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Successful Completion: O Levels Chemistry Revision / Headstart Workshops – Dec Holidays 2010

Written on December 13, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching, Exam Strategies

It has been a few days after the successful completion of the O Levels Chemistry workshops for December Holidays. It has been fun for me coaching these diverse group of students which has one thing in common – eagerness to learn more and the willingness to participate!

Click HERE to find out about upcoming Chemistry programme in 2011

Chemistry Basic Essential Concepts Workshop – 6th & 7th Dec 2010

Two groups of students (AM and PM sessions) ranging from Sec 1 – Sec 4 (O Levels / IP /SOTA IB) were put through participative exercises and engaging activities to build up their essential concepts and skill sets such as:

Difference between Elements, Compounds & Mixtures
Understanding Atomic Structure of Atoms
Mastery of the Use of Periodic Table
Importance of Chemical Formula
Writing Balanced Chemical Equations

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Chemistry Basic Essential Concepts Workshop (AM session)

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Chemistry Basic Essential Concepts Workshop (PM session)

Chemistry Acids, Bases & Salts Revision Workshop – 8th to 10th Dec 2010

Workshop was attended by Sec 3 and 4 students from O Levels and IP schools.

Many of the students that joined this revision workshop had went for the earlier Chemistry Basic Essential Concepts Workshop on 6th and 7th Dec. You can see that they are so much more confident in writing all the chemical formula and balanced chemical equations which is so common in Acids, Bases and Salts topics. This shows that basic essential concepts and skill sets are important for Chemistry students! They must start from basic….

Comprehensive revision was achieved with lots of participation on exam-based application questions for this workshop. Coverage of key concepts include:

Definition, Physical & Chemical Properties of Acids
Definition, Physical & Chemical Properties of Alkalis
Strategies to Choose the Correct Method for the Preparation of Salts

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Acids, Bases & Salts Revision Workshop

Now, i am looking forward to mid-January 2011 when the Sec 3 and 4 O Levels Chemistry Weekly Classes (Ultimate Leap Programme) starts for Winners Education Group, with many of the workshop participants joining up for the weekly classes.

PS: If you are interested to join the 2011 weekly Chemistry Classes (Ultimate Leap Programmes), CLICK HERE

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Updates: December 2010 Chemistry Revision/Headstart Workshops

Written on November 29, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching

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Suitable for O Levels Sec 3, 4 & 5 and IP / IB students

Hi Everyone,

As many parents and their children are back from travelling only next week, we’ve received the request to extend the early bird price sign up for December 2010 Chemistry Revision/Headstart Workshops to 1 Dec 2010, 10pm.

To enjoy 30% off usual workshop fees, register today!
Register here: http://www.simplechemconcepts.com/holiday-chemistry.html

Due to overwhelming response, we have opened an additional session for Chemistry Basic Essential Concepts Workshop. It’s on the same dates, 6 & 7 Dec 2010, 9 am to 1 pm session.

Both Chemistry Basic Essential Concepts & Acids, Bases, Salts Workshops have limited seats left!
Register here: http://www.simplechemconcepts.com/holiday-chemistry.html

For those who have signed up, I’m excited to meet you in a week’s time!

Cheers & have a great holiday,
Sean Chua

PS: If you have any questions, please do no hesitate to contact us.

PPS: If you need help for A-Math and/or E-Math TRIGONOMETRY, you can join my colleague Ai Ling at her Dec 2010 Trigonometry Revision Workshops.

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Successful Completion of annual Score 100% MCQ Mastery Workshop 2010

Written on November 9, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching, Chemistry Notes & Tips, Exam Strategies

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Updates from O-Levels students that have taken the Pure Chemistry Paper 1 (MCQ) on 12th Nov 2010:

“Hi Sean. 7 questions from the Score 100% Chemistry MCQ Mastery Workshop” came out for Chemistry Paper 1!”
- Timothy Wang, ACS(Independent) 2010 [Text sms on 12th Nov]

“Thank you very much Mr Chua! Some same exact questions that you gave us in the wkshop came out in the exam!! I could also apply whatever you taught us throughout this year…Thanks a lot for your guidance, Mr Chua! =) ”
- Nanthini, St. Margaret School 2010 [Text sms on 12th Nov]

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I am pleased to share with you the successful completion of the annual GCE O-Levels Pure Chemistry “Score 100% MCQ Mastery Workshop 2010″ on 6th November 2010.

