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Advanced Model Secrets Workshop 
Date: 26th April 2009 (Sunday, 9am - 1pm)
Venue: Ngee Ann Primary School Auditorium (Marine Parade)
Fee: $98
For: P5 Advanced and P6 Math Learners 

Can your child solve this exam question?

At a 2-day Health Conference, each participant was charged $25 per day. On the first day, the number of male participants was 70 more than the number of female participants. On the second day, the number of male participants decreased by 10% but the number of female participants increased by 5%. Given that there were 453 participants on the second day, how much money was collected at the conference on the first day?       

If your child’s answer is $11750, congratulations! That means they have attained the skill to visualize this question.

However, if your child did not get the answer or does not even know how to approach this question, then I would strongly recommend you to enrol him/her for my Advanced Model Drawing Technique workshop.

In this 4-hour workshop, your child will

ü  Discover how to convert complicated math exam questions into simple math models

ü  Learn how to solve higher order thinking questions using 8 advanced model drawing techniques

For enquiries & registration, please call 62599 880.

**Registration is on First-Come-First-Serve basis, subject to availability of seats!

Dear Parents,

My name is Norman Tien. I am recognized as one of the Top PSLE Math trainer in Singapore. This is because I have built a formidable reputation for my unique teachings by establishing PSLE Tuition Programme as an experiential Math learning program that delivers result a child truly deserves.

Scoring in PSLE is extremely important as it qualifies a student’s entry to their choice secondary school as well as the educational stream they will be assigned to. To achieve this objective, a student will require speed, accuracy and more importantly, the desire to score.

If you already realized that your child needs effective and time-saving problem solving strategies to help them score in next year’s PSLE mathematics examination, I have lots of insights to share with you on my proven teaching methodology and strategies. Mark down the dates in your calendar and make sure you don’t miss out!

Date: 6th Nov 2008 (Thursday) Time 7.00pm ~ 8.30pm OR 8th Nov 2008 (2.00pm ~ 3.30pm)

Venue YMCA Orchard (Dhoby Ghuat MRT)

To register for this FREE seminar, please call our office at 62599 880 (our office hour is from 10am - 6pm) OR send an email to admin@pslemath.com with your NAME, MOBILE NUMBER & NUMBER of SEATS.

In my 1.5 hours presentation, I will share with you:- the new ‘trend’ of PSLE questions found in 2008 exam papers- the most effective method to teach & learn Math

- our simple and time-saving strategy to solve Speed questions- how our tuition programme can help your child score the marks they truly deserve

As PSLE is a critical examination, it is important for you to understand if the trainer can meet your child’s needs. Please read on to find out what our past participants and their parents said about us and our effective tuition program.

Past Participants & their Parents’ feedback ………….. 

I was not really skeptical to begin with, though a bit taken aback at having to pay so much! However, Norman delivered an effective and interesting introduction. Shannen has always found Math difficult, and when she first joined your sessions, she was performing very poorly. She lacked confidence in her abilities, and did not believe that she could improve much, given her weak foundation, track record and the short time left to the exams. However, she found your PIR interesting and helpful, and Norman’s creative teaching methods helped her see the math problems differently. In spite of being able to handle your assignments and her increased confidence, she still did not pass the prelims. This was a big disappointment, but I thank Norman for not treating it as a setback at all. I was grateful for his continued attention to Shannen and steadfast confidence that the battle was not lost. The personal words of encouragement that he sent by email, and the extra sessions motivated her to move on and try harder despite the prelim result. She was most trilled to score a B in the PSLE, and is looking forward to rejoining you next year. Thank you.………. Ms. Wang, mother of Shannen, CHIJ, from C to PSLE B

Being away during the whole month of June holidays preparing for an International Wushu competition, Beverly did not have enough Math practices at all. If it’s not because of your PSLE Intensive Revision Program, she would not have achieve an A* in her PSLE. I highly recommend all students to go for this valuable course!…….. Trish, mother of Beverly, Poi Ching, from B to PSLE A*

I started to get real worried when Joel’s performance dropped and failed his Maths in P5. He has problem understanding the various complex concepts and as a results, his interest in Maths dropped as well. At around that time, I learned about Norman Tien Maths from a colleague. I heard the numerous testimonies from previous parents/students and thought if it could happen to Joel. Joel went through the Intensive PSLE course and a prep course. He was also given additional coaching. He enjoyed the lessons as Norman conducted them in a very lively and practical way. As he learned and understood the end to end concept, I noticed he’s more confident and slowly, his interest returned. He is also more willing to practice his Maths and he now understood how to get there. Regularly, I would check with him if he understood what was taught and if it makes sense to him. His answer was always positive. He put in a lot of hardwork and the reward came when he achieved a B for Maths in PSLE. I would like to thank Norman Tien and his teachers for their patience and guidance. They have certainly helped Joel attained his results! ………. Suzie, mother of Joel, Bedok West, from Fail to PSLE B

