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P3 to P6 · Small groups of 5
Primary Maths Tuition Singapore
Arche Academy teaches primary maths from Primary 3 to Primary 6, in classes of no more than five. P3 and P4 are the foundation years: fractions, multiplication, area and the model method, taught properly so that P5 is not a shock. From P5, classes turn to the PSLE. We are at Blk 208 Hougang Street 21, three minutes from Kovan MRT.
Two stages
Primary maths has two jobs
A P3 child and a P6 child both need maths tuition for different reasons. One is building the habits that the PSLE will test. The other is sitting the PSLE. We teach them as separate classes.
P3 and P4: the foundation years
No national exam yet, so the work is understanding, not drilling. Fractions arrive in P3 and grow in P4, decimals and factors arrive in P4, and word problems start to need two steps. A child who learns to draw a model and explain their working now carries that into every PSLE problem sum.
P5 and P6: PSLE maths
Ratio, percentage, the first algebra and long Paper 2 problem sums. Teaching turns to the exam: heuristics, method marks and timed practice. That class has its own page: PSLE Math tuition for P5 and P6.
P3 and P4
P3 and P4 maths tuition
Most parents look for maths tuition after a bad P5 result. By then the gap usually started two years earlier, in P3 or P4 fractions, in times tables that were never quite automatic, or in word problems a child learned to guess at instead of draw.
P3 and P4 are the cheapest years to fix that. There is no PSLE pressure, the topics are still concrete, and an hour a week is enough to change how a child approaches a problem. The measure of a good P4 year is not one test score. It is whether your child can explain why a method works and draw a model for a question they have not seen before.
So that is what we teach: the MOE syllabus for each level, at the pace your child’s school is moving, with the model method built in from the start rather than added in P6.
P3 and P4 children share one class of up to five. The two years overlap heavily (fractions, multiplication and area all run from P3 into P4), so a P3 child sees where the topic is heading and a P4 child gets the P3 foundation checked.
The syllabus
What P3 and P4 maths cover
From the MOE 2021 Primary Mathematics syllabus, Standard level. Schools choose the order, so your child may meet these in a different sequence.
| Strand | Primary 3 | Primary 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Whole numbers | Numbers to 10,000; addition and subtraction up to 4 digits; times tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9; division with remainder | Numbers to 100,000; rounding; factors and multiples; multiplying up to 4 digits by 1 digit and 3 digits by 2 digits |
| Fractions | Equivalent fractions; simplest form; comparing fractions; adding and subtracting related fractions | Mixed numbers and improper fractions; fraction of a set; adding and subtracting with two different denominators |
| Decimals and money | Adding and subtracting money in decimal notation | Decimals to 3 places; rounding; the four operations on decimals by a 1-digit whole number |
| Measurement | Km, ml and compound units; time in seconds and the 24-hour clock; area and perimeter of rectangles and squares | Area and perimeter of composite figures; finding a missing side from the area or perimeter |
| Geometry | Right angles; perpendicular and parallel lines | Measuring and drawing angles in degrees; properties of rectangles and squares; line symmetry; nets of solids |
| Statistics | Bar graphs with different scales | Tables, line graphs and pie charts |
Where P4 catches children out. P4 is the year fractions, decimals and factors all arrive together, and the word problems start mixing them. It is also the year before ratio and percentage in P5. A child who finishes P4 unsure of fractions will find P5 much harder than it needs to be.
The P4 year-end results also decide the school’s Standard or Foundation recommendation for P5. Our guide to P4 subject-based banding explains what that choice does to the PSLE Score. For the twelve places primary pupils most often lose marks in Maths, see where primary students lose marks.
How we teach
What lessons look like
Five children, not fifteen
Every class is capped at five. At that size the tutor sees each child’s working as they write it and corrects the method, not just the answer.
Draw it before you solve it
We teach the model (bar) method from P3, on the word problems in your child’s own school topics. By P5 it is a habit, not a technique they are meeting for the first time.
Aligned to your child’s school
Lessons follow what your child’s school is teaching that term, so tuition supports the class instead of running a second curriculum beside it.
You can see what happened
Every family gets a private parent dashboard with homework tracking and lesson-by-lesson notes, so you are not relying on a nine-year-old to tell you how tuition went.
Who it’s for
Who this class is for
The P3 child who still counts on fingers
Times tables that are not yet automatic slow down everything that comes after. P3 is the year to fix it.
The P4 child who is lost in fractions
Mixed numbers, improper fractions and decimals all land in one year. This is the most common gap we see before P5.
The child who guesses at word problems
Fine on sums, stuck when the question is in words. Drawing a model is a skill, and it can be taught.
The child heading into PSLE
See our PSLE Math tuition class, built around Paper 2 problem sums and exam timing.
FAQ
Questions parents ask
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Find us
Where we are
We are in Hougang, three minutes’ walk from Kovan MRT, within easy reach of Serangoon, Sengkang and Punggol.
Arche Academy
208 Hougang Street 21, #04-215, Singapore 530208
+65 9678 7010
Classes Tuesday to Friday 3pm to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm.
Sit in on a class
Book a trial lesson
Come and sit in on a class before you decide anything. You will see how your child is taught, meet the tutor, and get an honest read on where the gaps are. If your child does not need tuition right now, we will tell you that too.