2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[janet88]

lexis:

(based on my ds' experience - he took PSLE in 2013. I think posting results for that year were released on a Friday morning, and Reporting was on a Monday, and I went to buy all the stuff before Monday hence avoiding the queue).

if the posting results are released via sms on friday, it is indeed a good idea to get everything on that same day or perhaps some from popular and avoid the mad rush on reporting day. will remember this. thanks.

[nms1]

It won’t be on Friday this year as the 21st is a Wednesday so it will be mid-week.

[Joy of Learning 111]

passioninlearning:

Dear parents,

For some of you here, you would have known that I had dedicated some personal effort to collect resource books from parents that were deemed surplus, to pass them to some of my needy learners (As per my website, I have started to screen such learners via CHAS entitlement, to avoid cases of cheating). Another exercise that i conducted was the PSLE results appeal assistance, whereby parents called me to seek assistance on how best to write in to schools. For the latter, I will be starting again once the PSLE posting results are released at the end of the year.

For this year, I am starting the the books collection exercise again. I will like to urge parents to put their surplus resources into charitable uses such as donating them, or you may want to consider passing them to me while I offer academic assistance to the less privileged.

Please feel free to drop me an email below, if you do have such resources to release.

Many thanks!

Regards,

Eric
[email protected]
passioninlearning.wordpress.com

Very commendable, Eric. Good for you! :salute:

[Homely]

Hi all, my dd just received the handbook for choosing secondary school.


I’m just wondering, since the COP indicated for the schools are based on last year, how do I go about choosing the schools? What is the buffer I should apply to my child’s actual aggregate? I recall reading a parent’s comment that during the year her child took PSLE, she did not apply for the school she really wanted to, which was Nanyang Girls, but turned out that year, the COP was a few points lower than the previous year’s.

Anyone who has gone through this can advise?

Thanks in advance.

[passioninlearning]

Joy of Learning 111:

passioninlearning:

Dear parents,

For some of you here, you would have known that I had dedicated some personal effort to collect resource books from parents that were deemed surplus, to pass them to some of my needy learners (As per my website, I have started to screen such learners via CHAS entitlement, to avoid cases of cheating). Another exercise that i conducted was the PSLE results appeal assistance, whereby parents called me to seek assistance on how best to write in to schools. For the latter, I will be starting again once the PSLE posting results are released at the end of the year.

For this year, I am starting the the books collection exercise again. I will like to urge parents to put their surplus resources into charitable uses such as donating them, or you may want to consider passing them to me while I offer academic assistance to the less privileged.

Please feel free to drop me an email below, if you do have such resources to release.

Many thanks!

Regards,

Eric
[email protected]
passioninlearning.wordpress.com

Very commendable, Eric. Good for you! :salute:

Thanks.
It's just that little bit that I can do to help the less fortunate.

[What The]

nms1:

It won't be on Friday this year as the 21st is a Wednesday so it will be mid-week.

Sorry, what do you mean by 21st is a Wednesday? 21st November is a Monday. and results is on MOE website to be anytime 24-28 November.

[nms1]

What The:

nms1:

It won't be on Friday this year as the 21st is a Wednesday so it will be mid-week.

Sorry, what do you mean by 21st is a Wednesday? 21st November is a Monday. and results is on MOE website to be anytime 24-28 November.

I'm talking about Secondary School posting date not PSLE results date. The secondary school will be confirmed on 21st December (tentative date) with reporting to the new school on the following day.

[coast]

Hi nms1,


How did you get the tentative date of 21 Dec?

I think 2015 S1 posting exercise was on 22 Dec 2015 (Tue) so the "projected" 2016 tentative date should also be a Tuesday (20 Dec 2016) and the students reporting to the new school the following day.

Thanks!

[nms1]

coast:

Hi nms1,


How did you get the tentative date of 21 Dec?

I think 2015 S1 posting exercise was on 22 Dec 2015 (Tue) so the \"projected\" 2016 tentative date should also be a Tuesday (20 Dec 2016) and the students reporting to the new school the following day.

Thanks!

From MOE website - https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/national-exams-timetable#psle
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[Pen88n]

Homely:

Hi all, my dd just received the handbook for choosing secondary school.


I'm just wondering, since the COP indicated for the schools are based on last year, how do I go about choosing the schools? What is the buffer I should apply to my child's actual aggregate? I recall reading a parent's comment that during the year her child took PSLE, she did not apply for the school she really wanted to, which was Nanyang Girls, but turned out that year, the COP was a few points lower than the previous year's.

Anyone who has gone through this can advise?

Thanks in advance.

You have a total of 6 choices, so you can distribute it as follows:
- first 2 choices: schools with COP above your child's T-score (usually 2-3 points above unless you are hearing that year's T-score seems to have dropped drastically. Even so, sometimes there is a \"crunch\" at certain range, so maybe top range schools COP overall drop but mid range COP increase due to more scores within that range)
- next 2 choices: schools with COP around your child's range (same or 1 point above / below)
- last 2 choices: schools with COP below your child's T-score (again 2-3 points below unless you are hearing that year's T-score has increased drastically so you might want to cater to the downside)

Spread your school choice wisely to cater for upside and downside. Do not aim for the sky only to discover that it cannot be reached and your child ended up at some schools not within your choices (allotted by MOE).