Exams Blues or Fever

[corneyAmber]

ChiefKiasu:

ksi:

Looks like nobody having blues or fever....

Actually, everyone is having exam blues and fever and are busy hovering over our children to make sure they study... that's why it's so quiet these days

That is true....everyone too stressed to talk..

[corneyAmber]

auntieM:

BlurBee:

Hehe, no SA1 for my DD yet (P1).

So still have no stress.

Same same.. ...akan datang..
My DS still in Pri 1 too.

Another lucky one! :love:

Having said this, personally I prefer exam for my child to keep her on her toes. evil mum!!

[corneyAmber]

tankee:

by the way, how important is P1 exam result? :?

As what jedamum says, only important enough to know your kid's formal schooling standard and also raise the confidence in learning if he does well but this point cuts both ways, i.e. not well dampens the learning process as well.

[corneyAmber]

Luvkid:

At last ksi started this......DS1 do have CA, SA1.....throughout the year. In P2, the so called Honeymoon year, i still feel the pre exam fever and worried will be having post exam fever, like last year..... Waiting for the results is no joke leh, especially when DS1 always tell me,\" So easy.....\", this makes me worried more :roll:


As compared with last year, I am \"dealing\"(the only way to comfort myself) better this year. I have been trying to :siam: , but still gotta face it....

Starting from mid march, i have been giving past year papers from the top schools for DS1 to do. To date, still quite a pile left His written paper starts on 2nd week of May, so still have time to do a few more :evil: But i won't be giving him last minute (1 day before exam) to do, which turned out quite bad for him during his last SA1. As for physical preparation, drink more water than usual, and his usual cod liver oil to keep his immune, and try to boil \"cooling herbal tea\" for everyone to bring down the hot temperature, and lastly not forgetting the sufficient sleep/rest to boost his concentration!!

Daddies, Mummies, Work Hard for OUR SA........

Good point on the keeping healthy part. As for doing papers...only just started... .... maybe we did not feel the pulse of the exam fever fast enough....still in our lalaland...

[corneyAmber]

Brenda10:

Hi, my P5 DD starting doing the top schools past year SA1 papers after the March holiday. She has completed ¾ of the Maths/Science papers. The maths papers are no easy as there are various model/pattern to remember especially “ratio”. Very IMPORTANT, the Maths must take timing otherwise you may not able to complete the test and also no time for checking.

Now we would just slowly review through those mistakes and emphasis the important key point/concept/model.

For English paper 2 (95 mark), we would practice more on “Fill in each blank with a suitable word” and “Comprehension Open-ended\" this two area marks are 35/95.

For Chinese paper 2 will focus on 理解问答1 and理解问答2 (13 question total marks 34/90 of the paper 2)， some 4 marks questions are not easy to attempt to provided you can understand the whole story very well and have good 词汇to answer. Therefore we would focus more on these types of questions. Others section which are multiply choices if the child not sure can still take chance.

For English Paper 1, DD class so far had completed 8 sets of composition and situational writing in the class with timing measure. Therefore DD would just need to select a few hot topics to read through and takes notes of some good phrases of words.

For Chinese Paper 1, DD would review some good model and most importantly know how to write the good beginning and good ending/conclusion. Some appropriate 成语 for different circumstances/situations to be used.
　
For listening test, no practice as we think by watching all these English/Chinese show daily should have more or less help her in this area.

To relax, activities remain the same. She would still carry on with the normal activities like swimming class, watching favour English cartoon show, 红白喜事，综艺大哥大 , playing UNO and game boy /computer game (0.5 hours for break).

The above is our little contribution :oops: on the experience of handling SA1 for the primary 5.

Thanks for sharing Brenda, useful tips indeed! :celebrate:

[jedamum]

ksi:

but this point cuts both ways, i.e. not well dampens the learning process as well.

doing not well will result in (1) dampens spirit or (2) increase diligence/fighting spirit, depending on how the parent handles the results.
likewise, doing well will result in (1) feelgood factor or (2) complacency.

[metz]

BlurBee:

Hehe, no SA1 for my DD yet (P1).

So still have no stress.

My son has no SA too but quite a number of Topical Tests. There are some tests almost every few weeks. So far, he already had 3-4 topical tests for each subject and more for Chinese (surprise tests).

Erm, I only get to know about the tests when my signature is required. My son simply forgot to tell me the tests even though he wrote them down faithfully in his school journal. :shock: Good thing in a way - I don't get to be stressed.

[Joy]

thanks for sharing.I think your dd is very well prepared.


For math, to run thr all the mistakes, I think its not possible for everything.So, I will just pick those area that is most likely to make mistakes.Imagine, sa1 08 and 09 math, there are so many.If going thr, probably will be the most recent one, cos as they practise along the way, the old mistakes should have been rectify...I hope.


For science, I have tried making dd to redo mistakes esp mcq since pri three.It didnt help much.I guess still the analysis power is not there.

For Languages, you are right about the comprehension part.I make the mistake not focussing it previously.

For English, again its compre area.The school expected a more profound answer this time round.No lifting from the passage, but own words yet without changing the meaning.


Cheers

Brenda10:

Hi, my P5 DD starting doing the top schools past year SA1 papers after the March holiday. She has completed ¾ of the Maths/Science papers. The maths papers are no easy as there are various model/pattern to remember especially “ratio”. Very IMPORTANT, the Maths must take timing otherwise you may not able to complete the test and also no time for checking.
Now we would just slowly review through those mistakes and emphasis the important key point/concept/model.

For English paper 2 (95 mark), we would practice more on “Fill in each blank with a suitable word” and “Comprehension Open-ended\" this two area marks are 35/95.

For Chinese paper 2 will focus on 理解问答1 and理解问答2 (13 question total marks 34/90 of the paper 2)， some 4 marks questions are not easy to attempt to provided you can understand the whole story very well and have good 词汇to answer. Therefore we would focus more on these types of questions. Others section which are multiply choices if the child not sure can still take chance.

For English Paper 1, DD class so far had completed 8 sets of composition and situational writing in the class with timing measure. Therefore DD would just need to select a few hot topics to read through and takes notes of some good phrases of words.

For Chinese Paper 1, DD would review some good model and most importantly know how to write the good beginning and good ending/conclusion. Some appropriate 成语 for different circumstances/situations to be used.
　
For listening test, no practice as we think by watching all these English/Chinese show daily should have more or less help her in this area.

To relax, activities remain the same. She would still carry on with the normal activities like swimming class, watching favour English cartoon show, 红白喜事，综艺大哥大 , playing UNO and game boy /computer game (0.5 hours for break).

The above is our little contribution :oops: on the experience of handling SA1 for the primary 5.

[buds]

chamonix:

My son has no SA too but quite a number of Topical Tests.

Same with DD2.

chamonix:

There are some tests almost every few weeks. So far, he already had 3-4 topical tests for each subject ...

Again same! :hi5:

chamonix:

and more for Chinese (surprise tests).

Wah, what are the odds! :celebrate:
Yet again, SAME! :hi5:

They are given like pop tests. :evil:

chamonix:

Erm, I only get to know about the tests when my signature is required. My son simply forgot to tell me the tests even though he wrote them down faithfully in his school journal. :shock:

Wuahahahaa! Same same same! :rotflmao:
DD2 came back one day, said... \"Mum i have worksheets for you to sign.
And i got 20 upon 20 for all of them... there are some 30 upon 30 too...\"

I went like, :?.

:whut:

I asked, \"How come there are marks for worksheets?\"

And... that was when i JUMPED! \"Then that must be test papers!\"
I gestured her to bring ALL of them to me and i realised they were
all topical tests! :faint: I too, asked her why i wasn't informed & there
wasn't any note or reminders with regards to any preparation for them?
Cos i do look into both their journals regularly, either they show me or i
go check it out myself. :evil:

She claimed that the teachers want us to try ourselves because all these
we learnt in school.

chamonix:

Good thing in a way - I don't get to be stressed.

Heck yeah! :celebrate:

As we speak, the tide has already blown over with all the tests.

Lucky us hor Chamonix?

[corneyAmber]

jedamum:

ksi:

but this point cuts both ways, i.e. not well dampens the learning process as well.

doing not well will result in (1) dampens spirit or (2) increase diligence/fighting spirit, depending on how the parent handles the results.
likewise, doing well will result in (1) feelgood factor or (2) complacency.

Nowadays I find your response interesting, Jedamum, can tabulate into a complex decision tree, but you are right, there is alot of \"depend\" factors, that is what makes life interesting, no 2 same outcomes but many possibilities.