The Covid-19 pandemic has been a very stressful situation for everybody, including me. However, I think I can count my blessings as my family and friends have not been infected. Furthermore, RGCFS has managed to move to online lessons and some semblance of normalcy still exists – our students can still learn. Nevertheless, together with the rest of the management of RGCFS, we faced quite a few challenges to bring this platform online. This is my reflection of the challenges

Mastery of English, especially English academic language, is a necessity for continued advancement in the Singapore education system. English is a compulsory component for all levels, and thus, students need to do well to move on to the next stage. Unfortunately, English is not a simple language to master. Grammar seems arbitrary and words used in different contexts and different subjects have different meanings. I will highlight just two primary school subjects below though this idea permutes through all subjects

In 2013, there was a English syllabus change for the GCE ‘O’ level examinations. There was much discussion in the educational sector about this and many people, including us, have written about the changes. During that time, there was limited information on the syllabus and teachers in national schools were still attending courses to learn about it. It has been two years, and two papers are now available for reference. I shall analyse both papers so that parents are better