Math Recovery: Close the Gaps This November
Share with us your child’s exam paper. We identify areas of weakness and plan recovery sessions.
2-hour Recovery sessions with Teacher Elaine for Primary 3, 4 and 5 (in 2026), at our Bukit Timah studio or online.
2 to 30 November 2026 · Monday to Friday · 3pm to 5pm or 5pm to 7pm
Math Recovery is MathArchery’s November holiday programme in Bukit Timah, Singapore, for Primary 3, 4 and 5 (in 2026). Share with us your child’s exam paper. We identify areas of weakness, plan recovery sessions, and strengthen weak concepts through targeted teaching and practice. Sessions run Monday to Friday, 2 to 30 November 2026, at 3pm to 5pm or 5pm to 7pm, at our Bukit Timah studio or online.
Where did the marks go?
The exam paper comes home. Some of the wrong answers were questions your child got right in homework.
“Careless” is rarely the whole answer. When you share the paper with us, we go through it one wrong answer at a time and tell you what we find.
One wrong answer, three different reasons
Three Primary 4 children lost the same mark on the same question: 3/4 + 1/8. The answer is 7/8.
The idea is missing
The child wrote 4/12
She added the tops, then the bottoms. She does not yet see a fraction as one number, and has not since Primary 3.
What we do: Rebuild the idea with fraction tiles and a drawn bar.
The method is half learned
The child wrote 3/8 + 1/8 = 4/8
He knows the bottoms must match. He changed the 4 and forgot the 3.
What we do: Rebuild that one step, and practise it until it is right every time.
A slip
The child wrote 7/8 in the working, 7/9 on the answer line
She understood it and copied it wrongly.
What we do: No reteaching. Build a checking habit.
Same mark, three different reasons. That is why Math Recovery has no fixed syllabus, and why we plan every child’s sessions from their own paper.
How Math Recovery works
Share with us your child’s exam paper. Phone photos on WhatsApp are fine.
We identify areas of weakness and plan recovery sessions. We tell you which topics come first, and how many sessions we suggest.
Strengthen weak concepts through targeted teaching and practices in Recovery sessions. We go in small steps, starting from the weakest concept. Then your child tries the same kind of question on their own, so we can check that they really understand it.
Other children may be in the studio, but each child works on their own plan.
Does this sound like your child?
“Maths was fine until this year.”
Primary 4 and 5 ask a lot more of a child. Usually a few topics are the cause, and the paper shows us which ones.
“There are gaps everywhere, and I don’t know where to begin.”
No child has too many gaps for us. Often one earlier topic causes several weak ones. We start there, then work through the rest in order.
“My child says ‘I’m just bad at maths’.”
We start with questions your child can get right. Small wins come first, and confidence grows as your child starts getting answers right.
“She did fine, but lost marks in one or two topics.”
Share the paper anyway. If the marks went to careless slips with nothing missing underneath, we tell you.
“Every time I try to teach him, we fight.”
Many parents tell us the same. You are welcome to hand this part over to us.
Why close the gaps before the new school year?
Maths builds on itself. A shaky idea in Primary 3 is still shaky in Primary 4, and by Primary 5 it turns up again under a new chapter name.
New topics start in January. The new level assumes last year’s ideas are in place.
This is the one time nothing new is coming. The exam is over and the paper is still fresh. There is time to go over an idea slowly and get it right.
Sometimes it just takes something to click in a child’s mind. When an old idea finally makes sense, the topics built on it start to make sense too, and a child can improve from there.
See how one idea runs from Primary 3 to Primary 6
The Ministry of Education’s primary mathematics syllabus puts it plainly: “Progress in mathematics learning is dependent on the mastery of pre-requisite concepts and skills.” Fractions, level by level:
Primary 3
Teaches: Equivalent fractions, simplest form, adding related fractions.
Takes for granted: A fraction as equal parts of one whole.
Primary 4
Teaches: Mixed numbers, fraction of a set, adding fractions with two different denominators.
Takes for granted: Equivalent fractions.
Primary 5
Teaches: Multiplying fractions, and percentage as a part of a whole.
