2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)

[Zappy]

sunny:

Hi all, my gal was not doing well in her SA1. just want to check if her target for psle is 245, what should be her average score for each subject? Is there anywhere that I could do a rough calculation based on her current SA1 results?

Quick rule of thumb calculation is total of the 4 marks multiply by 0.70 to 0.75. More accurate calculations would require the average & standard deviation of the national cohort.

[sunny]

Thanks for replying. She really has to put in lots of effort if she wants to achieve her target... :xedfingers:

[laughingcat]

Hello Sunny, it is good to set target. But as parent, we need to guide children to set a realistic target to get into a reasonable school of choice without affecting mental health.

[Estéema]

Mental health is VERY IMPT.


Give them R&R everyday for at least an hour. They'll need sufficient sleep to perform well. Let them hv their childhood. Don't snub their childhood. Hear their spontaneous laughters! When they do their work with effort, give them lots of hugs & love. They'll return u manifolds! :rahrah: :please: :love:

[sunny]

laughingcat:

Hello Sunny, it is good to set target. But as parent, we need to guide children to set a realistic target to get into a reasonable school of choice without affecting mental health.

Yes, you are right. She shortlisted the school and told us that she wanted to go to that school. However, she's not working hard (still playful) enough to hit or at least get closer to that school's COP for this SA1... Probably I should just let her be and let her learn the lesson if she couldn't hit the school's COP end of the day.

[laughingcat]

Sunny, why don’t you shortlist the schools with her. Those school that you know she can achieve. Give her the kind of target that she can achieve which is not too far off to boost her confidence first.


Sometime when the child has a little taste of victory, you may see a wonderful transformation.

At 11/12 years old, they are still very much like a child.

[sunny]

laughingcat:

Sunny, why don't you shortlist the schools with her. Those school that you know she can achieve. Give her the kind of target that she can achieve which is not too far off to boost her confidence first.


Sometime when the child has a little taste of victory, you may see a wonderful transformation.

At 11/12 years old, they are still very much like a child.

Thanks for the tips, will do that over the weekends.

[margaret99]

is this tread still valid?

[margaret99]

i was looking for some advice …i am in the dilemma that should i continue with current tutor which started 3 months ago or change to other group lesson.

my son this year PSLE, and he was with mind stretcher but stopped after complaining boring and does not help, we then switched to private tutor from Feb onwards and but he end up english mark drop during the recent SA1-not sure if we put too much expectation on the tutor… does tutor come with their own study and teaching material? one thing i find is private tutor seems lack of resources compare to mind strecher or learning lab these kind of tution centre.
so should i change him back to tuition centre?
anyone can share with me some experience and opinion? thanks a lot

[Estéema]

Whereabouts are u? NSEW?