Head Start Programmes
Start the new school year already familiar with the topics ahead. Lessons are 2 hours each, at our centre at 14A Sixth Avenue, Bukit Timah.
Secondary 1 Head Start (November–December 2026)
For students moving up from Primary 6 after the PSLE. Secondary school math is very different from primary school math, so we use six lessons to build the foundation the secondary syllabus rests on.
- When:
- 6 lessons, 12.30pm to 2.30pm
- Choose 6 of these 8 dates in 2026:
- Wednesday 11 November
- Monday 16 November
- Wednesday 18 November
- Monday 23 November
- Wednesday 25 November
- Monday 30 November
- Wednesday 2 December
- Thursday 3 December
- Where: at the centre (in person only)
- Topics:
- Order of operations
- Real numbers
- Algebraic expressions
Book Sec 1 Head Start on WhatsApp →
Secondary 2, 3 and 4 Head Start (November–December 2026)
For students moving up to Secondary 2, 3 or 4 in 2027. In the holidays we follow our own syllabus and start next year's topics, so students begin the new school year already familiar with them. The same topics are taught whether your child is in the IB, IP or 'O' Level track.
- When:
- Monday to Thursday, from late October to Thursday 3 December 2026
- Lessons start in the week after your child's final math paper
- No lesson on Monday 9 November (public holiday)
- New to Mad4Math? Start with our 4-lesson introductory package.
- Topics for students moving up to Sec 2:
- Expansion and factorisation
- Quadratic equations
- Algebraic fractions
- Changing the subject of a formula
- Simultaneous equations
- Topics for students moving up to Sec 3:
- The quadratic formula and completing the square
- Linear and quadratic inequalities
- The discriminant and the nature of roots
- Indices and exponential equations
- Surds
- Logarithms
- Topics for students moving up to Sec 4:
- Differentiation: the chain, product and quotient rules
- Tangents and normals
- Rates of change
- Maxima and minima
- Differentiating trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions
- Kinematics
Book Sec 2, 3 or 4 Head Start on WhatsApp →
IB Year 5 / JC 1 Head Start (January 2027)
For students starting the IB Diploma or Junior College in 2027. Lessons begin right after the 'O' Level results, so students meet the first-term topics before school covers them.
- When:
- 7 lessons, Thursday 14 January to Thursday 4 February 2027
- Thursdays at 1.30pm and Sundays at 1pm
- The first lesson may move if it clashes with the release of the 'O' Level results
- Topics (common to H1/H2 Math and IB Math AA/AI):
- Arithmetic and geometric progressions
- Sigma notation
- Graphing transformations
- Rational functions
- Inequalities
- New to Mad4Math? You can start earlier, with our 4-lesson introductory package in November.
Book IB Year 5 / JC 1 Head Start on WhatsApp →
IB Year 6 / JC 2 Head Start (November–December 2026)
For students going into their final IB or 'A' Level year.
- When: arranged around each student's school schedule
- New to Mad4Math? Start with our 4-lesson introductory package.
- Practice: end-of-year practice packages to revise IB Year 5 / JC 1 topics
- Topics (depending on the school syllabus):
- Integration
- Applications of integration
- Differential equations
- Permutations and combinations
Book IB Year 6 / JC 2 Head Start on WhatsApp →
Current students
Holiday lesson schedules for current Secondary, IB and JC students are sent to each family directly.