A total of 62 GCE O-Levels students attended this awesome annual event with the aim of helping them to score high for their Pure Chemistry Paper 1 (MCQ) Paper which has an overall weightage of 30%.

I am so proud of this group of students taking time off to attend this workshop. There is a say that “80% of the Success is about taking the necessary Actions” and you can certainly know that this group of students are serious in improving their overall Chemistry grades.

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Now, i would like to wish every GCE O Levels Chemistry (Pure Chemistry and Combine Science Chemistry) students the best in their MCQ Paper. Remember to manage your time and shade your answers carefully.

PS: You can click the link below for a collections of Chemistry MCQ questions that were discussed in this chemistry blog.

>> http://www.simplechemconcepts.com/tag/chemistry-mcq/

PPS: Feel free to let anyone know about this if you think they can benefit from it.

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Teacher’s Day 2010

Written on October 8, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching

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This blog post has been intended for more than a month, but i am just too busy with my graduating classes to sit down comfortably and pen type this post.

1st September is a special day for all teachers, tutors and coaches in Singapore. This is an official school holiday for MOE (Ministry of Education) teachers and celebrations are normally conducted the day before, where students usually get half a day off from school.

For me, i have no offs, no leaves, no elaborate celebrations such as dancing, singing and performance put up by students. In fact i was teaching my Sec 4 O-Levels Wednesday Revision Class from 6 – 9pm in an intensive mode, to get them prepared for upcoming GCE O-Levels Chemistry exams.

I wasn’t expecting anything but there were surprises – presents, “Happy Teacher’s Day Mr Chua!” wishes and more importantly their appreciation that i was using all my energy and knowledge to make Chemistry a more interesting subject for learning (also, coming up with strategies for them to score the marks they desire in exams).

I wish to use this blogpost to thank all of you for the wonderful wishes and lovely presents – they serve as great encouragement for me to put in even more effort and new ideas to coach you! =) I appreciate the gestures!

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The ‘sunflower’ is now spending quality time with potted plants outside my house…good to see it every morning. Wish all my students would be smiling like sunflower….always.

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Reading their thoughts was always motivational………

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Consumed and digested when i was working late night to answer student’s email enquiry. haha

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Still eating this lovely chocolate set..each actually has slight alcohol content. Wow! 1st time in my life i am tasting so many variety of alcohols…lol..not recommended for students though.

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Always nice to see SMILEYs…don’t you agree with me?

Last but not least, i would also like to take this opportunity thank all my teachers and lecturers that have taught me in my life. Thank you so much for imparting knowledge and life skills to me. I will not be who i am today without you!

“Hi Sean, thank you and i wish you a very happy Teacher’s Day too! Keep up the good work of supporting all of us in school by coaching the weaker ones. Your successful venture is a testimony of a job well done ”

By: Mdm Phua, my ex-teacher that inspired me and is still an inspiration to many others at the moment. Keep teaching Mdm Phua!

PS: If you like to find out more about my Teacher’s Day 2009, click HERE!

PPS: If you are an educator (teacher, trainer, coaches, tutors, etc), i would love to hear from you.

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Final Revision for GCE ‘O’ Level Organic Chemistry Mastery Workshop 2010 (Mindmap Included)

Written on July 5, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching, Chemistry Notes & Tips

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I would like to share with readers of SimpleChemConcepts.com an Organic Chemistry mindmap I’ve drawn for my coaching classes when we were doing a summary of the topics.

Go to the bottom of this blogpost. You may download and print it out, put it in your notebook and use it for revision. Click on image to have a bigger view. =)

Quick Announcement:

I’m conducting my annual event : Organic Chemistry Mastery Workshop on 31 July, 7 & 14 Aug 2010 (830 am – 1230 pm) to help students (Pure Chemistry or Combine Science) to

Understand this easy-to-score major Chemistry topic step-by-step (which many schools rush through)
Link up the various chapters & Identify the inter-relationship for effective understanding of the concepts
Be able to apply concepts on real exam questions to earn additional of 20+ marks in ‘O’ Levels
Expose themselves to the variety of possible Organic Chemistry questions which can be asked
Avoid common mistakes in Organic Chemistry

This workshop is for students:

Who haven’t been doing well in Chemistry all along and want to improve themselves in the remaining 15 weeks. It’s possible since Organic Chemistry is an independent topic from the rest of Chemistry.
Who wants an overall revision just before their prelims & ‘O’ Levels, focusing on the essential concepts in Organic Chemistry.

