2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Jennifer]

Dark choco was recommended to me by a Chinese TCM, she said it worked wonders for her when she was taking her exams - mind alert n sharp.


Just a small serving will do for the morning paper, no need to eat the whole block.

[buds]

12primrose:

buds:

DD claims her school just finished Math syllabus.

I dare not ask about the Science.

I just zoom in on working on her weak areas WHEN she is receptive to work with me so I maximize those quality times (which are few) so that she can see for herself, she only needs minimal time with me to get it right. My DD's stumbling block is her attitude. Of course, the pre-teen hormones does not help at all. Anything can trigger a face-off. :scared:

Just had one this morning. I was too tired to say anything. When she saw me crying while washing the dishes, she apologized.

I miss my baby.

It's good that she apologised. Mine never apologised as she felt that she is never at wrong....
U are right... now pre-teen hormones are coming in the wrong timing... mine start on P5 and getting worse and worse... cant wait for Oct to arrive.

Mine started since P3! :faint:

So........ :frustrated:

All these years I have been trying to work around this hormone thingy and trying to refine the ways to deal with it. Hard work this.

You hang in there 12primrose.. :hugs: My DD didn't start out apologizing for the stuff she did or said, but i just couldn't stand the ignoring each other like neither existed.. it took a lot to break down the barrier to communicating with a growing teen.

[buds]

Jennifer:

buds:

laments under her breath saying things like, \"It's not so easy for everyone to know how to do all these papers...\"


I can't either. Not all of them.

Ah boy complains once a while too. I tell him the purpose of doing practice papers is to find out which areas he is not understanding well so that we can go through the concept. I am not here to find fault with him.

Yes, same thing i explained to my dd. That's where i can clearly tell where her weaknesses are. Having a teacher who cannot reach out to children at P5 level is a bummer. Really a stroke of continuous bad luck and suffering for parents because the bulk of content is there.

No matter what the explanation is or how it is explained, it still boils back down to the child's attitude. If one is faced with a non-co-operative child and not receptive, it is very hard.

To maintain a balance between cajoling and trying not to flare up is quite a task.

We did however have a more meaningful time during the June break. :love:

[happyheart]

With PSLE so near and so REAL, what would you do if you hear that your child’s Subject teacher is not able to control the class ( Teacher is the meeky type ) and because of it, the class revision is delayed?

[Candiess]

Goodluck8:

Did anyone use the A star maths assessment book? Is it good? I just know it is quite expensive.

Is it the A star Maths booklets (half A4 size)?
My DD's P6 teacher ordered for the whole class and asked them to do during the Jun holidays. They are additional to the worksheets provided by the school, so her teacher did not go through them during normal lesson but went through some during extra lesson. They are grouped by topics and methods which my DD found it useful.

[Sun_2010]

buds:

12primrose:

[quote=\"buds\"]DD claims her school just finished Math syllabus.

I dare not ask about the Science.

I just zoom in on working on her weak areas WHEN she is receptive to work with me so I maximize those quality times (which are few) so that she can see for herself, she only needs minimal time with me to get it right. My DD's stumbling block is her attitude. Of course, the pre-teen hormones does not help at all. Anything can trigger a face-off. :scared:

Just had one this morning. I was too tired to say anything. When she saw me crying while washing the dishes, she apologized.

I miss my baby.

It's good that she apologised. Mine never apologised as she felt that she is never at wrong....
U are right... now pre-teen hormones are coming in the wrong timing... mine start on P5 and getting worse and worse... cant wait for Oct to arrive.

Mine started since P3! :faint:

On the bright side, that means she will be more mature and understanding in a year or two.
That is my experience with DD. She is responsible for my grey hairs that started when she was in P4. But it got better whe she got to Sec1. But grey hair still here

So........ :frustrated:

Hang in there ! You will sail thru , just hold on tight... :rahrah:

All these years I have been trying to work around this hormone thingy and trying to refine the ways to deal with it. Hard work this.

You hang in there 12primrose.. :hugs: My DD didn't start out apologizing for the stuff she did or said, but i just couldn't stand the ignoring each other like neither existed.. it took a lot to break down the barrier to communicating with a growing teen.[/quote]

[buds]

Thanks, Sun_2010. :hugs:


Somehow, you always have a way of understanding stuff behind the written words. I find comfort and much solace in what you have just shared and while I hope my parenting ways flaws and all can pull us through this, that it can be more smooth-sailing before the white hairs come.

I suppose some of us just have our work cut out for us, uh? Makes us more resilient parents, u think?

[Jennifer]

happyheart:

With PSLE so near and so REAL, what would you do if you hear that your child's Subject teacher is not able to control the class ( Teacher is the meeky type ) and because of it, the class revision is delayed?

Hm, is what you heard reliable?

[happyheart]

Jennifer:

happyheart:

With PSLE so near and so REAL, what would you do if you hear that your child's Subject teacher is not able to control the class ( Teacher is the meeky type ) and because of it, the class revision is delayed?

Hm, is what you heard reliable?

Yes! I have also met with this subject teacher during PTC, even DH finds her low energy and too soft spoken. I have been telling DS we can't choose the teacher so might as well embrace. That was what we have been doing the last 2 terms. However, I am getting a bit concerned because PSLE is really near. This subject teacher has also been absent many times this year. Once, the students witnessed tears around her eyes during cirriculum time. I am suspecting she cannot take the pressure.

Other subject teacher seem to be working well with the class, with no such incidences.

[janet88]

The pressure which p6 teachers face is enormous…pressure from principal, HODs, parents and students.