Why Your Child Should Start Learning Drag-and-Drop Visual Programming Before Syntax Programming
Drag-and-drop visual Programming vs Syntax Programming Code comes in a wide variety of programming languages. We can group these programming languages into two forms — syntax and drag-and-drop visual programming. Text-based programming , or commonly known as Syntax, languages include Python, Javascript and C++. Generally, people perceive syntax or text-based programming to be the […]
My Lilbookworm review: The Lab Holiday Camp Program
Looking for a holiday camp this September? AJ from My Lilbookworm has joined us for our drone holiday camp in June and thoroughly enjoyed himself. Here to find out why: THE LAB – A CODING SCHOOL BACKED BY HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS Ever since I watched this documentary about Drones in China during my trip with AJ toShanghai last […]
The Lab Singapore is on Cheekiemonkies
The Lab Singapore is highly honoured to have Kelvin – blogger of Cheekiemonkies to review us. I’m Kelvin, a Daddy Blogger based in Singapore and most recently, an author of two editions of ‘Got Kids, Go Where?’ – a book of 550 activities for parents to do with their kids in Singapore. I have guest […]
21st Century way of learning: Inquiry-based Learning
Human curiosity has been the backbone to how we have perceived the world and the application of this knowledge. As an education centre, The Lab strive to not just impart knowledge to our students, we use inquiry based learning as part of our pedagogy. What is inquiry-based learning? Inquiry-based learning is a form of active […]
The “Perfect” Father is at The Lab Singapore
The Lab Singapore is delighted to have one of the most famous daddy bloggers in Singapore, the “Perfect” Father, to visit our lab and have his children attend one of our June holidays camp! Here is what he has to say about us: Have you been taking leave to bring the kiddos out during this […]
Why a Raspberry Pi? Raspberry Pi VS Micro:Bit
Why a Raspberry Pi over Micro:bit Micro Bit has been commonly known as an entry-level microcomputer. It aimed at very basic, entry-level use cases. Raspberry Pi, due to its economical price and versatile use, it is commonly used for tertiary education. Raspberry Pi 3 vs BBC Micro Bit – Design While the Raspberry Pi 3 […]
The Lab Singapore Parent Portal
The Lab Singapore is proud to present The Lab Parent Portal designed for busy parents in a digital age. Parents are now able to track your child’s learning progression with us real-time. Available to students ages 10-16 in our The Lab program.
Frequently Asked Questions – Robotics and Programming competitions in Singapore
1. What are the well-known competitions for Robotics and Programming? For Robotics focused competitions, the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is generally considered the most popular, while for Programming focused competitions, Singapore has the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI). 2. What is the difference between these two competitions? WRO involves designing, building and programming a competition […]
A Guide to DSA (Direct School Admission)
As all secondary schools are increasing the proportion of students’ intake though the DSA, more and more parents are considering that route for their child. Here is a guide to: What is DSA and how it works? Direct School Admission for secondary schools (DSA-Sec) allows students to apply to some schools before taking the PSLE. […]
