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JC1 to JC2 Headstart

NicoleClassroomAbout 3 minutes at a natural pace. The cold open (H1) alone cuts as a 30 second Reel; H1 + H2 + H7 as a 60 second versionRegister at tuitiongenius.com/headstart
The feeling: A senior who has just been through it, half joking about December, fully serious about the plan. Light, then clear.
H1Cold open: my December, explained by JC1 Econs0:00 to 0:37

When I finished promos, I did what every J1 does. I opened Netflix. And then my JC1 Econs kicked in.

Diminishing marginal utility. Episode one, incredible. Episode nine at 3am, I felt nothing.

Opportunity cost. Every episode is one Macro chapter I am not reading. And Macro is the bulk of JC2.

Sunk cost fallacy. Your promo grade? Sunk. You cannot get those marks back. What you do with October to December? Not sunk. That part you still control.

So here is the plan.

NICOLE

Deadpan. Phone in hand for the Netflix line, then put it face down on the desk on 'so here is the plan'. The sunk cost beat is the turn: drop the joke voice and say it kindly. That line is the whole video.

Camera

Classroom, seated at a desk, whiteboard behind. Medium shot for the bit so the phone is in frame. Push in to a medium close-up on 'so here is the plan'.

Bazli
On screenDIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
On screenOPPORTUNITY COST
On screenSUNK COST FALLACY
HS-A19HS-A19On 'Sunk cost fallacy', the textbook's own sunk cost page (the $50 and $750 tags) slides in beside her for 2 seconds. It is the punchline: the joke is a lesson in the book
Each concept name pops in as a chalk-style caption when she names it. On 'not sunk', the caption 'October to December: not sunk' replaces it and holds.
Lower thirdNicole · ETG Economics
H2What Headstart is0:37 to 1:10

ETG Headstart is the JC1 to JC2 programme. It runs from the week of 19 October to the end of December. 16 lessons.

It does three things. It goes back over the JC1 Micro that your promo paper flagged. It starts Macro before school does. And it builds the skills that score: essays, case studies, evaluation.

So when your school starts Macro in January, it is the second time you are seeing it, not the first.

NICOLE

Three fingers for three things. Hold up Macroeconomics Express on 'starts Macro before school does'. The last line is the promise of the programme, said as a fact.

Camera

Medium close-up. Book in frame when she lifts it.

Bazli
On screenETG HEADSTART · JC1 to JC2 16 lessons · week of 19 Oct to 30 Dec 2026
On screen1 · Go back over the JC1 Micro your promo paper flagged 2 · Start Macro before school does 3 · Build the skills that score: essays, case studies, evaluation
HS-A11HS-A11Volume 4 Intro to Macro chapter opener, on 'starts Macro before school does'

I liked that Mr Toh teaches the lessons in advance.

Ng De Qi, EJCverbatim
H3The lessons1:10 to 1:52

The first four lessons are Pre-Headstart, in October and November. The 2008 financial crisis, taught through a Hollywood film. Behavioural economics. A review of the top questions from J1 promo papers across Singapore. And seven Micro questions you must have settled before J2.

Then Headstart proper. Introduction to Macroeconomics on 17 November. A review of the 2026 A Level questions, the week after the paper. Four content crashcourses. Four skills crashcourses. Singapore's fiscal policy. And a comparison of two economies' standard of living, which Mr Toh films on location in another city, and that lesson is free.

NICOLE

Fast and light, like reading a menu you like. Bazli carries the detail on screen, so you do not have to hit every word.

Camera

Medium close-up. Consider a second take with her standing at the whiteboard pointing at a written list of the four stages.

Bazli
HS-A08HS-A08Lesson list card, right half of frame, the four stages lighting up as she reaches them
On screenPre-Headstart 1 to 4 · Oct to Nov
On screenHeadstart 1 to 12 · 17 Nov to 30 Dec
HS-A21HS-A21Chapter openers flash as she lists: HS7 essays
HS-A20HS-A20HS11 fiscal policy
HS-A17HS-A17HS12 two baskets on 'standard of living'
On screenFree: Standard of living, filmed on location
H4Two tracks1:52 to 2:24

There are two tracks.

The Complete Headstart Programme is all 16 lessons. It is $1,200, which is pay for 12 lessons and get 4 free.

The Intensive Crashcourse is the 8 core sessions: the four content crashcourses and the four skills crashcourses. It is $680.

