2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[phtthp]

sembgal:

Hi, just to clarify on the Revised Examination Format (PSLE Science) affecting children born 2005 and children born after 2005.
Children born in 2005 will be the first batch of students to take the new revised Science exam.

The revised exam format in Science Booklet A (MCQ), there will only be 28 MCQ questions instead of 30 MCQ questions. Each question is 2 marks. Total marks: 56 or 56%

The revised exam format in Science Booklet B (Open-Ended) questions, there will be 12 to 13 questions. Each question will be awarded 2 to 5 marks. Total marks: 44 or 44%

If you compare the revised exam format with the existing format, you see that more marks are awarded to Booklet B now.

What is existing Science format ?
Booklet A - 30 MCQ questions, each question is 2 marks. Total is 60 marks / 60%
Booklet B - 14 Open-ended questions, each question is awarded 2 to 4 marks. Total is 40 marks / 40%

I'm sharing based on the Standard Science exam format.
(Foundation Science is another format which I will not be discussing here.)


As for Maths, I do not have the details yet.
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hi sembgal,

Thank you very much, for alert update to 2019 Sep/Oct Psle examination format. Much appreciated
(PSLE is 3 more years, from today)


closer to forthcoming SA1 (May 2016, in 4 weeks' time, which we more concerned with, let's clear the 1st Science hurdle, first) :
is our 2016 P3 Science exam format, similar to or different from 2019 PSLE Standard Science exam format ?

P3 SA1 Section B (OE)
how many OE qn (P3 Science) ?

how to answer OE qn ? :?

OE : Open-ended

[sembgal]

phtthp:

sembgal:

Hi, just to clarify on the Revised Examination Format (PSLE Science) affecting children born 2005 and children born after 2005.
Children born in 2005 will be the first batch of students to take the new revised Science exam.

The revised exam format in Science Booklet A (MCQ), there will only be 28 MCQ questions instead of 30 MCQ questions. Each question is 2 marks. Total marks: 56 or 56%

The revised exam format in Science Booklet B (Open-Ended) questions, there will be 12 to 13 questions. Each question will be awarded 2 to 5 marks. Total marks: 44 or 44%

If you compare the revised exam format with the existing format, you see that more marks are awarded to Booklet B now.

What is existing Science format ?
Booklet A - 30 MCQ questions, each question is 2 marks. Total is 60 marks / 60%
Booklet B - 14 Open-ended questions, each question is awarded 2 to 4 marks. Total is 40 marks / 40%

I'm sharing based on the Standard Science exam format.
(Foundation Science is another format which I will not be discussing here.)


As for Maths, I do not have the details yet.
...

hi sembgal,

Thank you very much, for alert update to 2019 Sep/Oct Psle examination format. Much appreciated
(PSLE is 3 more years, from today)


closer to forthcoming SA1 (May 2016, in 4 weeks' time, which we more concerned with, let's clear the 1st Science hurdle, first) :
is our 2016 P3 Science exam format, similar to or different from 2019 PSLE Standard Science exam format ?

P3 SA1 Section B (OE)
how many OE qn (P3 Science) ?

how to answer OE qn ? :?

OE : Open-ended

Hi phtthp: you have to check with your dd's P3 Science teacher regarding her SA1 exam Science paper format. Our girls are in different school. I can't answer this for you. Sorry.

[sean wife]

Just wondering, how much time do your p3 spend on revising and doing work each day? P1-P2 was quite a breezy period as the work was rather easy… Never had to really plan a schedule or spend much time on tingxie or spelling. Come P3, with the addition of science and higher expectation of Compo, zuowen, I am getting worried how we should plan our time more efficiently. Especially for working parents we only have that 2-3 hours with more than one child, to cover all the elements effectively. I try to stop everything by 8.30pm so that they can be in bed by 9pm…only weekend seems to have a bit more time…can’t imagine when p5/p6 comes.

[mugen]

I think it depends on the child and the amount of work from school. Ds used to get a lot of homework in P1 and p2 and I only worked on his weak areas during school holiday. I also usually do a couple of journal writing with him during school holidays since P1.


Now in P3, the Chinese teacher does not give as much work and I have to send him for zuowen class and revise CL with him for about 30 min on most days. It may be textbook, assessment books, or vocab building. He is fairly independent for the other three subjects and I have left him mainly to his own devices for them. On days when he is "too free", I will give him some English grammar to do. Unless he specifically tells me he is struggling with a topic, I will generally wait for after exam results to come back to see what needs to be done.

He still has a lot of time to do origami, leisure reading or play outdoors.

[phtthp]

sembgal:

you have to check with your dd's P3 Science teacher regarding her SA1 exam Science paper format. Our girls are in different school. I can't answer this for you. Sorry.

why aren't P3 SA1 exam Science format the same across the board for all primary schools, in terms of the number of Science Questions set, under Section A (MCQ) and Section B (Open ended) ?
Why do exam format differ, across different schools, so confusing ?

we all know that each school set different questions under Section A and B, as such the standard of each school varies for Science.
(some schools set difficult, tough qns, while other schools set easier qns)

But, in terms of the Number of qns set (P3 exam format) under each Section, shouldn't they be standardized, across all schools ? :?

after all, regardless of which primary school pupil comes from, come 2019 Sep/Oct PSLE, every student going to sit for the same, exact identical PSLE paper !
so, might as well standardize the exam format of SA1 and SA2 papers, from P3 to P6

btw, sometimes, certain popular Secondary schools also ask for P4 SA2 results, not just ask for P5 and P6 only.
As such, one can say that the PSLE prep years start from P4 SA2 onwards.

