2014 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[33mama]

janet_lee88:

off topic...sec 2 this year...no difference from p6.

Chinese tutor just told him she may not be able to continue as she is going to be very busy with a new born...our friend here told me, 'don't worry mummy. I can handle Chinese. no need tuition. I get a B for Chinese.'
let's wait and see.

your DS sounds so so much like my eldest DS .... if put 2 of them tog, sure v gd friend!!! :hugs:

[janet88]

hi 33mama,

they will make the best of friends...because they think alike :faint:

2moro is the last day of holidays...parents of PSLE 2014, give the kids a fun day tomorrow...remember the BIG picture.

[Qing8huat]

hv to restart their engine again Next Week and hope that my DD will be more ‘automatic’ … We have already sorted out the top school papers for SA1 to be completed before end May, hope she can stick to it and not forgetting about the other assessments books and revision notes for science…


come to think about it… like so poor thing but its only 6mths left.

i keep telling her … work hard for 6 mths and PLAY hard for the next 3 mths…

[iFirefly]

Qing8huat:

hv to restart their engine again Next Week and hope that my DD will be more 'automatic' ... We have already sorted out the top school papers for SA1 to be completed before end May, hope she can stick to it and not forgetting about the other assessments books and revision notes for science..


come to think about it... like so poor thing but its only 6mths left.

i keep telling her .. work hard for 6 mths and PLAY hard for the next 3 mths...

Don't worry.. 6 months is a long enough time to fix problems and revise adequately.. You don't want your child to peak too early and become burnt-out just before the exams, right?

I prefer not to burden my child with top school exam papers so early.. But I am keeping them for the final lap..

Just my opinion..

[janet88]

Yup…don’t peak too early. The Marathon will intensify in July and no parent can afford a child to be burnt out 2 months before actual PSLE.

All the best and remember to give your kids some sweeteners in the form of desserts…but avoid chocolates and anything heaty 3 weeks before PSLE Oral in August.

[Qing8huat]

Yes… thanks for the advices… i will bear that in mind.

My DD brings out the SA1 top papers and sort it out, saying that she will finished that by May… so i think if she can cope with it, i will let her go ahead with it.

R u all bringing Ur DD/DS to any open house next month?
i hope it can motivate her even more to work hard towards her dream school which is Crescent Girls.

[janet88]

Priority now is PSLE oral…at same time, teaching is still ongoing.

Encourage kids to do their best so as not to look back with regret.
the 3 months after that final paper will be best holiday ever…then they will have no worries when results are released.

Every year, PSLE is also the time the haze psi peaks…so take care during that period.

[Stressedupmom]

Dino mummy:

Hi

For timetable..how detail it is? Do you indicate a specific area need to be done?
Eg,
Monday - English (Grammar), do Grammar assessment book ...

I have a timetable for DS but he is not adhereing to it. He has v little homework this hoilday. We gave him some practices to do during the day when we are at work. Yday, when we were back aft 8pm, he had only just started the practices. Asked him why din he start earlier and wat he did during the day..He jus said he lazed around, dun feel like doing.

For the past few mths, we have been explaining to him the importance of revision and discuss w him on the choices of schools etc etc...He is juz not motiviated..
Has this \"cant be bothered\" attitude. He want to make his own decision like not to do certain piece of work or not to learn spelling etc. At times, we let him decide but it turned his decision was a wrong one. Thot he will \"wake\" up aft that, but no loh..

Can anyone share how to \"knock\" some sense into him..

A good 'wake up\" call is to let the child fail for school tests. The child will wake up immediately. Afterall, what is important is PSLE.

[sembgal]

Dino mummy:

Hi

For timetable..how detail it is? Do you indicate a specific area need to be done?
Eg,
Monday - English (Grammar), do Grammar assessment book ...

I have a timetable for DS but he is not adhereing to it. He has v little homework this hoilday. We gave him some practices to do during the day when we are at work. Yday, when we were back aft 8pm, he had only just started the practices. Asked him why din he start earlier and wat he did during the day..He jus said he lazed around, dun feel like doing.

For the past few mths, we have been explaining to him the importance of revision and discuss w him on the choices of schools etc etc...He is juz not motiviated..
Has this \"cant be bothered\" attitude. He want to make his own decision like not to do certain piece of work or not to learn spelling etc. At times, we let him decide but it turned his decision was a wrong one. Thot he will \"wake\" up aft that, but no loh..

Can anyone share how to \"knock\" some sense into him..

Hi, read this on timetable

http://www.epopular.com.sg/my-kid/your- ... n-plan.php

[janet88]

p6 is a good time to knock some sense and get them to wake up…fortunately the CA/SA is not counted in the PSLE. so if they don’t do well for SA1 in May, they will get worried.