There’s something special about being part of a learning centre that’s focused on making sure that the students learn, rather than being obsessed with expanding and money. I’ve had the chance to help shape the curriculum at Joyous Learning and it’s been a blast learning how to teach students without using university level information to teach them.
We also wrote Grade Expectations for Yahoo during my time at Joyous Learning.
I was with Joyous Learning from 2016 to 2023, and it was an amazing time that I had there. Some of my proudest achievements are:
- ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐บ. 4 whole levels of Secondary English, complete with Listening Comprehension, Oral, and escape rooms. If I had magnum opus here, it would be this.
- ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐. At least 12 two-hour Escape Room lessons for English, across Primary and Secondary levels. And 2 more centre-spanning, three-hour Escape Room workshops for English and Maths.
- ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต. Weekly bonus detective stories for kids to solve. Along the way, I managed to weave in a storyline, a romance, an arch nemesis, a group of supervillains, and a wedding.
- ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. Adrian and I wrote an education column for Yahoo, based on our experiences in the industry.
- ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ธรฉ๐บ๐ผ๐ป. A 4-hour workshop that taught kids to spot the wordplay in Pokรฉmon. I would have gone on to do a series for different franchises, which is something I still hope to do one day!
As teacher
Primary 3 Giftedness Enhancement Programme
Primary 4: GEP English
Primary 4: GEP Mathematics
Primary 5: GEP English
Primary 5: GEP Mathematics
As curriculum writer
Primary 3 Giftedness Enhancement Programme
Primary 4: GEP English
Primary 4: GEP Mathematics
Primary 5: GEP English
Primary 5: GEP Mathematics
Escape Room Workshops
Interested to work with me?