2014 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[janet88]

in my family, the younger one helps the older one get his art work done (primary school)…with cutting, colouring and miscellaneous stuff.

[skcmummy]

Fast forward a little.


Can I know for KSPs with older kids, what are the subj that your kids have tuitions in S1?

I am starting to receive calls from the existing tuition centers asking whether we are continuing with them for S1. For some of them, need to sign up prep class in order to secure a seat for S1.

If not, will be considered as withdrawal and need to re-register them next year.

I was telling them on the phone that they should give a 12 years old a break after going thru a major exam!!!

[bb_ mom]

So far, DD in sec 1 this year only has tuition for MT.

[janet88]

skcmummy:

I was telling them on the phone that they should give a 12 years old a break after going thru a major exam!!!

yes, give the kids a break in the meantime...at least till mid oct.
when they are sick of playing, time to gear up again.

start reading up on history/geography notes.
son has tuition for math & English.

[sleepy]

slmkhoo:

If anything, the younger can sometimes help the older one!

That too. dd2 is more than happy if she can help dd1. dd1 turns to dd2 for help for certain Maths questions (if dd2 already learned that topic) and my dh can't solve either. What an irony though

[BlueBells]

S2 DD has no tuition. :xedfingers: that it will continue to be so. We won't consider tuition unless the children request for it themselves.

[sleepy]

Mine requested CL tuition.


She read up sec school Science topics. Been doing that on & off since last year. Also read history texts. All on leisure and interests basis.

So probably just continue with those existing materials but I have to ask her to read in greater depth starting next month

[mum2girls]

sleepy:

heyhoe:

Ds1 asked if he can skip school after PSLE :yikes: I told him we talk about it after PSLE.


Sigh, heart not at PSLE ......more like dreaming how much time he can spent on playing. To think that he's playing right up to this day.

Eer, must go to school right? Afterall he got nothing to do at home, except play. :frustrated:

What is he playing with?

I never see my dd playing with anything. She just float here float there, figuratively

I think school plans lots of activities for them to keep the kids meaningfully occupied

Haha, my dd also, didn't see her play. Instead, she also float here, float there. Sometimes, dreaming, dreaming and dreaming away and takes very long to finish her meals :slapshead:

[sleepy]

mum2girls:

Haha, my dd also, didn't see her play. Instead, she also float here, float there. Sometimes, dreaming, dreaming and dreaming away and takes very long to finish her meals :slapshead:

This must be a girl's thing. Floating

She takes a long time to shower, condition her frizzy hair, comb nicely, apply lotion etc. Slowly tower dry, choose her home wear for the day. Wah, easily an hour just to get the above done

Basically everything does in slow motion and time idles away

[mum2girls]

sleepy:

Just to share, I think getting the elder kid to coach the younger one is more effective than any tutor.

Tried that before SA1. It worked (like a dream surprisingly) and I only resorted to that because I was desperate. All those Science OE questions are beyond me.

My kids have different Science teachers but the school syllabus (topics) is the same.

My dd1 isn't very patient either and she's super busy. That's why must endure a bit of impatient comments but her advice is valuable, she told dd2 what to look out for in those topics to be tested and tune dd2's almost non-existence answering techniques.

That is the target learning I'm looking for. To zoom in quickly to correct any misconception. Of course impossible to achieve perfection within a short time but enough to salvage and turn around dd2's results beyond my expectation

So I have 'hired' dd1 again to go full force on EL & Science

I also think that it's quite effective to get my dd1 to coach dd2 but both of them always quarrel and fight :frustrated:
Nevertheless, dd2 ever commented that her sister could use different methods to teach her maths and there's a method that she can really understand and she realised that the question is so easy after that.

I have requested dd1 to coach mei mei after her PSLE. She said unless I am with them in their room. She commented that mei mei will bully her. In return, mei mei also complains to me that jie jie told her that she's not going to teach her. No way!

It is really never ending one.