Venessa Lee

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Venessa Lee is a senior correspondent at The Straits Times who writes features on parenting and social issues.

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PSLE bootcamps: What are they, and are they necessary?

PSLE bootcamps have become a fixture in Singapore's tuition landscape. These intensive revision crash courses typically claim to help students hone exam techniques for the PSLE and plug gaps in their academic learning.

PSLE bootcamps: How to decide if your child should sign up for one

Participants at a PSLE bootcamp for science, run by tuition provider BlueTree Education, learn about light and shadows through a shadow puppet show.

How to help your child ace the transition to Secondary 1

Students from the Modern Dance CCA (co-curricular activity) performing at the open house at Junyuan Secondary School on Nov 22, 2025. Open houses, which give visitors an idea of the school's learning environment and culture, can be useful in helping post-PSLE students find a secondary school that is a good fit for them.

Secondary schools offer a wide range of CCAs, including archery and Chinese opera

Archery is among the 19 CCAs offered at Maris Stella High School.

10 hacks for common parenting struggles

Church worker Jerrold Hong and his wife, teacher Rachel Lim, both 36, often play board games with their children, Zechariah and Esther, to cultivate play as a way of bonding with their children.

Charity boss opens luxury boutique hotel in Nepal

Charity boss Robert Kee, shown at his home, is opening a luxury boutique hotel in Nepal. It is the latest project from the engineer turned founder of Operation Hope Foundation, which helps the poor in Nepal and Cambodia.

Families embrace volunteerism for their young children and teens

Mr Aarvin Giovanni, Ms Gurpreet Kaur and their children Ashleen and Aaryan at the Bears for Good charity roadshow.

Family steps away from Singapore’s education ‘arms race’

(From left) Mr Joash Liang and Ms Corrine Ang with their daughters Eleora and Elise. In pursuit of a slower, different lifestyle, they relocated first to Thailand, then to Malaysia in recent years.

Curved lines, cosy vibes: Designing safe spaces for youth mental health

The interior of grovve, a new youth wellness space at *Scape, which has a "no wrong door" design concept intended to help persons with diverse mental health needs.

Fostering teens: Former foster child can’t bear being separated from foster home

Mr Ahmad Ashrafiqri, 25, appreciates his foster parents' love and the rules he had to observe in their household growing up.

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