Maths Tuition Singapore schools 数学仆习班
Tuition Survey Talking Point
source CNA Talking Point Feb25
Why parents do not teach their child themselves?
Many parents teach their children basic skills and values.
Several factors can prevent them from taking on all of their child's education.
Reasons include a lack of time and emotional complexities of a parent-child relationship.
Tuition supplements mainstream schooling by offering personalized attention, reinforcing concepts, and adapting to a student's individual weaknesses and learning pace.
Watch Video on parents' role of tuition (fast-forward video to 23rd min)
Math Syllabus
source Singapore MOE
Primary Schools
P4, P5, P6
P5 foundation
P6 foundation
Secondary Schools
S1, S2, S3, S4
Primary School Syllabus Overview
Lower Primary (P1-P2)
Numbers to 1000, basic addition/subtraction, multiplication tables of 2, 5, 10, basic time, money, and simple shapes.
Middle Primary (P3-P4)
Numbers to 100,000, 4-digit addition/subtraction, multiplication tables 6-9, introduction to fractions, angles, area/perimeter, and decimals.
Upper Primary (P5-P6)
Complex fractions and decimals, percentages, ratios, rate and speed, geometry (triangles, parallelograms, circles), volume of solids, and basic algebra.
Secondary School Syllabus Overview
Based on past exam papers of O-levels, the syllabus "Numbers & Algebra" strand carries the highest marks (50-60%) compared to the other content strands Geometry & Measurement (25-30%), and Statistics & Probability.
Therefore, a solid knowledge in "Numbers & Algebra" is absolutely necessary to pass the O levels.
Remember:
Practice also helps student to improve on speed and accuracy in the exam.
Schools Calendar 2026
source Singapore MOE
Semester I
Term I Fri 2Jan to Fri 13Mar
😀Vacation Sat 14Mar to Sun 22Mar (1 week)
Term II Mon 23Mar to Fri 29May
😜Vacation Sat 30May to Sun 28Jun (4 weeks)
Semester II
Term III Mon 29Jun to Fri 4Sep
😍Vacation Sat 5Sep to Sun 13Sep (1 week)
Term IV Mon 14Sep to Fri 20Nov
🤩Vacation Sat 21Nov to Thu 31Dec (6 weeks)
notes
Primary 1 will start school on Friday, 2 January 2026. Primary 2 to 6 will start school on Monday, 5 January 2026.
The last day of the final school term for schools which will be used as venues for the GCE O-Level written examinations, will be Friday, 23 October 2026.❤️
MOE Primary School Full Mathematics Syllabus
source MOE effective from Year 2021
Latest Curriculum Change for Secondary School Subject-Based Banding (SBB)
source MOE dated 1Dec23
Starting from the 2024 Secondary 1 cohort, the Normal (Technical), Normal (Academic) and Express streams will be removed. Under Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB), students will be posted through Posting Groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively instead and have greater flexibility to offer subjects at different subject levels as they progress through secondary school.
What is Full SBB?
Removal of Express, Normal (Academic) [N(A)] and Normal (Technical) [N(T)] streams.
MOE will post students to secondary school through three Posting Groups – Posting Groups 1, 2, and 3. The PSLE score ranges for the three Posting Groups will be mapped from the previous N(T), N(A) and Express streams respectively. Posting Groups will only be used for the purposes of admitting students into secondary school and to guide the initial subject levels students can offer at the start of Secondary One.
Throughout their secondary school education, students can take subjects at three subject levels, known as G1, G2, G3 (G stands for General), mapped from the previous N(T), N(A) and Express standards respectively. Students will have the flexibility to adjust their subject levels at appropriate junctures, based on their strengths, interests and learning needs. Students will subsequently access programmes and post-secondary pathways based on their various subjects and subject level combinations.