2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[MrsKiasu]

poor thing, maybe they didnt know that it is quite 'normal' for a drop. Guess we know in advance so not much shock. on a lighter note, my gal told me her kaki strategise how to present the papers to parents to manage shock

[sky minecrafter]

Schootopia:

... Drop in grades is usually due to lack of work / guidance for SG students ...

I tend to agree.

[MrsKiasu]

sky minecrafter:

Schootopia:

... Drop in grades is usually due to lack of work / guidance for SG students ...

I tend to agree.

Tend to agree too..dd just managed to do some P5 sci revision and did few past year papers. Not really a shock to me with her results.

[mylulaoshi]

Drop in Pri 5 is very common, especially in Chinese and English; first time /200 marks.

[MrsKiasu]

mylulaoshi:

Drop in Pri 5 is very common, especially in Chinese and English; first time /200 marks.

Hi mylulaoshi, is it common to have quite (big) difference between CL and HCL marks and usually CL will see better score than HCL?

[Cloud Cloud]

MrsKiasu:

poor thing, maybe they didnt know that it is quite 'normal' for a drop. Guess we know in advance so not much shock. on a lighter note, my gal told me her kaki strategise how to present the papers to parents to manage shock

Reminds me of how my dd told me her results a few years back. She started off with “mum, Cher said this was a really tough paper. Almost half did not clear. Know what? I was one of those that clear....” :slapshead:

[mylulaoshi]

MrsKiasu:

mylulaoshi:

Drop in Pri 5 is very common, especially in Chinese and English; first time /200 marks.

Hi mylulaoshi, is it common to have quite (big) difference between CL and HCL marks and usually CL will see better score than HCL?

Definitely. We should be glad if our child can pass Pri 5 HCL

[MrsKiasu]

mylulaoshi:

MrsKiasu:

[quote=\"mylulaoshi\"]Drop in Pri 5 is very common, especially in Chinese and English; first time /200 marks.

Hi mylulaoshi, is it common to have quite (big) difference between CL and HCL marks and usually CL will see better score than HCL?

Definitely. We should be glad if our child can pass Pri 5 HCL [/quote]seriously

:thankyou:

[MrsKiasu]

Cloud Cloud:

MrsKiasu:

poor thing, maybe they didnt know that it is quite 'normal' for a drop. Guess we know in advance so not much shock. on a lighter note, my gal told me her kaki strategise how to present the papers to parents to manage shock

Reminds me of how my dd told me her results a few years back. She started off with “mum, Cher said this was a really tough paper. Almost half did not clear. Know what? I was one of those that clear....” :slapshead:

:nailbite: good to know the 'trend' in advance..else both side poor thing..

[sean wife]

mylulaoshi:

MrsKiasu:

[quote=\"mylulaoshi\"]Drop in Pri 5 is very common, especially in Chinese and English; first time /200 marks.

Hi mylulaoshi, is it common to have quite (big) difference between CL and HCL marks and usually CL will see better score than HCL?

Definitely. We should be glad if our child can pass Pri 5 HCL [/quote]
I think one main reason why many kids don’t do well in HCL is simply because that is usually the last priority in terms of exam preparation? After all, it does not go into the computation of the total score at P5/P6 right?

I also heard of cases whereby kids do better for HCL than normal CL, because normal CL is the one that really needs to understand all the vocabulary learnt in P5/P6 very well. HCL seems to be testing more on the general standard of Chinese of the child, especially on comprehension skills (can be hit-or-miss sometimes). Not much emphasis on drilling on the vocabulary learnt.