2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[ngl2010]

Thank you SlmKhoo and John for your explanation.


I am currently worried my son had peaked because he had became a confident and happy boy in the last 2 weeks. Preliminary SA1 results added to his confidence (his school set easy papers). I have never seen him like this before so I am worried that he will all the way go downhill from now.

I am thinking how to maintain this peak or even let him go down the valley and peak again. I am not saying that he had achieved all As but he is in his best form now. He is relaxed, only do homework given by school and do 1 top school paper a week but doing reasonably well in SA1. I have to be careful in giving him 'concoction' of work during June holiday so he can maintain his form. It is a different problem now :frustrated:

[JohnYeo]

ngl2010:

Thank you SlmKhoo and John for your explanation.


I am currently worried my son had peaked because he had became a confident and happy boy in the last 2 weeks. Preliminary SA1 results added to his confidence (his school set easy papers). I have never seen him like this before so I am worried that he will all the way go downhill from now.

I am thinking how to maintain this peak or even let him go down the valley and peak again. I am not saying that he had achieved all As but he is in his best form now. He is relaxed, only do homework given by school and do 1 top school paper a week but doing reasonably well in SA1. I have to be careful in giving him 'concoction' of work during June holiday so he can maintain his form. It is a different problem now :frustrated:

Hey ngl2010! You are welcome...

One word for you...Congrats!

And is ok to go downhill
But the difference now is that the next time your child
improves, the rate will be FASTER and the peak value
(if there's such thing) will be HIGHER.

Just take note that sometimes, there may be careless
mistakes made because possibly, your DS is doing
very fast and in his zone (meaning he's really concentrating
and the world around him just stops)

Still, it is a good problem...

What you need to do now maybe to identify
and find out why, what caused the peak...
so now is for you to make sense out of this...

Talk about it with your son and share with him
what you seen and how you feel and help DS
to be aware of what's going too...

Most probably, your DS may already know how
and why he reached the peak...maybe he can
even tell you what happened and what motivated
him.

And now he knows the secrets to his route of
reaching the peak of his mountain!

Congrats again!

John

[ngl2010]

Thanks, John. Now I think about it, it could have been my meetings with his teachers. One of his teachers even made it a big deal in his class because that particular teacher is not his form teacher and also not mother tongue teacher. So, it is very rare for her to get a meeting request from a parent. I can feel that my son was happy that I made an effort to meet a lot of his teachers to talk about him.


Those were also my first meetings with his teachers outside PTM. I had never done that before. During the meetings, he was next to me listening to my conversation with his teachers. His teachers pointed out his weaknesses and how to overcome them.

I think after those meetings, things went smoother and smoother. He understood why we insist on him reading newspaper everyday, why I told him not to write about death in his compo all the time, why he needs to do certain things, etc. Because it is easier to ask him to do something, I nagged less and I guess it makes him a happier boy too

I hope my sharing can benefit other PSLE parents

[JohnYeo]

Definitely! I think it is also inspiring too…


So now you know why…and so continue to do it and work with his teachers…
I think the meeting meant alot to him.

Clap clap clap for you!

[ngl2010]

JohnYeo:

Definitely! I think it is also inspiring too...


So now you know why...and so continue to do it and work with his teachers...
I think the meeting meant alot to him.

Clap clap clap for you!

Thanks a lot, John, for making me analyze what caused these positive changes. Really appreciate it!

:thankyou:

[clay569]

ngl2010:

Thanks, John. Now I think about it, it could have been my meetings with his teachers. One of his teachers even made it a big deal in his class because that particular teacher is not his form teacher and also not mother tongue teacher. So, it is very rare for her to get a meeting request from a parent. I can feel that my son was happy that I made an effort to meet a lot of his teachers to talk about him.


Those were also my first meetings with his teachers outside PTM. I had never done that before. During the meetings, he was next to me listening to my conversation with his teachers. His teachers pointed out his weaknesses and how to overcome them.

I think after those meetings, things went smoother and smoother. He understood why we insist on him reading newspaper everyday, why I told him not to write about death in his compo all the time, why he needs to do certain things, etc. Because it is easier to ask him to do something, I nagged less and I guess it makes him a happier boy too

I hope my sharing can benefit other PSLE parents

Well done! keep it up! :salute:

I hope my DS would peak soon too! Hopefully schools won't pile on too much homework, otherwise there's no time for the kids to work on their individual weaknesses.

[JohnYeo]

ngl2010:

JohnYeo:

Definitely! I think it is also inspiring too...


So now you know why...and so continue to do it and work with his teachers...
I think the meeting meant alot to him.

Clap clap clap for you!

Thanks a lot, John, for making me analyze what caused these positive changes. Really appreciate it!

:thankyou:

Hey! I did nothing...you are the mommy who cares enough to make it work for your child...so the effort is 1000% yours and yours alone...

Do share more of your ups (and downs) too with us so we can learn from you...

You may also want to just \"discuss\" or chit chat with your child and hear from him. We may be surprised what he got to share...

John

[ngl2010]

clay569:

Well done! keep it up! :salute:

I hope my DS would peak soon too! Hopefully schools won't pile on too much homework, otherwise there's no time for the kids to work on their individual weaknesses.

Thanks, Clay569. The teachers really gave a lot of homework. Luckily they didn't give any homework at all during SA1 otherwise we won't have enough time to revise at all.

Next challenge: Prelim.

[JohnYeo]

ngl2010:

Next challenge: Prelim.

There are a few approaches to maintaining the peak or getting higher...

One of the best ones I feel is to rework foundation and make it stronger and more solid than before.

Go back to basics and your DS may soon be able to appreciate the theory behind those topics and how they are all interconnected...

When connections are made, this is when learning really come alive and your child will experience another peak...

[ngl2010]

JohnYeo:

ngl2010:

Next challenge: Prelim.

There are a few approaches to maintaining the peak or getting higher...

One of the best ones I feel is to rework foundation and make it stronger and more solid than before.

Go back to basics and your DS may soon be able to appreciate the theory behind those topics and how they are all interconnected...

When connections are made, this is when learning really come alive and your child will experience another peak...

This one cannot do lah Time is very tight and I also don't know how to explain :oops: e.g. Friction force does not depend on the size of surface area. Why? I also don't know. I always thought that it depends on the size of surface area :scratchhead: