Original Title: Anyone heard of Kip Mcgrath Education Centres?


I am contemplating sending my P1 son to Kip McGrath for Math and English Tuition. Any feedback or encounter on the centre?

Hi jedamum


My son likes me to read bedtime stories to him, so I read Chinese story books to him. My in-laws speak to him in mandarin. Is it sufficient? Any suggestions on other forms of reinforcement?

Hi caroline3sg,

Thanks for your suggestion. I will check out EduPlus. Only inconvenience I thought is the distance as the nearest branch is at Bishan.

Berries teaches Higher Chinese, and my active son understands but dun recognise the chinese characters most of the time. He finds it very demoralising. Maybe his foundation is not well established.


Is it the same for Tien Hsia, Hua Language and Eduplus?

I heard Tien Hsia is very academic and has chinese spelling every week. Is it true? I am already having a hard time teaching him his weekly school chinese spelling and would not want another stress.


Chose Berries because it is more "fun" and not so academic knowing my son cannot take it. My son has many teachers over his 1.5 years in Berries, and most of them will have the same comment about him. Only his school chinese teacher in the 2nd term can manage him.

What about Han Language and EduPlus? Are their curriculum same as Tien Hsia or more similar to Berries? You know of any good teachers in any of the schools?

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My boy is in P1 now. He is very active and dislikes Chinese. He attended Berries since beginning of K2. I pulled him out recently because he detested going to the class and the Berries teachers had been complaining about his behaviour in the class. I was appalled by the results of the mock exam in school at the end of 1st semester. Thought a one-to-one coaching will be better, so put him on private tuition instead. However, it does not seem to help as the tutor is unable to discipline him and merely go through the assessment book. And I am having 2nd thoughts sending him to Berries again, but afraid the standard is too high and may put him off even more.

I am really worried for the coming CA2 as it is his first written/sit down exam. Any recommendation for a good Chinese Enrichment School/Teacher or Chinese Tutor in the Hougang/Sengkang area for my boy?