Takes for granted: Everything above.
Primary 6
Teaches: Dividing by fractions, ratio, finding the whole from a part and its percentage.
Takes for granted: Everything above.
Choose your preferred days and time slots
Your days
Any weekday from 2 to 30 November.
Your time slot
3pm to 5pm, or 5pm to 7pm.
Dates fixed before the first session
We agree all the dates with you on WhatsApp after we read the paper.
Studio or online
Bukit Timah studio or online, session by session.
Easy drop-off
A grandparent or helper is welcome. The car park gives a 10-minute grace period.
Your child’s coach
Teacher Elaine’s coaching is student-centred. She brings out the best in each child, and helps them see maths as fun yet challenging. She builds each child’s ASC²: Accuracy, Speed, Consistency and Confidence.
- Founder, MathArchery
- 10 years teaching Primary and Secondary Mathematics
- Specialist Diploma in Specific Learning Differences
- Degree in Computer Science, National University of Singapore
- Trains non-standard problem solving questions expected in the PSLE
When is it, and what does it cost?
Choose your preferred days and time slots
Each session is 2 hours long, and you choose the days and the time slot.
2 to 30 November 2026
Monday to Friday
- 3pm to 5pm
- 5pm to 7pm
We fix the dates with you after we read the paper.
- Fee
- $270 3 sessions of 2 hrCovers the lesson plan, the sessions and all materials. No registration fee. Extra sessions, if needed, are $90 each.
- Places
- Small groups, so every child gets Teacher Elaine’s attention.
- Where
- MathArchery, 9 King Albert Park #02-22, KAP Mall, Bukit Timah, Singapore 598332. King Albert Park MRT (DT6) is about 10 minutes’ walk away, largely sheltered. Getting here.
- Studio or online
- At our Bukit Timah studio or online. You can choose differently for each session, for example the studio on Monday and online on Thursday.
Fees and times for weekly classes are on the schedule and fees page.
Google Reviews
Parents on our weekly classes.
“…teacher Elaine helped her to love the subject so much that she is now asking me to sign her up for year end math to learn more before school lessons. My daughter is now much more confident and does not delay doing her math homework.”
“She is an incredibly patient and thorough math tutor who has made a huge difference in my son’s learning. Her teaching style is clear and methodical, ensuring that my son fully understands each concept before moving on.”
Questions parents ask
Can my child join online?
Yes. Each session can be at our Bukit Timah studio or online, and you choose for each one.
Is it one-to-one?
Each child has their own plan and works on it with Teacher Elaine. A few other children may be in the studio, each on their own plan.
Will the other children see what my child is working on?
No. Every child has their own work, and the levels are mixed.
My child is tired after the exams. Is this more drilling?
No. There is no practice-paper drilling. We work on a few ideas at a time, with questions your child can get right, so the sessions feel manageable after a long exam season.
Which papers should I send?
The marked end-of-year paper, every page, so we can see the working and the marking. Mid-year papers and class tests help too.
The school has not returned the paper yet.
WhatsApp us anyway, and share the paper when it comes home. Other marked work helps in the meantime.
Is three sessions too much for one topic?
The first session finds the gap. The second and third give your child time to practise the idea until they can use it on their own, which is why most children need 3 sessions of 2 hours.
Is there work to do at home?
Sometimes. If an idea needs more practice, we give your child a little work to do at home.
Can my child join if they are not a MathArchery student?
Yes. Any Primary 3, 4 or 5 student is welcome.
What happens after November?
That is your choice. Some children are done after Recovery, and some join our weekly Primary 3, 4 or 5 classes. From 30 November, Math Headstart also prepares your child for the next level. See Math Headstart
What else runs this year end?
Math Recovery in November and Math Headstart from 30 November. Our holiday programmes page compares them side by side. Compare the two programmes
How do I sign up?
WhatsApp us your child’s level and share the exam paper. We tell you what we find and what we suggest, and then you decide.
Tell us about your Math Needs
WhatsApp us your child’s level and share the exam paper. Whether it is one topic or several, we tell you what we see and how we would help.