During SA1, Keiren came home after his Math paper looking worried and afraid. He knew he would fail because he didn’t have time to complete the paper. But after attending the PSLE Intensive Revision, he went for the Prelim paper with more confidence and he came home saying he completed the paper in time and he was very happy because he can do! ………… Mrs. Goh, mother of Keiren, ACS, from Fail to PSLE A

 This year had been a very stressful one for me, since I failed every single exam the Maths teacher tossed at me. Luckily, by the end of that year, I met teacher Norman and he taught me many Maths secrets (which my classmates still don’t know, heehee) and amazingly, I passed! I used to find it a torture to attend Maths tuition, but after meeting Teacher Norman, I no longer feel it that way. In the contrary, I started enjoying it and look forward to each lesson and workshop. After collecting my PSLE result slip, I was relieved to see a ‘B’ for my Maths! I was so excited (and still am)! I am glad that my efforts paid off and I did not disappoint my parents, Teacher Norman and Teacher Michelle, and of course, myself. When I reached Secondary 1, my first Common Test for Maths is an A2! Isn’t that great!…………….. Phillina, Holy Innocent, from Fail to PSLE B

I would encourage student who face difficulties when solving problem sums to pick up Norman’s skill on tackling these problems. Before attending to Mr. Norman’s class, Sam always reluctant to tell me what is his “problem”. He has phobia whenever he could not solve the problem sum.. He will leave it blank. But after attending to Mr Norman’s session, he tends to solve all on his own without much help from me. He has more confident towards the subject and always try to solve it with the help of Norman’s tools.……….. William, father of Sam, Kong Hwa, from Fail to PSLE B

“We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Norman Tien Mathematics, especially to Teacher Michelle.

Though Wei Cong’s grade is slightly above average, he is still not confident in solving very challenging Math sums. We could not expose him to these kinds of sums as our resources were very limited. In addition, his attention span is very short so we need to be selective in his tuition class.

Though he was in the Elite Class at Norman Tien Mathematics for only a couple of months, we noticed that his ability to solve challenging kinds of Math sums had improved significantly through your unique worksheets and effective teaching methods.

Wei Cong has told us that Teacher Michelle is a very patient and intelligent teacher. She has taught him many interesting ways of solving different kinds of challenging Math sums and he enjoyed her lessons very much. We strongly believe that all the ‘tools’ and ‘concepts’ that were imparted to him has help him to achieve an A* in Mathematics in his PSLE.“

Mrs Cindy Liew
Mother of Wei Cong
Child previously from Gongshang Primary School
(Achieved A* in PSLE)

Note: To view more of our PSLE results, please CLICK HERE.

“I’m proud that Mei Peng did well on the PSLE math - she obtained an A grade.

We are happy to say that sending her to Norman Tien’s class was indeed a right move. Before joining Norman’s classes Mei Peng was performing poorly in Math, her marks were ranged from 55 to 65.

After attending your PSLE Intensive Revision Programme, there was a dramatic improvement. There was a breakthrough!! Her marks soared to above 70 consistently. Indeed, she scored 87 in her prelim.

I would like to add that I find Norman’s approach to teaching Math refreshing. He is able to reduce abstract and complex Math problems to simple mechanical steps to follow. This is indeed his genius.

We are extremely grateful for what Norman has done and we would like to express our appreciation and gratitude.“

Mrs Connie Yew
Mother of Mei Peng
Child previously from Fairfield Methodist Primary School
(Improved from 58% to A in PSLE within 4 months)

Note: To view more of our 2007 PSLE results, please CLICK HERE.

“Before joining Norman Tien’s classes, Ashvin was not very confident & did not know his concepts well.

The strategies taught in Norman Tien’s class were very useful for him to grasp during this short period of time before the PSLE. His form teacher was very glad as she could see significant improvement in his school work. He took shorter time to do the problem sum by using the strategies taught by Norman which also build his confidence level in Maths. Norman’s classes were fun, inspiring. He used to make careless mistakes but after attending Norman’s classes I notice that this has been reduced drastically.

