WORKSHOP FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (GE BRANCH)

The Gifted Education Branch (Ministry of Education) organised the Talent Development Institute from 16 November to 19 November 2009 to provide enrichment for high-ability primary school pupils.

I was invited to be a trainer to run a Maths Magic Workshop. The students and I explored the world of puzzles and discovered the mathematical wonders hidden in those puzzles. The activities engaged as well as stimulated the high-ability learners intellectually as the content was rigorous and based on the curriculum or extension of the curriculum. Furthermore, the students learned about new approaches to mathematical problem solving, creative and analytical thinking, discovered how practical mathematics could be in everyday life, and awed their family and friends with their new magical "mathematical powers".

There were hands on sessions with puzzles like Tower of Hanoi, typological, disentanglement, take apart, put together, matching, 2D and 3D sliding, dexterity, solitaire, magic squares, NIM strategies and many other interesting activities. The students made and created their own magical games that they took home with them after the workshops. After acquiring the "mathematical powers", the students then took on the IQ Puzzle Challenge to see if they would truly qualify as a Puzzle Master.

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6th National Primary Schools - Maths Warriors School Challenge 2009 organized by Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah and Noble Education

COMMENTS: "Maths Warriors has certainly raised the excitement of playing math in a competitive yet fun setting. Besides improving students' speed in mental math and developing strategies skills, Maths Warriors also has promoted mental health in terms of increasing self-confidence and social health among peers in a team based game" ........teachers in charge of Maths Warriors Huamin Primary School; Miss Banu & Mdm Siti.

On 14th November 2009, Noble Education organised the 6th National Primary School Maths Warriors Challenge which was held at Madrasah Wak Tanjong (MWTAI). Twenty-five local and international schools participated with over 310 students competing. The students aged between 9 to 13 years old pitted their mathematical skills, strategies and speed against one another to decide the winners.

Huamin Primary School emerged as champion for the Upper Primary Division whilst Wellington School was the champion for the Middle Primary Division.

Besides, improving their maths and social skills, this was also a great opportunity for the students to learn more about Madrasah education. Over 70 MWTAI teachers and students turned up to conduct the event.

TOP MIDDLE PRIMARY TEAMS

1st Wellington Primary

2nd Huamin Primary

3rd Endeavour Primary

4th New Town Primary

5th De La Salle School

6th Queenstown Primary

7th CHIJ Katong

8th St Gabriel’s School

9th Yangzheng Primary

10th North View Primary

11th Yuhua Primary

11th Madrasah Wak Tanjong

11th Townsville Primary

TOP UPPER PRIMARY TEAMS

1st Huamin Primary

2nd Queenstown Primary

3rd Wellington Primary

4th Pioneer Primary

5th Endeavour Primary

6th Fairfield Methodist Primary

7th Townsville Primary

8th Global Indian School - Primary

9th Boon Lay Garden Primary

9th Madrasah Wak Tanjong

9th Damai Primary

9th De La Salle School

Thank you so much for your support.

Book/Games Fair at Your Primary School or Kindergarten

Primary Schools & Kindergarten : Books/ Games Fair

Want to introduce more fun ways of learning to your students. Organize a Book/Games Fair for them in your school.

We will donate an assembly talk, training or an IQ Puzzle Kit worth $200 or more to your school.

Below is our current catalog:

Here's what we currently offer and you can choose 1 for FREE:

1. Assembly talk on “How to design your own board and card game” – Hands on session – Usual cost $350

2. Open House talk for parents and students – “Learning Maths,
the fun way”, where I share with parents about various games that
reinforce maths concepts and get kids to love problem solving. I can cover up to 2 hours of various maths topics.- Usual $300

3. Winning strategies in Maths Olympiad – the way to Top schools - Usual $350

4. Calculate your way to top marks in Maths, how to use your calculator. Sponsored by Aurora. Usual cost $200

5. Assortment of some of the best thinking games and puzzles packed into a box valued at $150 to $250. Includes curriculum based games.

