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| | | Holiday Closure
We will be closed on 1 September 2017 for Hari Raya Haji. Classes will resume on 2 September 2017.
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| P1 Primer
We are now accepting applications for the P1 Primer course which has started on Monday, 31 July 2017.
The programme will get the little ones mentally prepared for the new
challenges they will face in primary school. They will be introduced to
skills for handling elements of the P1 curriculum. These include
Composition Writing, Comprehension and Cloze Passages.
For more details about the programme, please visit this webpage.
S1 Primer
Creative Campus is currently offering an S1 Primer programme. The course will bridge the learning gap between P6 and the demands of English learning in S1. Classes will begin on Sunday, 22 October 2017.
For more details about the programme, please visit this webpage.
2018 Classes
Registration is open for new classes beginning in 2018. If you are keen to sign up for any of our classes, please call us at 6455 3063. Visit our website for more details about our classes.
PSLE Treasure Chest
For students who have missed the previous Treasure Chest programme, do not fret! We will be conducting these 2 classes again in September!
As you probably already know, Creative Campus has designed a 2-day programme for students who wish to reach for 95 marks in the English Paper 2 Exam. Students will be coached on the techniques required to tackle each section and given ample practice to hone their skills. With enough training, it is possible to score full marks in the Grammar Cloze, Grammar MCQ and S&T components. Exposure to frequently asked questions will allow students to derive the best answers for the Vocabulary Cloze and Comprehension Cloze sections.
For more information about the programme, please visit this webpage.
New Ebook Launch - Quick Cues
Creative Campus has just published a new ebook to help students with their essay writing. Do visit our website for more details about our new ebook, Quick Cues.
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| We wish our P6 graduating cohort all the best for the upcoming PSLE. You have worked hard and we believe you can do it!Stay focused and prepare well because,
"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." - Alexander Graham Bell
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| | Improve Your Vocab: Words To Amp Up Your Essays
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| | Ever wondered how to describe someone who feels insignificant as he gazes at the vast universe? Having good vocabulary is an important aspect of writing. Check out this link which introduces some of these, and more obscure, emotions. |
| | The Gifted Child: A Nature Vs Nurture Debate
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| | Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to earn the Fields Medal, the highest honour in the field. She began to show signs of genius as a teenager, winning gold medals at Math Olympiads. It might be easy to assume Maryam was a child savant who excelled from Babyhood. The truth is, Maryam's talent for Mathematics was not apparent till middle school. In fact, most Nobel prize winners had rather ordinary childhood. Einstein himself had been deemed as slow at learning in his youth. It is undeniable that through the ages, child prodigies like Mozart and William James Sidis has shown that some gifts are indeed bestowed from birth. Perhaps the question should not be whether or not there is such a thing as a gifted child, but rather, whether such extraordinary abilities have a direct correlation with success in reality.
Research has shown that Intelligence Quotient (IQ) can change even for an individual. People do discover better ways to acquire and retain information, or find more effective ways of learning as they grow. And practice really does make perfect. Perseverance does matter. Einstein once commented, "Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.” It is believed that Einstein himself had an IQ of only 150, and not 190. Malcolm Gladwell stated in his bestseller, Outliers, that a person just has to be smart enough to be successful. It does not present additional advantages in life for a person to have a 195 IQ, as compared to a person with an IQ of 130.
High achievers are also known to have good family support and parental influence. Benjamin Bloom, a well-known educationist, found a pattern within a group of high achievers. Their parents were encouraging and supportive when creating interest during the learning process, and even when specialising in a subject. Not surprisingly, these parents have strong work ethics themselves and their diligence does rub off on their children. |
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1. Which is more important in a child's development: nature or nurture? Why?
2. Does having an extraordinary ability necessarily ensure one's success?
3. How can caregivers create a better learning environment for their charges?
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Till the next time,
The Creative Campus Team |
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