Class BreakdownWhat's covered in our Primary 3/4
1.5-hour lessons
Mathematics and Science run as separate 1.5-hour sessions. Each lesson is split into three focused 30-minute blocks — concept teaching, guided practice, then exam-style application.
📐Mathematics (1.5 hrs)🔬Science (1.5 hrs)💻Online / Physical Classes
📐 MathematicsP3/4 Mathematics — 1.5-hour lesson
Aligned to the MOE Primary Mathematics syllabus, with heavy emphasis on the bar model, working presentation and heuristics that carry through to PSLE.
⏱ 30 mins
Block 1 — Whole Numbers & the Four Operations
- Numbers up to 10,000 (P3) and 100,000 (P4)
- Place value, comparing and ordering numbers
- Addition & subtraction with regrouping
- Multiplication tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9
- Multiplication & division by 1-digit and 2-digit numbers
- Factors and multiples (P4)
- Order of operations and mental strategies
- Estimation and checking answers for reasonableness
⏱ 30 mins
Block 2 — Fractions, Decimals, Money & Measurement
- Equivalent fractions and simplifying to lowest terms
- Comparing and ordering fractions
- Adding & subtracting like and related fractions
- Mixed numbers and improper fractions (P4)
- Fraction of a set and of a quantity
- Decimals up to 3 decimal places — place value and conversion (P4)
- Four operations with decimals and money
- Measurement conversions: km/m, kg/g, litres/ml, hours/minutes
⏱ 30 mins
Block 3 — Geometry, Data & Problem-Solving Heuristics
- Perimeter and area of squares, rectangles and composite figures
- Angles: right angles, acute and obtuse (P4)
- Perpendicular and parallel lines; symmetry and tessellation (P4)
- Time — 24-hour clock and duration problems
- Reading bar graphs, tables and line graphs
- Bar model drawing for word problems
- Heuristics: guess & check, work backwards, look for patterns, make a list
- Timed practice with full presentation of working
🔬 ScienceP3/4 Science — 1.5-hour lesson
Built around the MOE Lower Block themes — Diversity, Cycles, Systems, Energy and Interactions — with equal weight given to process skills and answering technique.
⏱ 30 mins
Block 1 — Diversity & Cycles
- Diversity of living and non-living things
- Classification of animals: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects
- Classification of plants and their characteristics
- Materials and their properties; choosing the right material
- Life cycles of plants — germination and growth
- Life cycles of animals — butterfly, mosquito, chicken, frog
- Matter: the three states, mass and volume (P4)
- Vocabulary and keyword building for each topic
⏱ 30 mins
Block 2 — Systems, Energy & Interactions
- Plant parts and their functions — roots, stem, leaves
- The human digestive system and its organs
- Magnets, magnetic materials and making magnets (P3)
- Light: sources, shadows and reflection (P4)
- Heat and temperature; conductors and insulators (P4)
- Interactions between magnets — attraction and repulsion
- Linking cause and effect across topics
- Concept mapping to connect related ideas
⏱ 30 mins
Block 3 — Process Skills & Exam Technique
- Observing, comparing, classifying and inferring
- Fair testing — changed, measured and kept-the-same variables
- Reading and interpreting tables, graphs and diagrams
- Predicting outcomes and drawing conclusions from data
- Structuring open-ended answers with the required keywords
- MCQ elimination strategies and common traps
- Time management across Section A and Section B
- Timed practice papers with individual feedback