7. Introduce Maths Warriors training to improve mental sums and thinking skills. For groups from 10 to 400 students. Duration 1.5 to 2 hours. Cost $150.

We look forward to promoting educational games to your students so
they can start learning the fun way. Our games will transform your
school’s learning culture and get many of your students including weaker students to enjoy learning.

Give it a try! Thank you for your support of educational games made in Singapore.

You can contact:

Stanle Wong 98470188 email: stanle@noble-education.com

Henry Ong 90672766 email: henrynobled@gmail.com

Join our Maths Olympiad Holiday Workshops

EXCEL LEAGUE Invitation to join Maths Olympiad Workshop Dear Parents/ Mathletes, Thank you for your support over the past few years. Indeed the Maths Olympiad workshops proved to be very rewarding for the children as they were garnered with various National awards and distinction for PSLE (Maths) as well as being equipped with analytical, creative, and logico-mathematical thinking skills in the process.

Why join the Maths Olympiad Workshop? - Give your child a winning head start in Math and get ready to take part in National Maths Olympiad Competitions - Learn Simple, Fast and Effective Strategies to Solve Maths Olympiad Challenges & Non routine problems in PSLE - Qualify for top schools through DSA - GET READY to Score A* for his/her PSLE Maths Paper! - Learn higher-order thinking skills to solve Mathematics problems beyond what they learn in classroom - Our Junior Workshop is great prep for P3 students aiming for Gifted Education Programme Our Experience in Maths Olympiad · A leader in Maths Olympiad Coach Workshops for over 150 coaches. · Conducted Maths Olympiad Workshops in over 30 schools since 2004. · Merged the best of Maths Olympiad training SASMO, SMOPS (Hwa Chong), NMOS (NUS High), Raffles Institution Primary Math World Contest, ACS Independent Mathlympics as well as China Math Olympiad. All classes personally taught by Mr Henry Ong, B. Sc, High Honors, CMA, MBA, Executive Director of SASMO, and Instructor of Gifted Students for the Talent Development Institute, MOE, together with qualified, experienced and dedicated MOE school teachers, Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), Masters in Mathematics Education, over 25 years teaching experience. Workshops Available: Evaluation test to confirm level to attend.Call or email. Classes for 2010 Day Time From - To # of Sessions Fees Maths Olympiad - Junior (P1 to 2) Monday 4 to 6 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 230 Saturday 10am to noon Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 230 Sunday 2pm to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 230 Holidays 10am to noon Mar, June, Sept, Nov 4 $ 230 Maths Olympiad - Beginner (P3 to 5) Monday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Saturday 10am to noon Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Sunday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Maths Olympiad - Intermediate (P3 to 6) Wednesday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Monday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Saturday 10am to noon Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Sunday 10am to noon Jan to Dec 2010 Sunday 2 to 4 pm Jan to dec 2010 Holidays 1 to 4 pm Mar, June, Sept, Nov 4 $ 250 Maths Olympiad - Advanced (P4 to 6) Wednesday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Saturday 10 am to noon Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Sunday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 Holidays 1 to 4 pm Mar, June, Sept, Nov 4 $ 250 SASMO (P4 to 6) Monday 2 to 4 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Hwa Chong SMOPS (P5/6) Wednesday 2:00 to 4:00 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Thursday 10 am to noon Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Saturday/Sunday 2:30 to 4:30 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 