| ON CAMPUS November 2020 Issue |
| Creative Campus Year-End Holiday Closure
We will be closed for our annual holiday from 20 December 2020 to 3 January 2021 inclusive. Classes will resume on Monday, 4 January 2021. Should you contact us during our holidays email or WhatsApp, do give us some time to get back to you.
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| Campus News
PSLE 2020 Results
We offer our heartiest congratulations to the P6-2020 cohort. This year, our students achieved 97% As and A*s! We could not be more proud.
2020 marks the last year of the T-score system. In 2021, PSLE students will use the AL system. To find out more and how the new grading system can impact your child, click here.
To enrol your child in our P6 programmes, click here for our 2021 schedule, and here on the courses available. |
| | Special Enrichment Programmes this Holiday
We have had a spectacular round of holiday workshops thus far. Our students spoke clearly in class, and showed off their artistic talent at the same time.
Capping off your child's year of hard work are the December holidays, a time for rest and growth.
We offer a plethora of holiday activities to engage and enrich your child this December. Whether your goal is to ensure that your child has an easier time in his next school year, or to broaden his mind to critical thinking and public speaking skills, Creative Campus has you covered. Click here or call us to sign up for the last sessions! |
| | "We love it very much. And special thank you to Miss Ho, I find her very dedicated! Thumbs up!" ~ Mrs Christine Lee |
| Class Schedule and Promotions
Our 2021 classes are also open for registration. Click here for the class schedule or call us to sign up. Do contact us should you require another timeslot that is currently not on the list.
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Bringing winter to Singapore:
Wintry idioms
December is a month of festivities - including Christmas, which is celebrated by many across the globe. Christmas imagery is typically wintry; one might think of reindeer pulling sleighs across a snowflake-dotted sky.
However, the climate in hot and humid Singapore could not be further from wintry. That should not stop us from learning some seasonal idioms - specifically, those associated with winter.
How many of these do you know?- Snowed under - having too much to do; overwhelmed with work
- Cold comfort - slight or no consolation
- Walking on thin ice - to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble
- Left out in the cold - to be neglected or ignored
- Come in from the cold - to be welcomed again, after a period of unpopularity
- Tip of the iceberg - a small part of a much larger, yet hidden, problem
- When hell freezes over - an informal way of say "Never!"
- Sell ice to eskimos - to convince people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous
- In the cold light of the day - unemotionally, especially at a later time
Bonus idioms: Rain! In Singapore, December also marks the start of one of our two monsoon seasons. Here's a couple of idioms that you can save for a rainy day: - When it rains, it pours - when something good or bad happens, other good or bad things usually happen at the same time
- Be as right as rain - to be well
- Rain on one's parade - to do something that ruins someone's plans
- Rain pitchforks - rain extremely heavily
Test Yourself Using the winter-related idioms shared above, fill in the blanks to these sentences!
Q1. Timothy has not finished his homework. He will be ______ when his mother gets home.
Q2. I was furious in the heat of the moment, but I realised that the situation was not so bad ______. Q3. I know you are trying to make me feel better, but telling me that you failed as well is ______. Q4. Taylor Swift really ______: she released her latest album to critical acclaim after being criticised for years!
Q5. He has such a glib tongue that he could ______.
Answers: A1. walking on thin ice
A2. in the cold light of the day
A3. cold comfort
A4. came in from the cold
A5. sell ice to eskimos |
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| Education Around the World
With the PSLE results newly announced (25 November 2020), education is at the top of everyone's mind. Even though education is an integral part of many people's lives - especially students, parents and those who work in the education sector - the education we have in Singapore may be foreign to those elsewhere.
Today, we explore a few education systems around the world to see how they may differ from ours.
Finland Finland is synonymous with the Nordic model of education, which emphasises equality for students. For one, every school in Finland draws from a central body of Masters-educated teachers; school resources are also plentiful. This means that all students, whether they hail from an urban school or a more rural area, have equal education.
Finnish educators' goal lies only in learning, which they do not necessarily associate with test-taking. “We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test,” said a member of their education ministry. As a result, their only examination is taken at the end of their upper secondary (senior year of high school) year.
Korea Unlike Finland, Korea has assessments - school-based ones - at every level up till secondary school. Like Finland, they have only one big examination which takes place at the end of their last secondary year.
This examination, known in Korea as 'suneung', is a serious affair for students. One student shared with BBC: "For us, Suneung is a very important gateway to the future. In Korea, going to university is very important. That's why we spend 12 years preparing for this one day." To prepare for suneung, students in Korea attend 'hagwons', also known as cram schools.
Canada
Canada's education system is highly regarded as one of the best in the world; indeed, this country routinely ranks among the top in PISA's reading, mathematics and science.
This is in spite of the fact that education in Canada is not centralised and differs across provinces. Different provinces in Canada offer slightly different systems with different areas of focus; for example, high schools across Ontario provide job skills programmes to help students learn hands-on trades.
Something to Consider… 1. How are the three school systems above different from Singapore's?
2. If you could incorporate one thing from each school system into Singapore's, what would you pick and why?
Suggested Response: 1. Finland: No tests until last year; in Singapore, students have tests from P3 onwards. Korea: Only one major exam; Singapore has at least two (PSLE and O/N-Levels or equivalent). Canada: Education in Canada is not centralised while Singapore's is.
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| Until the next time, The Creative Campus Team |
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