Click here to register now & enjoy up to 30% off usual workshop fees (for Early Birds only):

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Organic Chemistry Mind-Map:

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Annual (2010) O Levels Chemistry June Holidays Intensive Revision Bootcamp

Written on May 21, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching, Exam Strategies, Tips for Improvement

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Hi Students (and Parents),

With GCE ‘O’ Level Examinations coming in less than 5 months time, how many of you are prepared for it?

Not sure? Take a look at your Mid-Year Examination Paper + Sec 3 End-of Year Paper + Continual Assessment Tests recently. If you are not scoring B3 and above, it might shows that you are not that ready for ‘O’ Level Examinations.

Click HERE for Early Bird Price registration!

Some would argue that you do not have enough time to revise and memorise all the materials before you have gone for your Mid-Year Exams, and thus the not-so-good results you are getting.

But is that true??????

Now, Chemistry is a abstract subject of Science (as compared to Physics and Biology) and you need good understanding of the essential concepts in order to score. Only about 10% of the marks are awarded based on recalling of facts (i.e. memorising itself might help here), with the rest (90%) all based on your understanding and application to challenging questions.

More importantly, ALL the Chemistry Topics are inter-related and it is the norm this days that a structured chemistry question is based on 3-4 topics. As such, it is of paramount importance to have a strong foundation of essential concepts in all the chemistry topics! SORRY you cannot skip topics and expect to do well in Chemistry!

Every June Holidays, we have groups of students that came to our June Holidays Intensive Revision Bootcamp to master their Chemistry concepts. These students realised that June is perhaps the last chance for them to really master Chemistry – and they continue to do well for the ‘O’ Level Examinations in 5 months time

[98% of our 2009 batch scored 'A's or 'B's from 'D' - 'F' grade]

[97% of them achieved minimum 3 grades jump]

This June Holidays, i will be personally coaching you on the following key essential chemistry topics:

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Mole Calculations Mastery Workshop 2010 – Successful Completion

Written on March 19, 2010 by sean in Announcement, Chemistry Coaching

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With 1-week March School Holidays in Singapore coming to an end, we have also successfully conducted our 3 Days annual Mole Calculations Mastery Workshop 2010 during this holiday period.

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The 3 days was fun-filled with plenty of activities, participation and discussions. I am very proud to say that this current group of students that had just completed the said workshop is one of the best batch i have ever coached. They didn’t know much about Mole Calculations (some call it Mole Concepts) when we first started, but their enthusiasm and willingness to learn makes it a joy to coach them. They were so responsive and highly motivated to do well for this voted No. 1 Killer Topic in GCE ‘O’ Levels (and IP and IGCSE) Chemistry. Students were from the following secondary schools:

Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
Clementi Town Secondary School
Dunman Secondary School
Junyuan Secondary School
Outram Park Secondary School
Raffles Girl’s School
St. Andrew’s Secondary School
St. Hilda’s Secondary School
St. Margaret’s Secondary School
Tanjong Katong Girl’s School
Whitley Secondary School

It is wonderful to know that we have coached students from more than 80 Secondary Schools in Singapore as well as a couple of them from overseas ie, malaysia, indonesia, mauritius, etc – making a difference to their lives through our coaching.

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It is always great to know that the participants felt good excellent motivated & confident after the completion of each workshop. Here is a few thoughts on recent Mole Calculations Mastery Workshop:

“Personally I feel this workshop has helped me a lot as before I started if I was lost in the chapter of Mole Calculations. But now after attending this workshop, it has gave me a lot of confidence to face Mole questions. I would be happy to recommend this programme to my fellow friends as I think it would help them out too!”

Jedaiah Gwee, St. Andrew’s Secondary School

“Through this programme, I have literally had tremendous improvement for Mole Calculations =) In the past, I really couldn’t get a single questions on

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