2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[janet88]

Oh My Gosh:

Hmm... Minimal homework... no need to learn spelling as DS teacher give them impromptu spelling ... DS is still sleeping at 9pm everyday, watching TV when I am home... I am really feeling stressed!!!

spelling here also impromptu.
volume of homework is definitely doubled for all subjects.
PE is also :siao: she comes home, has bath and KO. even asked me to massage her thighs a few occasions.

[bb_ mom]

janet88:

Oh My Gosh:

Hmm... Minimal homework... no need to learn spelling as DS teacher give them impromptu spelling ... DS is still sleeping at 9pm everyday, watching TV when I am home... I am really feeling stressed!!!

spelling here also impromptu.
volume of homework is definitely doubled for all subjects.
PE is also :siao: she comes home, has bath and KO. even asked me to massage her thighs a few occasions.

Poor thing...

[janet88]

bb_ mom:

janet88:

[quote=\"Oh My Gosh\"]Hmm... Minimal homework... no need to learn spelling as DS teacher give them impromptu spelling ... DS is still sleeping at 9pm everyday, watching TV when I am home... I am really feeling stressed!!!

spelling here also impromptu.
volume of homework is definitely doubled for all subjects.
PE is also :siao: she comes home, has bath and KO. even asked me to massage her thighs a few occasions.

Poor thing...[/quote]i have been providing massage for the past weeks and while doing so, she fell asleep.

[essentials]

somemummy:

Yes, my DD was from St Hilda's last year and she did not attend any tuition. I bought her a lot of assessment books as she didn't go for any tuition but she always complained that schoolwork was enough. It can be done so long as your child has supportive teachers who give good notes and go through papers in a meaningful manner, not just blindly copying answers. She got into NYGH this year!

My 2nd DD is taking PSLE this year too!

Wow well done! I have not seen any notes from my gal's sch though.....

[essentials]

I bought softcopies instead so print and do if there's time. Otherwise these papers may really just collect dust. :roll:

[janet88]

essentials:

I bought softcopies instead so print and do if there's time. Otherwise these papers may really just collect dust. :roll:

:stupid: i should have done that.

[wuyansg]

nicnac:

I bought only the 3-yr series.. DD said tr will be getting for them in time to come though. I had wanted DD to start on them asap, thinking term 1 should have more time. Till date, no time to do ..homework to complete every day and then tingxie, mo Xie and spelling to learn :gloomy: DD did not even bother to flip thru them.

Time is limited for P6 students. do not spend time in tingxie, mo Xie( chinese subject) which are not important for exam. However recognizing ,pronunciation and memeorizing meaning of chinese words are very important for high score in paper 2. if not know the meaning of chinese words , how can do paper 2? if can not pronunce, how can pass oral?

From my teaching experience, paper 2, oral and listening are easy to get improved after students study hard.

Compo is not easy to get improved even if spending a lot of time in it as it is not only decided by language, instead it is mainly decide by \" life\"----students need to read a lot of课外书+知识面 。

Different teachers also would give different score for the same essay as different teachers have their own taste ,some teacher would say it is a good essay while the other one would say it is a lousy essay. Paper 2 has no such a problem,as it has standard answers .
So it is not easy to get high mark in compo. Please not spend much time in compo.

Please let your kids have enough sleep which is very important for study.

[wuyansg]

somemummy:

Yes, my DD was from St Hilda's last year and she did not attend any tuition. I bought her a lot of assessment books as she didn't go for any tuition but she always complained that schoolwork was enough. It can be done so long as your child has supportive teachers who give good notes and go through papers in a meaningful manner, not just blindly copying answers. She got into NYGH this year!

My 2nd DD is taking PSLE this year too!

Your daughter is very lucky to have supportive school teacher. As i know, many teachers ( tutors) do not go through papers in a meaning ful manner, they just give answers. In this way , It is useless even if students do a lot of assessment books.

Every time when my students finish their reading comprehension, or tian kong ( cloze passage) , i always ask them: Are there any words and sentences in this reading passage you do not know? they always shake their heads and say “ No”.

Then i ask them to read this reading passage loudly. Actually there are many words they do not know how to read and there are many sentences they do not understand. so i ask them to write down the words and hanyu pinyin and english meaning to let them memoriz at home. Also i need to analyse the sentences that students do not understand.
In such a way, students would have good foundation for their future study in seconday schools or JC.

[janet88]

听写 in a way helps the child remember how characters are written for 作文. This minimizes the time spent to search e-dictionary for the 字 during compo exam. But giving 习字 also must make sense not to write quarter page. Compo/作文 is difficult to score because content is subjective to 2 markers...one likes, one doesn't.

[somemummy]

It’s important not to cram too many good phrases into an essay without really understanding what they mean. I suggest memorizing several bombastic ones which can be used in many situations (maybe 2 for each feeling eg happy, sad, angry, etc). You have to make sure you are using an appropriate phrase otherwise it’s better not to use it.

Tell your child it’s okay to use the same phrase or copy the same plot from previous compo practises because at the end of the day, the PSLE markers aren’t your school teachers, they don’t know you, nor do they know that you’ve been repeating the same phrase/plot in several essays. If it fits in with the theme given, and the plot is an interesting one, why not?