2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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Jennifer:
I concur. I am not so concerned about his T score at this moment because the comparison will be with the whole cohort. I have heard friends' tutor claiming that their children 'to be 250-260' calibre before PSLE but somehow it turned out, sadly to be in the range of 220-230. The expectation is not met for both child and parents and both parties were disappointed.
My feel is we should not bother too much with how PSLE T-score is computed as it depends on the year's cohort performance for each subject. Time is better spent at focusing at what needs to be done.icy_mama:
my dd's form teacher came out with this formula to calculate the approximate t-score.
aggregate all 4 subjects to over 100
total score of 4 subjects and multiply by 0.75
that should give kiddos and parent a rough guide of t-score based on sa results.
what do u think of this calculation?
PSLE style questions are published and available in Popular Bookstore. There is specimen paper for the child to work on.
For this SA1, my boy completed the whole booklet for Maths. Now he is doing the top schools' papers, one subject per day. He made careless mistakes and also could not agree to some answers for a few questions. I let it go. No point harping on he must get all right answers to all questions. Time is precious. If I cant convince him, then let's move on to other questions. Come PSLE, he might hv matured and could do those questions and/or make less careless mistakes :xedfingers:
Just my very humble opinion that works for my super stubborn boy :nailbite:
Your boy worked very fast and sounded like a hardworking one. Did he resume his revision right after SA1? My son's engine is only at 50% running capacity the last few days :roll: , have to crank up very very soon! -
My boy not hardworking. He suddenly so on bcos of what the private CL tutor said.
This CL tutor is a ex- neighbor who " see him grow up since babyhood". So he more receptive to what she said. -
Jennifer:
This itself is GOOD NEWS! :rahrah:My boy not hardworking. He suddenly so on bcos of what the private CL tutor said.
This CL tutor is a ex- neighbor who \" see him grow up since babyhood\". So he more receptive to what she said. -
Hi, anyone knows any good english tuition teacher for p6 english? I am trying to find one for my daughter. Desperate le… sigh
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Hi, anyone knows any good english tuition teacher for p6 english? I am trying to find one for my daughter. Desperate le... *sigh*
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Any science or and math tutor to recommend? I am staying in cck. Thanks
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ScaredyMum:
It's not just to find out what others are doing and panicking. It's more to learn from the other experienced parents how they plan / work with their kids for revision and fine-tune from there :)[/quote]Yes, but ultimately, you and your child's teachers would know his/her needs best.
It's really up to each person's child is it not? No point finding out what others have been doing and panicking!SignorWinter:
[quote=\"ScaredyMum\"]My colig told me best time to \"cheong\" revision is June, and come Aug/Sep, it's too late. Hmm... making me panick bcos I m FTWM and can't take long stretches of leaves to revise with him. Any suggestions from any parents how to maximise the June hols? Does ur DC get any rest days/play days (not including weekends) or is it study study study all the way?
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ScaredyMum:
Just to share my experiences with my kids when they were in P6. They did consistent revision so didn't have any 'cheong' period. For June holiday, I got them sit down before the start of holiday to plan a revision timetable. The daily timetable includes homework, self revision, piano and rest/play time. No complete 'play day' except for a few outing days when daddy took leave to play with them. In terms of subjects per day, I vaguely remembered it was 2-3 subjects each day.My colig told me best time to \"cheong\" revision is June, and come Aug/Sep, it's too late. Hmm... making me panick bcos I m FTWM and can't take long stretches of leaves to revise with him. Any suggestions from any parents how to maximise the June hols? Does ur DC get any rest days/play days (not including weekends) or is it study study study all the way?
How many hours of revision/day is sufficient and do all 4 subjects or 2 subjects a day?
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I m wondering, for DSA applications, they won’t take into consideration the different schools nor the standard of paper set. Thus, how will the kids be fairly compared?
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Typically, the school will administer the so call Gat test... Seem like if the kids can do well in this they should be good something like GEP ... So still it's a fair comparison :oops: