2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[ngl2010]

Cloudybay:

ngl2010:

DS is using PLUS Whiper correction tape. I am actually doing experiment on it (put under a heavy stack of paper) to check whether the tape will peel off after 1 month. I still need to wait for another 2 weeks to see the result.

Hi ngl2010, pls share the result of yr experiment, dd is also using this correction tape & she is resistant to not using it for psle :mad:

Sure. No problem. DS is also resistant to not using it for psle.

[clay569]

ngl2010:

Cloudybay:

[quote=\"ngl2010\"]DS is using PLUS Whiper correction tape. I am actually doing experiment on it (put under a heavy stack of paper) to check whether the tape will peel off after 1 month. I still need to wait for another 2 weeks to see the result.

Hi ngl2010, pls share the result of yr experiment, dd is also using this correction tape & she is resistant to not using it for psle :mad:

Sure. No problem. DS is also resistant to not using it for psle.[/quote]Thanks in advance. For some unknown reason, DS's teacher encourages using correction tape...

[icy_mama]

ngl2010:

DS is using PLUS Whiper correction tape. I am actually doing experiment on it (put under a heavy stack of paper) to check whether the tape will peel off after 1 month. I still need to wait for another 2 weeks to see the result.

:udawoman: it had never crossed my mind to conduct experiment!

[Jennifer]

ngl2010:

DS is using PLUS Whiper correction tape. I am actually doing experiment on it (put under a heavy stack of paper) to check whether the tape will peel off after 1 month. I still need to wait for another 2 weeks to see the result.

:udawoman:

[rains]

ngl2010:

DS is using PLUS Whiper correction tape. I am actually doing experiment on it (put under a heavy stack of paper) to check whether the tape will peel off after 1 month. I still need to wait for another 2 weeks to see the result.

:udawoman:

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[kiasuparentsirock]

For EL PSLE Composition, is it better to

(a) write a composition which has an excellent twist but does not end with a conclusion/reflection? For e.g ends with:
What chilled him to the bone was the fact that as his father was led away(arrested), he spat, "This is not over!" As a result of that last comment, he was very cautious as a feeling of impending doom remained in his heart for a prolonged time. Fear.
(b) not an excellent plot but has an appropriate conclusion/reflection

[jjxy mum]

mumsobusy:

My elder child encountered some of these problems: doing revision paper after revision paper but teacher may not have time to finish going through or mark etc I heard top class worse. Do a lot of extra but all mark by themselves! Sometimes, the children end up asking their tutors whether the answers are right or wrong. Of course, some of his friends in other schools encounter another problem: extended supplementary hours or even staying back in school for many days in school for extra lessons.


I told myself that I would be more enlightened when my younger one takes the PSLE. After Prelims, if my younger one is tired and the teacher still extends supplementary lessons or conduct extra lessons, I will pull her out.

I think what a tutor (who was an ex-teacher) told me is true. Quantity does not guarantee good results. Of course, if you are talking about top class pupils who just need fine-tuning, MAYBE doing the tonnes of revision papers work. But there is no guarantee. Otherwise, all the top P6 class pupils in my children's school will be getting A stars for Science and English considering the number of papers that they do.

I think it is important to study smart. Should spend time revising the weaker subjects and weaker topics. That is why I don't understand why some teachers will pile pupils with current year prelim papers with two or three weeks to go to PSLE every year. These two to three weeks should be spent on revision and not doing ALL the questions in the prelim papers mindlessly. Yes, if the teacher bothers to look through and select certain tricky and challenging questions to do, I think this is good strategy. But to do all? Maybe it is easier to tell the class to do all than spend time selecting questions.

As for the crash courses... I think it may benefit those who are close to getting A stars and just need some \"polishing\". But for those who want to see miracles from A to A star, you may want to think twice. To me, I tried some before so that is my opinion.

:goodpost:
DS also flooded with Premium sch worksheet during last year psle. His teacher did not have sufficient time to go thru their worksheet that they completed. Seemed like most school are practicing in such way. :sad:

[Sspitfire]

Jennifer:

Sspitfire:

Same here, received my Maths prelim results already, got 57 1/2 (just passed) but I still cried.. :sad:

careless mistakes?

Is the prelim paper exceptionally difficult?

How did you do for MCQ, section B and section C?

My advice is to make sure u get full marks for MCQ and section B.

Section C, make sure those topics u r good at, u get full marks. Any time left, relook at those topics u r weak in n understand the methodology used to solve. U might not get these qns correct, but would still get working marks.

There is a PSLE Maths thread in ksp. If u can, go to this thread to check out how some qns are solved.

Jiayou.

A lot of careless mistakes, my paper 1 is the one which pulled me down since I'm weak at it, Paper 2 not as much since got Calculator.

I am taking foundation maths so I doubt there are threads on FMA questions. Found the paper difficult and almost lost my best friend just because my results. :sad:

Maybe I'm pressuring myself too much already cus I really want to go to YSS/YTSS NA

[bigbang.029154]

Sspitfire:

Jennifer:

[quote=\"Sspitfire\"]Same here, received my Maths prelim results already, got 57 1/2 (just passed) but I still cried.. :sad:

careless mistakes?

Is the prelim paper exceptionally difficult?

How did you do for MCQ, section B and section C?

My advice is to make sure u get full marks for MCQ and section B.

Section C, make sure those topics u r good at, u get full marks. Any time left, relook at those topics u r weak in n understand the methodology used to solve. U might not get these qns correct, but would still get working marks.

There is a PSLE Maths thread in ksp. If u can, go to this thread to check out how some qns are solved.

Jiayou.

A lot of careless mistakes, my paper 1 is the one which pulled me down since I'm weak at it, Paper 2 not as much since got Calculator.

I am taking foundation maths so I doubt there are threads on FMA questions. Found the paper difficult and almost lost my best friend just because my results. :sad:

Maybe I'm pressuring myself too much already cus I really want to go to YSS/YTSS NA [/quote]Almost lost your best friend?

[kiasuparentsirock]

For EL PSLE Composition, is it better to

(a) write a composition which has an excellent twist but does not end with a conclusion/reflection? For e.g ends with:
What chilled him to the bone was the fact that as his father was led away(arrested), he spat, "This is not over!" As a result of that last comment, he was very cautious as a feeling of impending doom remained in his heart for a prolonged time. Fear.
(b) not an excellent plot but has an appropriate conclusion/reflection