2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[beariecrystal3]

janet_lee88:

beariecrystal3:

The school are stressing out the children.

I can tell you it is unbearable to continue supplementary lessons after school.
Already tired after a long day...followed by more lessons in hot and humid classroom. There is homework like sets of past year paper.

Just hope psle come to an end soon.

[janet88]

The PSLE will come to an end…and you will get to let go of that stress.

But I remember when we were running at the peak last year…then when the whole exam was over, we were still at that high…at a loss what to do. The feeling was that of ‘burnt out’.

Balance both you and your children’s energy and emotions from now. But importantly strike a balance…when you see your kids mentally tired, give him/her that break from supplementary lessons especially after the prelims.
All the best.

[mummy OnABudget]

u all mezan adhd can apply time extension then like this i wan apply for ds too wonder if its too late calling sch to ask

[HAPPYH]

Jennifer:

For those who expressed an interest in the Science crash course, I hv pm u.

Could you please pm too?

PS: For my friend

Thank you so much

[Cloudybay]

janet_lee88:

beariecrystal3:

The school are stressing out the children.

I can tell you it is unbearable to continue supplementary lessons after school.
Already tired after a long day...followed by more lessons in hot and humid classroom. There is homework like sets of past year paper.

DD has relatively little hw, i sometimes wonder if she is being adequately prepared for the Psle

[Jennifer]

HAPPYH:

Jennifer:

For those who expressed an interest in the Science crash course, I hv pm u.

Could you please pm too?

PS: For my friend

Thank you so much

Not going to pm you.

The details on this page http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=52326&start=2720

[Jennifer]

mummy OnABudget:

u all mezan adhd can apply time extension then like this i wan apply for ds too wonder if its too late calling sch to ask

Am surprised the sch teacher did not inform you about time extension since your boy's case is known to her.

Do call her asap to find out if still can apply n how to apply.

[Jennifer]

Cloudybay:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"beariecrystal3\"]The school are stressing out the children.

I can tell you it is unbearable to continue supplementary lessons after school.
Already tired after a long day...followed by more lessons in hot and humid classroom. There is homework like sets of past year paper.

DD has relatively little hw, i sometimes wonder if she is being adequately prepared for the Psle [/quote]
Is the sch prelims over?

Today is the last Sci paper.

Yet to receive the Sept hols schedule from the sch.

[sharonkhoo]

Cloudybay:

DD has relatively little hw, i sometimes wonder if she is being adequately prepared for the Psle

I was like that when my daughter took PSLE 2 yrs ago too! We decided that it was a good thing - my daughter could focus on what we felt added value to her (because not all kids need practice in the same things), and still get adequate rest and relaxation. A lot of PSLE prep is repetitive, but doing paper after paper isn't actually useful unless the child needs practice in all aspects of the paper. We preferred to select what we felt she needed to work on, and just do 1 full paper a week in each subject (if the school didn't already set this as homework). My daughter still had time to read story books, play games and take the weekend off, and she faced the exams well-rested and fairly relaxed. Her results were as good as we could hope for, so we were satisfied that she had done sufficient preparation even though she seemed quite free.

[Snowbaby]

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