bumbee:So good to see many positive feedback on this center. Bought my boy to check out the center last weekend and he is looking forward to having lesson there. Since my boy is under 9, I've also booked for the Modular Diagnostic Paper (MDP) and hope he can start his learning at Math Arena soon(in Jan 2012).Hello! I am Mdm C.Tan and I would like to share my experience with you readers about Math Arena, at Tampines and how my search eventually took me there.
For the most part of both my sons’ academic journey, I teach them. It has proved to be an enriching as well as a fulfilling experience but at times trying, especially 2011, as my elder boy sat for the PSLE and my younger, enters Primary 3.
I am a stay home mum and after fifteen years at work, I decided to put my career on the backburner despite enjoying what I did simply because I saw motherhood as my first priority and I have no regrets doing so. As my two boys grew, I learnt that no two children are academically the same and coaching them would take on different strokes!
My search for Math coaching for my elder son, only began in late P4 as I saw a trend towards Heuristic Math questions set from the school that he attends. Although he was strong in the subject, I felt moving forward, I needed to support and nurture him further in his love for math and to equip him with the mathematical skills needed to answer the myriad of questions as he progressed towards PSLE. Oh, what a journey that has been in my search for the \"right\" tuition centre or the \"right\" home tutor! I found myself frustrated because most do not deliver results. There was a lack of emphasis on mathematical concepts and \"know-how\" despite advertising their unique brand of methodology. To add on to that, a lack of \"heartware\". On home tutors we engaged - That, is an entire story altogether!
We chanced upon Math Arena quite by \"accident\" during one of our online searches. At that point in time, from the many math practice papers the school was gearing the students towards, I realised that the tuition my son was getting was not sufficiently meeting the mark as there were still misinterpretations of questions and misconceptions. When we came to, he had only five months left to PSLE! We knew that fundamentally our son was more than able to pass the paper but we needed to \"up\" his tutoring.
My encounter with Persis at the centre was warm and heartening. I addressed my concerns to her and without hesitation, she took my boy on and through the weeks, concepts were emphasized, re-emphasized, simplified, expanded upon and shown how it is all encompassing and integral in working towards achieving accurate answers. His confidence soared and by the time PSLE came, he was ready to \"conquer\"! I also like the time taken by Persis to explain to me what she had covered during the lessons and what I needed to have my son work on at home. She would then revisit those concepts with him in the following lesson to see that he has understood. Persis was both nurturing and patient and she showed that it mattered that my son excelled. He misses attending lessons there now that the PSLE is over!
Besides Persis, my son was also tutored briefly by Damian Lee and he found his teaching interesting and concepts clearly understood.
To those who are wondering still wondering, I hope my email has squashed your queries. May your search come to an end to what took an eternity for me, many moons ago!
Thanks to all who had provided invaluable feedback.
My DS would be there to stay 
). Hope to see you around and learn from you and your DS.