[sembgal]

phtthp:

sembgal:

you have to check with your dd's P3 Science teacher regarding her SA1 exam Science paper format. Our girls are in different school. I can't answer this for you. Sorry.

why aren't P3 SA1 exam Science format the same across the board for all primary schools, in terms of the number of Science Questions set, under Section A (MCQ) and Section B (Open ended) ?
Why do exam format differ, across different schools, so confusing ?

we all know that each school set different questions under Section A and B, as such the standard of each school varies for Science.
(some schools set difficult, tough qns, while other schools set easier qns)

But, in terms of the Number of qns set (P3 exam format) under each Section, shouldn't they be standardized, across all schools ? :?

after all, regardless of which primary school pupil comes from, come 2019 PSLE, every student going to sit for the same, exact identical PSLE paper !
so, might as well standardize the exam format of SA1 and SA2 papers, from P3 to P6

Some schools do not set CA1 or CA2 Science papers anymore. They set only SA1 and SA2 papers. Eg: CHIJ St Nicholas Girls, Raffles Girls' Primary, do not conduct CA1 assessment.

In such cases, it is difficult for primary schools to standardize their papers.

[sembgal]

mugen:

I think it depends on the child and the amount of work from school. Ds used to get a lot of homework in P1 and p2 and I only worked on his weak areas during school holiday. I also usually do a couple of journal writing with him during school holidays since P1.


Now in P3, the Chinese teacher does not give as much work and I have to send him for zuowen class and revise CL with him for about 30 min on most days. It may be textbook, assessment books, or vocab building. He is fairly independent for the other three subjects and I have left him mainly to his own devices for them. On days when he is \"too free\", I will give him some English grammar to do. Unless he specifically tells me he is struggling with a topic, I will generally wait for after exam results to come back to see what needs to be done.

He still has a lot of time to do origami, leisure reading or play outdoors.

I wish I can say my child does not get so much Chinese homework. P1 and P2 very little Chinese homework, unless you count learning Chinese spelling as homework. This year in P3, there is increased in the load of Chinese homework. It is good that the teacher made the students do homework for Composition correction, oral preparation, Chinese worksheet and Chinese workbook. Sometimes there is 知识画报 homework.

In fact, learnlogy, ezhishi, mconline has plentiful of e-resources, we have to find time to explore these online resources.

9pm to 6am is the realistic bedtime that I am working towards achieving.
8pm to 6am is my ideal bedtime for my child that is so difficult to implement.
10.30pm to 6am is the actual bedtime that my child can fall asleep.

How many hours of sleep does your child gets on each weekday on average?

[sean wife]

sembgal:

mugen:

I think it depends on the child and the amount of work from school. Ds used to get a lot of homework in P1 and p2 and I only worked on his weak areas during school holiday. I also usually do a couple of journal writing with him during school holidays since P1.


Now in P3, the Chinese teacher does not give as much work and I have to send him for zuowen class and revise CL with him for about 30 min on most days. It may be textbook, assessment books, or vocab building. He is fairly independent for the other three subjects and I have left him mainly to his own devices for them. On days when he is \"too free\", I will give him some English grammar to do. Unless he specifically tells me he is struggling with a topic, I will generally wait for after exam results to come back to see what needs to be done.

He still has a lot of time to do origami, leisure reading or play outdoors.

I wish I can say my child does not get so much Chinese homework. P1 and P2 very little Chinese homework, unless you count learning Chinese spelling as homework. This year in P3, there is increased in the load of Chinese homework. It is good that the teacher made the students do homework for Composition correction, oral preparation, Chinese worksheet and Chinese workbook. Sometimes there is 知识画报 homework.

In fact, learnlogy, ezhishi, mconline has plentiful of e-resources, we have to find time to explore these online resources.

9pm to 6am is the realistic bedtime that I am working towards achieving.
8pm to 6am is my ideal bedtime for my child that is so difficult to implement.
10.30pm to 6am is the actual bedtime that my child can fall asleep.

How many hours of sleep does your child gets on each weekday on average?

My kids only started morning session this year, so still doing some trial and error on sleeping time. And that has been one of my biggest struggle this year. started with winding down at 930pm which means by the time they actually sleep, is almost 10.30pm. Next morning, most of the time, kids will whine and throw tantrums...so now trying to end everything at 830pm so that they are asleep by 930pm...not easy though as got to divide that couple of hours between 2 kids. My hubby is adamant about sleep time, and he is the timekeeper...as he is the one that will suffer next morning if kids not co-operative :gloomy:

I Guess every child is different, but 9 hours is probablytge minimum what most kids need to function well.

[mugen]

mine is definitely in bed by 9.30pm, sleeps by 10pm, wakes at 6.30am. He is usually quite free after 5pm. He is probably doing minimal work compared to sembgal’s daughter. He only brought home CL homework from school a couple of times this year so that area is definitely lacking. I think as a family, we are all quite ready to wind down after dinner time so we do not have the habit of pressing on too much after dinner.

[moomoo2]

Hi,

Can anyone intro tutors or tuition centre for english and chinese? My DS need that additional help.
TIA