NUS High NMOS (P4/5) Monday 2:30 to 4:30 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Tuesday 2:30 to 4:30 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 ACS Independent Mathlympics (P4/5) Tuesday 2:30 to 4:30pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 Thursday 2:30 to 4:30pm Jan to Dec 2010 4 $ 250 P1 Problem Solving Heuristics Monday 2:30 to 4:30 pm June to end Oct 4 $ 250 P2 Problem Solving Heuristics Tuesday 3:15 to 4:45 pm June to end Oct 4 $ 250 P3 Problem Solving Heuristics Thursday 3:15 to 4:45 pm June to end Oct 4 $ 250 P4 Problem Solving Heuristics Friday 3:15 to 4:45 pm June to end Oct 4 $ 250 P5 Problem Solving Heuristics Tuesday 7:00 to 9:00 pm June to end Oct 4 $ 250 Sunday 4:00 to 6:00 pm June to end Oct 4 $ 250 P6 Problem Solving Heuristics Thursday 5:00 to 7:00 pm June to PSLE 4 $ 250 Saturday/Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 pm June to PSLE 4 $ 250 Holiday Workshops Course Dates Time Total Fees * Required Text Junior K2 Pri 1 Mon, Sat, Sun 4 -6pm 9 -11am 2 - 4pm 8h $230 $33, Maths Olympiad Contest Problems by Dr Lechner Intermediate Pri 2,3,4 to 6 Mon, Sat, Sun 4 -6 pm 9 -11am 2 -4 pm 8h $250 $33, Maths Olympiad Contest Problems by Dr Lechner Advance Pri 5 to 6 Tue, Sat, Sun 4 -6pm 9-11am 2- 4pm 8h $250 $33, Maths Olympiad Contest Problems by Dr Lechner Limited to 12 students per workshop/ teacher To ensure pupils get personal attention, If classes are full, new classes will be opened upon demand. Games and manipulatives will be incorporated into all the lessons to enable pupils to understand mathematical concepts, to know how practical mathematics can be, have fun and grow to love mathematics in the process. For details on our workshop, check out our website at http://www.mathsolympiad.org/ Weekly Classes (School Term) Duration: 8 sessions- 2 hours per session Workshop Start Time Total Fees Junior:K1,K2,P1 Jan 1 to 3pm 8 hrs $230 Intermediate:P2,3,4 Jan 3 to 5pm 8 hrs $250 Advanced - P5,6 Jan 5 to 7pm 8 hrs $250 *Recommended text: SINGAPORE & ASEAN SCHOOLS MATHS OLYMPIADS (SASMO)- Maths Olympiad Contest Problems for Primary and Lower Secondary Schools by Dr.G.Lenchner. Valued at S$49.90... Topics Covered: 1. Junior Workshop for Primary 3 to 5 students · Maths Heuristics: Look for Patterns, Elimination and Substitution, Systematic Listing, Guess and Check, Working Forward, Working Backwards · Geometry · Lines and Angles · Numbers and Shapes · Number Theory · Tree Diagrams Problems · Magic Square · Alphamatrics/ Cryptarithm · Tangram puzzle 2. Intermediate Workshop for Primary 3 to 6 Maths Heuristics Number Theory Algebra Geometry Mensuration, Perimeter and area, Angles, Volume and displacement, Rates Problem Solving - whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percentage, ratio, average Cryptarithm/Alphamatrics Probability Pascal Traingle Combinatronics The class will focus on preparation for SASMO, NMOS (NUS High), and ACS Independent Mathlympics. 3. Advanced - Primary 5 and 6 Maths Heuristics Number Theory Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions Algebra Geometry Mensuration, Volume and displacement, Speed, Rates Higher Order Maths Problem Solving Cryptarithm/Alphamatrics Probability Combinatronics Permutation and Combination Fibonacci Numbers Bases other than ten Pigeonhole Principle The class will focus on preparation for SMOPS (Hwa Chong). For more information, please contact: Henry Ong hp: 90672766 or 65549638 excelleague@ymail.com Venue: Tagore Lane near Yio Chu Kang MRT Station, accessible buses:169, alight before Yio Chu Kang Rd/Upper THomson Rd junction. Early bird sign up Get our Recommended Text: SINGAPORE & ASEAN SCHOOLS MATHS OLYMPIADS (SASMO)- Maths Olympiad Contest Problems for Primary and Lower Secondary Schools by Dr.G.Lenchner. Valued at S$49.90 at a discounted price! Offer Expires: 31/12/2010

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