematics framework.
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UNDERSTANDING MATHS IN THE REAL WORLD
Weekly investigative problems help your child to see how maths applies in real-world situations and are used to familiarise your child with problem-solving heuristics
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ENGAGING IN HANDS-ON LEARNING
We give your child a fun learning experience by using manipulatives, interactive activities and class projects
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USING HEURISTICS
Your child will learn different methods aligned with the MOE syllabus to tackle problem sums
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REGULAR REVIEW
Ensure your child gets the most out of each lesson through our three-pronged Readiness-Engagement-Mastery approach
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BE CHALLENGED
Stretch activities, which include more challenging problems to topics introduced in class, help your child to explore math concepts on a deeper level
Concepts and Skills
Some Math concepts and skills that your child can look forward to in our Math enrichment programme include:
- Whole numbers (patterns in number sequences, long division and multiplication, common factors)
- Fractions (equivalent fractions, fractions in its simplest form, improper fractions, mixed numbers)
- Decimals (compare, order, convert)
- Time (convert time, finding durations)
- Perimeter and area (square units, perimeter and area of rectangle/square)
- Angles (measure in degrees, construct angles, use 8-point compass)
- Line symmetry (identify lines, complete symmetric figure)
- Geometry (identifying angles, perpendicular and parallel lines)
- Table, bar and line graphs (read and interpret data, different scales on an axis)
- Algebra (notation, representations, interpretation of algebraic expressions)
- Fractions and mixed numbers (four operations involving mixed numbers)
- Order of operations (whole numbers)
- Conversion to decimals and compound units
- Ratio and Percentages (notations, representatives, interpretation, finding increase and decrease)
- Speed (concepts and relationships between distance, time and speed)
- Geometry (angle properties, properties of triangles and quadrilaterals, unknown angles)
- Area and volume (area, circumference, perimeter, dimension)
- Statistics (relationship between average, total value, number of data, interpreting data from pie charts)
- Act it out (P3 & P4)
- Guess and check (P3 & P4)
- Model method (P3-P6)
- Make a list (P3-P6)
- Making a supposition (P3-P6)
- Before and after concepts (P5 & P6)
What is The Eton Academy Difference in our P3 to P6 Mathematics Enrichment Tuition Programmes?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ACHIEVE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PROBLEM SOLVING
Our Maths enrichment programmes guide students in mastering heuristic strategies for problem sums, identify task requirements by exploring similar concepts in different problems, and explore different solutions to the same problem.
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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.
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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.
Primary 3 to Primary 6 – Science
Our curriculum and tuition lessons have been designed to be in alignment with the MOE primary school syllabus and science framework.
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SCIENCE LITERACY
Our lessons are anchored in science literacy: your child is encouraged to think like a scientist, pose questions and derive conclusions just like a scientist would
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NURTURING CURIOSITY
Lessons are structured around weekly scientific investigations to draw on your child’s desire to explore scientific phenomena and everyday experiences. Inquiry projects transform your child into a young researcher who analyses and synthesises information to present coherent findings
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INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIMENT
Regular science experiments allow your child to see science in action and develop a deeper appreciation of scientific concepts
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HONING ANSWERING TECHNIQUES
Through carefully crafted questions in weekly practices, your child will not only develop critical thinking skills, but will also master effective strategies to form clear and succinct explanations for open-ended questions
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REGULAR REVIEW
To ensure content mastery, topics are frequently reviewed to assess your child’s learning and understanding. Your child will also receive personalised feedback in his or her weekly practices so as to identify areas of improvement
Concepts and Skills
Some Science concepts and skills that your child can look forward to in our P3 to P6 Science enrichment programme include:
- Diversity of living and non-living things
- Life cycle in plants and animals
- Human system
- Magnets
- Diversity of materials
- Cycles & Matter
- Plant systems
- Light
- Heat
- Water & changes of state
- The Water Cycle
- Reproduction in plants and humans
- Cells
- Respiratory & Circulatory systems
- Plant transport system
- Electrical system
- Forces
- Food chains & food webs
- Adaptations
- Man & the environment
- Photosynthesis
- Sources & forms of energy
What is The Eton Academy Difference in our P3 to P6 Science Enrichment Tuition Programmes?
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SHARPEN ANSWERING TECHNIQUES
Children will master key points and effective strategies to form clear and succinct explanations for open-ended questions. In the Science tuition programme, children will achieve content mastery with regular topical reviews. Personalised feedback and targeted advice helps to identify learning gaps weekly practices to help hone critical thinking skills in each child.
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DEVELOP SCIENCE LITERACY
Children will learn to pose questions and derive conclusions as a scientist would and analyse and synthesise information from inquiry projects to present coherent findings.
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FUN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
Seeing Science in action helps children develop an appreciation of scientific concepts and an eagerness to immerse themselves in deep experiential learning.
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NURTURE CURIOSITY AND INQUISITIVENESS
Research shows that curious children attain better academic outcomes. The Eton Academy’s weekly scientific investigations draw on our children’s desire to explore and investigate various scientific phenomena and everyday experiences.
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BECOME AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
Children will participate in thought-stimulating class discussions and learn how to articulate hypotheses, views and findings in a clear, logical and confident manner.
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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.
Preparing Your Primary 6 Child for PSLE Examinations with The Eton Academy
Looking to power up your child’s PSLE preparation in Upper Primary? Discover key strategies, resources and personalized programmes for your child that will enable him or her to meet the demands of PSLE more effectively.
PSLE is a huge milestone in your child’s academic journey. It is important that your child has everything he or she needs in the lead-up to it, allowing him or her to focus on productive learning and effective revision.
At The Eton Academy, our trusted pedagogy is aligned with the MOE syllabus to strengthen your child’s learning. Our customized curriculum, engaging classes and professionally qualified teachers will provide your child with the skills and techniques needed to achieve PSLE success.
Gain insights on how we can help your child master PSLE content and build a steady momentum to take on the PSLE examinations with confidence.
Read more about our various Enrichment Classes, Subjects & Programmes offered here:
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Our Curriculum
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Nursery 2 Enrichment: English
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Kindergarten 1 Enrichment: English & Math
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Kindergarten 2 Enrichment: English & Math
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Primary 1 Enrichment: English & Math
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Primary 2 Enrichment: English & Math
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Primary 3, 4, 5, 6 Enrichment: English, Math & Science
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School Holiday Camps
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Young Readers Programme
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Workshops & Events
