2014 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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My girl is also feeling bored staying at home. Now she is spending most of her time reading her story books on top of her 3 times a week swim training. I have also asked her to complete the assesment books which she has not completed.
Her lifestyle remains the same, before PSLE, during PSLE, after PSLE. She continue to use her mobile phone, continue to go for sports competition and so on. The only difference is now there is no school homework for her so she becomes very free after school.
We ever told her that we do not wish to make any changes to her lifestyle just because of her exam. She has to learn to be responsible for her own stuff, plan her own time. In future, she would have to sit for O level, maybe A level and it’s unlikely for us to continue to restrict her from doing this and that forever.
My daughter has also told us that there is no need to send her for any tuition when she enters to Sec Sch as it’s going to be very busy with 7 to 8 subjects plus CCA. She would like to do on her own and if she feels that she has difficulties coping with her studies then she will request for tuition. She started having tuition in P5/P6, so hopefully she can handle her studies on her own when she starts her Sec 1 learning journey.
Maybe, we will get her to do some reading on Geog and History in November as these subjects are quite new to the primary school kids. -
Not just history and geography, math too! Secondary school math is quite different from primary school. No more models or unitary method. Gotta abandon that. I got DD to do math before she started secondary 1.
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bb_ mom:
Not just history and geography, math too! Secondary school math is quite different from primary school. No more models or unitary method. Gotta abandon that. I got DD to do math before she started secondary 1.
Where did you send your dd for Maths lesson? My dd 'remind' me to teach her Sec 1 Maths after her psle.... -
bb_ mom:
Not just history and geography, math too! Secondary school math is quite different from primary school. No more models or unitary method. Gotta abandon that. I got DD to do math before she started secondary 1.
My kids say Sec School Maths is so much easier than PSLE.
They think its really stupid to force Primary School kids to use Models n then switch to Algebra in Sec School to solve problems becos Algebra is much easier to understand n use.
So when you go to Sec School, pls give back all your Models to your Pri School as you no longer need to use them. U have to unlearn what you learn for Maths. -
jjxy mum:
It's called the Bb_mom math centre that opens for selective topics only.bb_ mom:
Not just history and geography, math too! Secondary school math is quite different from primary school. No more models or unitary method. Gotta abandon that. I got DD to do math before she started secondary 1.
Where did you send your dd for Maths lesson? My dd 'remind' me to teach her Sec 1 Maths after her psle....
So far, I can still guide her. And the assessment books I get for her must have step by step answer key for me to study and explain.
From my time to now, not much change in syllabus, IMHO. Maybe as she goes up to sec 2 or 3, I'll have to outsource. But until then... -
zbear:
TOTALLY AGREE!!!bb_ mom:
Not just history and geography, math too! Secondary school math is quite different from primary school. No more models or unitary method. Gotta abandon that. I got DD to do math before she started secondary 1.
My kids say Sec School Maths is so much easier than PSLE.
They think its really stupid to force Primary School kids to use Models n then switch to Algebra in Sec School to solve problems becos Algebra is much easier to understand n use.
So when you go to Sec School, pls give back all your Models to your Pri School as you no longer need to use them. U have to unlearn what you learn for Maths.
some damage done to the kids about pushing them to learn MODELS...UNLEARN models when they graduate from primary school.
spend the dec holidays building foundation for sec 1 math. -
bb_ mom:
It's called the Bb_mom math centre that opens for selective topics only.jjxy mum:
[quote=\"bb_ mom\"]Not just history and geography, math too! Secondary school math is quite different from primary school. No more models or unitary method. Gotta abandon that. I got DD to do math before she started secondary 1.
Where did you send your dd for Maths lesson? My dd 'remind' me to teach her Sec 1 Maths after her psle.... So far, I can still guide her. And the assessment books I get for her must have step by step answer key for me to study and explain.
From my time to now, not much change in syllabus, IMHO. Maybe as she goes up to sec 2 or 3, I'll have to outsource. But until then...[/quote]Oh I see.
Actually I tried to teach ds when he was in sec1, but I couldn't teach much...so I got him a tutor this year. -
janet_lee88:
For those with kids who spent a few years grasping models, it's gonna be a challenge to get them to accept algebra. I'm not looking forward to the time when DS starts sec 1. :yikes:
spend the dec holidays building foundation for sec 1 math. -
hubby can relate better to secondary school math…but dare not let go of the tutor as he is afraid he might not be able to coach 100%.
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bb_ mom:
Models are just visual representation of algebra and they are useful for lower primary coz it enables them to solve more complex math problem without learning algebra.
For those with kids who spent a few years grasping models, it's gonna be a challenge to get them to accept algebra. I'm not looking forward to the time when DS starts sec 1. :yikes:janet_lee88:
spend the dec holidays building foundation for sec 1 math.
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