If your promo paper said your Micro is not solid yet, take Complete. If your content is fine and it is the writing you want, take Intensive.

NICOLE

Two hands, left for Complete, right for Intensive. The 'if' lines are advice, said plainly. This is the moment a viewer decides, so slow down.

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Medium close-up.

Bazli
HS-A09HS-A09Two tracks card, full frame for 4 seconds, then picture in picture
On screenCOMPLETE · 16 lessons · $1,200 · pay 12, get 4 free
On screenINTENSIVE CRASHCOURSE · 8 sessions · $680
H5The books2:24 to 2:46

Both tracks come with over $200 of printed materials, written by Mr Toh.

Microeconomics Express. Macroeconomics Express. The Diagrams Booklet. The Summary Book. The Exercise Book.

And the Headstart Textbook, Economics Volume 4, the new 2026 edition. One chapter per lesson. This is the one you work from.

NICOLE

Pick each up, show it, name it. Open the Headstart Textbook and flip three pages slowly towards the lens. This is the 'sample pages' moment the video is built around.

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Widen to show the desk. For the flip, come in close over her shoulder so the pages fill the frame; hold each spread for two seconds.

Bazli
The presenter's footage of the real books is the visual. Overlay the cover scans only if a cover glares.
HS-A01HS-A01Micro Express
HS-A02HS-A02Macro Express
HS-A04HS-A04Diagrams
HS-A03HS-A03Summary
HS-A05HS-A05Exercise Book
HS-A06HS-A06Volume 4 cover, 2026 edition, full frame for 2 seconds on 'Economics Volume 4'
HS-A13HS-A13Then four pages as the book is flipped, 1.5 seconds each
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All 25 rendered pages are in assets/HEADSTART/vol4-pages/. Pick any that suit the cut.
On screenOver $200 of printed materials · included
H6Where and how2:46 to 3:07

Lessons run at Coronation Plaza and Kovan with Mr Toh, and at Upper Thomson with Ms Cherilyn.

Every session is also live on Zoom, and every session is recorded, with 3 months of access. A clash with a school event never means a missed lesson.

NICOLE

Reassuring. This is the line for the student with CCA camp in December.

Camera

Medium close-up.

Bazli
On screenCoronation Plaza · Kovan · Upper Thomson · Zoom · recorded, 3 months of access

The programme is very comprehensive. By the time you sit for A Levels, it is like muscle memory.

Tok Wei Yang, JPJCverbatim
H7The link3:07 to 3:17

Register at tuitiongenius.com slash headstart. The first lesson is in the week of 19 October.

See you there.

NICOLE

Warm. End on 'see you there'. Hold two seconds after.

Camera

Medium close-up. Hold.

Bazli
On screentuitiongenius.com/headstart First lesson: week of 19 October
On screen4.9 average across 500+ verified Google and Facebook reviews · tuitiongenius.com/reviews
SH-01SH-01End card

Extra takes

Alt 1

The textbook first

This is Economics Volume 4, the Headstart Textbook. If you are in JC1 and promos are over, this is what your October to December looks like. Let me show you.

Show the thing in the first frame. Best for a Reel where the cold open bit may be too long. Film it holding the textbook to the lens, then flipping.

Alt 2

The plain gap

From January to May next year, you cover the second half of the whole syllabus. Macro. At the same time it is CCA peak season. So the stretch from now to December is the one stretch where nobody is adding to your plate. Here is what to do with it.

Mr Toh's insight in a peer's mouth, no joke. Straight explainer for a parent-heavy audience or the website.

Before the shoot

On the table

Confirm with Mr Toh

  1. The Headstart page says 'October to December'. The letter says lessons start in the week of 19 October. The scripts say 'the week of 19 October'. Confirm.
  2. Prices as on the page today: Complete $1,200 (pay 12, get 4 free) and Intensive Crashcourse $680. Confirm these hold for the 2026 run before the video airs.
  3. Bring a printed Economics Volume 4 (2026 edition) if one exists, plus the five other books. If no printed copy exists yet, the presenter holds last year's Volume 4 and Bazli overlays the 2026 cover and pages (HS-A06, HS-A07 and HS-A11 to A21).
  4. The free standard-of-living lesson: the letter lists it as a free extra. The website lists 'Comparing Standards of Living' as Lesson 16. The scripts call it 'a free lesson filmed on location'. Confirm that wording.
  5. Is Ms Cherilyn happy to be named as the Upper Thomson tutor on camera?

