2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[janet88]

ilovelaksa:

Strongly suggest not to do this cuz it can be very demoralising for the child.

this is a nation wide exam which the kids are sitting for. calculating the score may not be a good idea as it gives false hopes or demoralize the kids.

[forestcadee]

Hi, I would like to check with the parents here if their kids's teacher had told them that the marking for PSLE Science is stringent? Just received a note from my kid that the teacher had told them that the open ended question will be awarded either full mark or zero mark, ie, there will be no partial marks given as if given in the school marking. I had a concern if this is true as this can pull their marks down. If a kid is able to answer 3 keywords prior to 4 keywords that the teacher is looking for, she will not get any mark? Really worried.

[catddy2002]

forestcadee:

Hi, I would like to check with the parents here if their kids's teacher had told them that the marking for PSLE Science is stringent? Just received a note from my kid that the teacher had told them that the open ended question will be awarded either full mark or zero mark, ie, there will be no partial marks given as if given in the school marking. I had a concern if this is true as this can pull their marks down. If a kid is able to answer 3 keywords prior to 4 keywords that the teacher is looking for, she will not get any mark? Really worried.

Hi,

My DD science teacher did not mentioned on partial marks not given but she did mentioned that not necessary to have keywords as long the concept is correct.

[ilovelaksa]

forestcadee:

Hi, I would like to check with the parents here if their kids's teacher had told them that the marking for PSLE Science is stringent? Just received a note from my kid that the teacher had told them that the open ended question will be awarded either full mark or zero mark, ie, there will be no partial marks given as if given in the school marking. I had a concern if this is true as this can pull their marks down. If a kid is able to answer 3 keywords prior to 4 keywords that the teacher is looking for, she will not get any mark? Really worried.

Yes this is true for the 1 mark OE. For the 2 or 3 mark OE, If there is 3 keywords out of 4, the teacher will deduct half the marks generally provided it answers the qn.
But if you hv all the keywords but you don't answer the qn, it's a zero.
If you hv key words and answer correctly but you add in unnecessary details that are wrong. Will be penalised oso.

[janet88]

ilovelaksa:

But if you hv all the keywords but you don't answer the qn, it's a zero.
If you hv key words and answer correctly but you add in unnecessary details that are wrong. Will be penalised oso.

really sweat :nailbite: how difficult it can be to get full marks for open ended questions.

[janet88]

yet to recover from ca1 shock...sa1 exam schedule uploaded on school website :nailbite:

[coast]

janet88:

yet to recover from ca1 shock...sa1 exam schedule uploaded on school website :nailbite:

Hi,

Any parents know whether SA1 covers all PSLE syllabus in your school? Or are there topics yet to be taught by school and hence excluded from SA1? Thanks.

[nicnac]

janet88:

yet to recover from ca1 shock...sa1 exam schedule uploaded on school website :nailbite:

We usually get our SA1 schedule before the CA1 schedule

[randwick]

nicnac:

janet88:

yet to recover from ca1 shock...sa1 exam schedule uploaded on school website :nailbite:

We usually get our SA1 schedule before the CA1 schedule

Yup, got those schedule and outline during the CA week. I remember saying to dd, \"Aiyoh, your CA not finished and the SA1 notice is out!\" For Math, all topics will be tested except for pie chart and Nets. I am fearing the Circles topic as my dd cannot even do Area of Triangles. Somehow, her brain just can't visualise especially when there is some form of over lapping and folding.

[janet88]

coast:

janet88:

yet to recover from ca1 shock...sa1 exam schedule uploaded on school website :nailbite:

Any parents know whether SA1 covers all PSLE syllabus in your school? Or are there topics yet to be taught by school and hence excluded from SA1? Thanks.

I emailed teacher...her reply was to start 'web of life', and living things in their environment during March holidays...adaptations will be taught into term 3...so safe bet will be to finish these 2 topics before sa1. Trying to see if I can squeeze in adaptations', which is quite a lengthy topic.
Last one will be 'man's impact on environment'.

For sa1, don't think it is in time to cover all the topics.