I would encourage those students who are not doing well in Math to join Norman’s classes as the strategies taught in the class would be very useful & certainly they would do better.“

Ms Sarala Devi Arnasalam
Mother of Ashvin
Previously from Bukit Timah Primary School
(Improved from 33% to C in PSLE within 4 months)

Note: To view more of our 2007 PSLE results, please CLICK HERE.

“My daughter used to like mathematics and able to maintain her grades above 85 till P4. In P6, her marks dropped to 66 (SA1) as she lost attention, interest and confidence.

Choosing a good tutor for our children is important so I flipped through newspapers, asked friends and surfed the internet on tuition schools providing June holiday Maths camp. At last, I found Mr Norman Tien and am very happy to have chosen his PSLE Intensive Revision Programme..

I’m impressed with their responsibility and they do put in great effort to help. Reluctantly, Sharlynn joined his PSLE programme during the June holidays. After which, she actually wanted to continue with the weekly sessions with Norman Tien as she found the teaching fun, methods are interesting and easy to understand.

Most importantly, they helped her regain confidence and understanding the mathematical problems. Her improvement could be seen from her school work and class test immediately, and her teacher did comment on her improvement.

I have confirmed to send my second child to Mr Norman Tien!“

Ms Wynnie Muk
Mother of Sharlynn Wu
Child previously from Woodlands Primary School
(Improved from 66% to A* in PSLE within 4 months)

Note: To view more of our 2007 PSLE results, please CLICK HERE.

“Before joining Norman Tien Mathematics, Caleb had always been very careless in his work. He cannot focus and has short attention span. His marks are always around 70+ to 82.

After a 10-day intensive training, his focus was still not there but he has acquired the techniques of countering his carelessness. He has to be reminded to apply the techniques and, as parents, we worked with him consistently. He went through the 10-day intensive training in the beginning of Primary 5 and by the end of Primary 5 he started achieving results. He scored 94 for his prelim.

Ever since he joined Norman Tien Mathematics, Caleb becomes more confident in himself. He starts to like Math and always wants to go for the tuition. He loves Norman’s jokes and the way he brings out the concepts to them. It was so much easier to understand. Besides enjoying the fun in the class, his mental calculation has improved. His teacher even commented that Caleb has begun to put more attention and thought to his Math work.

As parents, we are happy to know that he is able to perform and most important is that he loves Math and is confident about himself.“

Mrs Lena Chang
Mother of Caleb Chang
Previously from Tao Nan School
(Improved from 70+ marks in P5 to Grade A* for PSLE)

NOTE:  To view more of our 2007 PSLE results, please CLICK HERE.

“Hannan managed to achieve a B grade.

We are pleased that he was able to achieve such a result in consideration that he had been struggling to pass his SA1 and Prelim papers.

We are very thankful to Norman and your team of tutors for the great encouragement and challenges given to Hannan to help him grow with confidence and self-esteem. And of course, the interesting techniques learnt.

Once again, THANK YOU.“

Imbrahim Abdullah
Child previously from Pasir Ris Primary School
(Improved from 51% to a B within 4 months)

NOTE: To view more of our 2007 PSLE results, please CLICK HERE.

“Gordon had been failing Math since P4 with marks around 40s. There were many basic concepts that he could not master. He was disinterested in Math and was extremely difficult to get him to concentrate on the subject. He would take hours sometimes just to complete 5 sums or so. He was also easily bored and had difficulty focusing in class as the teachers were teaching “above” his level.

After putting him in Norman Tien Mathematics programmes, it took about 5 months or so before I saw a glimmer of hope but he was at least interested in attending the classes which was much more than I could ask for.

Norman Tien Mathematics programme is very different from other tuitions. Gordon received much encouragement from his tutors and they were able to sustain his interest. I know they tried very hard as Gordon has special needs and has ADD symptoms. We literally ploughed through the 7 months and I could see him handling some of the sums which he never was able to. What was interesting was that the method used by Norman Tien Mathematics were captivating plus lots of humour thrown in.. He remembered the “stories” behind the concepts. His school teacher said he was showing improvement and some of the methods really work for him.

Naturally I was thrilled although I was apprehensive about him finishing the exam paper as Gordon struggled with time management. My son eventually got a B for math in the recent PSLE, something which I never expected, judging from his past exam marks.“

Mrs Euphemia Chia
Child previously from ACS (Primary)
(Improved from 40+ marks in P4-P5 to a B in PSLE)