Assets for Bazli

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Microeconomics Express, 2nd edition, cover
Materials section
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Macroeconomics Express, 2nd edition, cover
Materials section, and under 'Macro before school does'
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Economics Summary Booklet, cover
Materials section
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Economics Diagrams Booklet, cover
Materials section
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ETG Exercise Book, cover
Materials section
assets/HEADSTART/HS-A05_exercise-book.jpg
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The Headstart Textbook: A Level Geniusbook Economics Volume 4, 2026 edition cover (Headstart Programme Lessons). Rendered from the print file
Materials section, the hero book. Also the first frame of the textbook alternative opening
assets/HEADSTART/HS-A06_vol4-cover-2026.jpg
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Volume 4 inside pages. 25 rendered pages sit in assets/HEADSTART/vol4-pages/ (chapters HS1, HS3, HS6, HS7, HS10, HS11, HS12, PHS2), each named by chapter and page. This one: standard of living charts, HS1 p7
Any page-flip moment. Hold each page 1.5 to 2 seconds, slight zoom
assets/HEADSTART/vol4-pages/HS-A07_HS1-p07.jpg
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HS1 chapter opener: Introduction to Macroeconomics
On 'starts Macro before school does'
assets/HEADSTART/vol4-pages/HS-A07_HS1-p01.jpg
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HS1 'This chapter on one plate' overview page
Page flip
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HS3 The Price Mechanism page with the S$28,501 illustration
Page flip, the most visual Micro page
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HS6 Taxes and subsidies, carbon tax page (S$45)
Page flip
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HS7 Essay Writing Skills: 'Six questions. Answer three.' spread
On 'four skills crashcourses' or 'essays'
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HS10 Evaluation: The Identification Key page
On 'evaluation'
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HS12 Standard of living: The Two Baskets illustration
On 'comparing two economies' standard of living'
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HS12 The Great Equaliser: PPP chart page
Page flip
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PHS2 Behavioural Economics: the sunk cost price tags ($50 and $750)
Nicole's cold open, on 'Sunk cost fallacy'. The textbook teaches the exact concept she is joking about
assets/HEADSTART/vol4-pages/HS-A07_PHS2-p03.jpg
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HS11 Singapore's tax system: the S$24.9bn skyline page
On 'Singapore's fiscal policy'
assets/HEADSTART/vol4-pages/HS-A07_HS11-p03.jpg
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HS7 Essay Writing Skills chapter opener (84)
On 'four skills crashcourses'
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The 16 lessons on one card, 4 stages, with dates. Generated from the JC1 letter
Full frame or right half of frame during the lessons section
assets/HEADSTART/HS-A08_lesson-list.jpg
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Complete Headstart vs Intensive Crashcourse, one card, with prices
Full frame during the two tracks section
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document
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The 2026 Headstart letter and schedule for JC1, as sent to ETG students. Source of every date
Reference only. Do not show on screen
assets/HEADSTART/HS-A10_schedule-letter.docx
Shared
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ETG Econs wordmark, orange
End card, corner bug
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ETG Econs wordmark, black
Light backgrounds
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ETG Econs wordmark, white
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ETGECONS lion mark, square
Profile bug, intro sting
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Mr Toh portrait, classroom, portrait orientation
Credential card in the Nicole videos
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Mr Toh lecturing, wide
B-roll under 'Mr Toh runs every session'
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Mr Toh lecturing, second angle
B-roll
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Credential card text, exact wording
Copy the text as the on-screen credential card
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Notes for Nicole before reading the script

The audience is a J1 who has just sat promos. They are relieved, a bit tired, and about to decide what to do with October to December. We are not warning them. We are showing them a plan that makes January easier, and we are doing it with a smile.

The cold open is a bit: you explain your December using JC1 Econs. It works because they just sat those concepts, and because the last beat (sunk cost) turns into the honest point. Play it deadpan, not sitcom. If a line does not feel like you, swap the example but keep the concept.

After the cold open, the video is plain: what Headstart is, the lessons, the two tracks, the books, where it runs, the link. Every number and date has been checked. Say them as written.

Film section by section. Say the code before each section (say 'H2', pause, go). For H1, do three takes: the jokes land better when you are bored of them.

