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10 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I’m not sure how I feel about being a once-again pri sch teacher again, but one thing’s crystal clear certain. My parenting and teaching lives have become inextricably integrated. Never have one facet of my life fed so seamlessly into the next, syner...
9 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I could have gone home early this Friday, but I chose to accompany my colleague on his trip to Woodlands Ring Primary School with his Floorball club. Given how conformist Singapore’s educational system is, it never fails to intrigue me how each scho...
8 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Morning! I’d like to share what I’m doing with my boy this week What to teach - pair changes in state of matter with processes (water ~> water vapour = evaporation) Why focus on water- Water cycle is prominently tested in Sci- Can teach with idioms (...
8 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Not from Harvard or Cambridge, but from a neighbourhood preschool, but who’s to say that my sense of relief and exhilaration doesn’t matter? People care more about pomp and ceremony these days, so for my son’s graduation ceremony, the principals and...
7 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Water. Given its pervasive use in everyday life, it is no wonder that it is heavily explored in the primary school Science syllabus. Living organisms need it to ensure their survival. People need it to carry out their household chores, such as washi...
6 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Pre-Exam Predicting Possible Questions Use a Clear Brainstorming Structure Think of the topic encompassed by both the reading passage & the picture & scrutinise the picture. Think of an onion & generate possible questions based on its different la...
5 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Teaching Happiness Journal 27/10/25 Was sharing with a parent’s group various mnemonics that I use to teach Science, including my painstakingly curated creation McDonald’s Really Shiok (Muscular Circulatory Digestive Respiratory Skeletal). Dire...
5 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Parenting has been widely perceived to be this problematic endeavour that threatens to rip off your money. But I think it doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg if we are strategic and savvy in how we spend time raising our children. I present here my...
4 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Learning can be paradoxical. Students are expected to link heat gain/loss to various processes in the water cycle, but they are not taught how the arrangement of particles and assorted vibrations affect the changes in the state of water. 💦 Thank...
4 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
1. Process: Engaged mnemonics and showed real-life props to facilitate concept acquisition for Science remedial students. Impact: Students appreciated how concepts were brought to life and learnt how to tackle pertinent MCQs more effectively. 2. Proc...