You are not claiming you took Headstart. You are the senior explaining what it is. Any 'I' in the script is about your own December, and if it is not true for you, change it to something that is.

Say this, not that
Not thisThis instead
the next three months will determine whether you do well or struggle throughout JC2from now to December is the one stretch where nobody is adding to your plate
you are going to waste your holidayDecember disappears fast, so here is what fits into it
your competition has already registerednothing. Never say it
Singapore's top economics tuition centrean Economics specialist centre since 2007, 4.9 across 500+ verified reviews
you will be ahead of everyonewhen school starts Macro in January, it is the second time you are seeing it
guaranteed improvement, or 'fixes your Micro'the three things the programme does: go back over the JC1 Micro your promo paper flagged, start Macro before school does, build the skills that score
Facts and sources
  • Headstart runs from the week of 19 October 2026 to 30 December 2026. ETG takes a break from 28 September to 18 October for the promotional exams, then lessons resume in the week of 19 October with Headstart2026 Headstart letter for JC1 (docx), received 11 Sep 2026
  • 16 lessons in four stages. Pre-Headstart 1 to 4 (October to November): the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Behavioural Economics, Review of Top Questions from J1 Promo Papers, Micro Content to Master before J2 (7 selected questions, recorded). Headstart 1 to 12: Introduction to Macroeconomics (17 Nov at Coronation Plaza), Review of the 2026 A Level Questions (24 Nov), four content crashcourses (DDSS and Elasticities, Market Structure, Market Failure, Government Policies and Failure), four skills crashcourses (Essay Writing, How to Revise and Essential Exam Skills, CSQ Application, Evaluation), Fiscal Policy and Taxes in Singapore (26, 27 or 30 Dec), Key Economic Indicators and Standard of Living2026 Headstart letter for JC1, schedule table
  • Content crashcourses run Saturday 28 November (Mr Toh) or Saturday 5 December (ETG team). Skills crashcourses run Sunday 29 November (Mr Toh) or Saturday 12 December (ETG team). All at Coronation Plaza, 90 minutes each2026 Headstart letter for JC1, elective tables
  • A free extra lesson: Comparing Standard of Living between Singapore and another country or city. In a typical year Mr Toh travels and films it on location2026 Headstart letter for JC1
  • Venues: Coronation Plaza and Kovan taught by Mr Toh, Upper Thomson taught by Ms Cherilyn. Every session live on Zoom and recorded; access to recordings for 3 months (indefinitely for weekly programme students)tuitiongenius.com/headstart, read 11 Sep 2026; Flipbook 2026 content sheet
  • Two tracks. Complete Headstart Programme: all 16 lessons, $1,200 (usual $1,600, pay for 12 lessons and get 4 free). Intensive Crashcourse: 8 core sessions (four content crashcourses and four skills crashcourses), $680 (usual $1,000)tuitiongenius.com/headstart, read 11 Sep 2026
  • Materials, over $200: Macroeconomics Express, Microeconomics Express, Economics Diagrams Booklet, Economics Summary Book, ETG Exercise Book, the Headstart Textbook (Economics Volume 4). Printed, bound, written by Mr Tohtuitiongenius.com/headstart, read 11 Sep 2026
  • JC1 promotional exams fall in the week of 21 September 2026. MOE Term 4 runs 14 September to 27 November; the JC1 year-end holiday runs 28 November to 31 DecemberENGINE/SEASON.md (MOE 2026 term dates, ETG promo plan page)
  • The strongest October posts in 2024 and 2025 were both JC1 post-promo pieces ('J1s: Your Post-Promos Game Plan Starts Now', 1,990 views; 'J1s, feeling behind after promos?', 1,960)ENGINE/SEASON.md
  • The Headstart Textbook is A Level Geniusbook Economics Volume 4, 2026 edition (cover reads 'Headstart Programme Lessons'), one chapter per Headstart lesson. Chapters delivered as of 11 September: HS1, HS3, HS5, HS6, HS7, HS8, HS10, HS11, HS12, PHS2, PHS4ETG Book Design Team/ETG Textbook Vol 4/04_DELIVERY and 00_ENGINE/CONTINUATION_STATE.md, read 11 Sep 2026
  • 4.9 average across 500+ verified Google and Facebook reviews · tuitiongenius.com/reviewstuitiongenius.com/reviews, read 3 Sep 2026