2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)

[joy2]

Jade01:

For both english and chinese is much more difficult than ytd. chinese was in library abiding the rules which is a common topic that can be found in any oral practice book.


wonder why moe is so unfair. my boy damn suay.

So in your opinion, which day is more difficult?

[Jade01]

as i mentioned i felt both eng n chinese oral for day 2 is tougher.

for eng, day 1 open house is a common event that most kid would have probably experience. but day 2, speech contest, there is nothing much to elaborate. the child must be quick enough to think of personal experience to say more which how many child have such experiences?

for chinese, library was also one of the test topic in psle 2015 i think. is in the psle booklet. is also about library. moreover, in all the oral practices assessment, library is definitely one of the practice topic. even my p2 practises this topic for his oral. day 1 topic learning from friends is not so straightforward.

[Zappy]

Jade01:

For both english and chinese is much more difficult than ytd. chinese was in library abiding the rules which is a common topic that can be found in any oral practice book.


wonder why moe is so unfair. my boy damn suay.

Your son should have had one \"easier\" topic from yesterday then, right? Since can only have either EL or CL today.

[nicnac]

Jade01:

as i mentioned i felt both eng n chinese oral for day 2 is tougher.

for eng, day 1 open house is a common event that most kid would have probably experience. but day 2, speech contest, there is nothing much to elaborate. the child must be quick enough to think of personal experience to say more which how many child have such experiences?

for chinese, library was also one of the test topic in psle 2015 i think. is in the psle booklet. is also about library. moreover, in all the oral practices assessment, library is definitely one of the practice topic. even my p2 practises this topic for his oral. day 1 topic learning from friends is not so straightforward.

TOP schools typically have their open houses in April/May. All other schools usually have theirs in November, before or after the PSLE results. There is a schedule of open houses 2018 available. So I think we cant assume that most kids already have the experiences of attending open houses. Personally. my kids have never attended any open house, so i can’t say that the EL topic yesterday was something that my dd is familiar with.

[Zappy]

Not sure if it’s the same for everyone, but yesterday’s question was about whether you’d go to that school. Not whether you want to go to the open house.

[nicnac]

ryka:

Problem for my DD also, EL oral speech contest is not a common topic. I think most 12-years old seldom have interests to hear speeches if never involves in speech & drama or debates activities

Mine has never attended an open house. So the topic yesterday was not something that she can relate to.

Those open houses in April/May are usually held by the TOP schools. Unless the kids are all of the RI/HCI/RGS/DHS (mostly IP schools) callibre, the majority of the PSLE kids would not have attended an open house yet. The regular secondary schools typically hold their open houses in November, just before the release of the PSLE results or the weekend after it.

[floppy]

[quote]在图书馆里要注意自己的言行举止。

两个男生，先是在图书馆里吃喝，然后又吵闹，被图书馆管理员批评，道歉。[/quote]如果你是那两个男生，你会有什么感受？
》 没关系啊，国内都是如此。图书馆管理员应该是很少走出新加坡，真是小题大做 :evil:

你的学校图书馆有什么规则？
》 很多，不过没闲空去记

你的学校图书馆是怎么确保大家都遵守规则的？
》 有时用藤鞭，有时拳打脚踢 :nunchuk:

如果你是那两个男生，经过这件事后，你会在图书馆里遵守规则吗？、
》 看着办。图书馆管理员面前应该做个样，图书馆管理员背后吗。。。呵呵呵

[nicnac]

Zappy:

Not sure if it's the same for everyone, but yesterday's question was about whether you'd go to that school. Not whether you want to go to the open house.

Actually I am not sure what exactly was asked. I am only addressing the point that most assumed that majority of the kids would have experienced an open house, so yesterday’s topic is an easier one. The open houses in May was mainly for the TOP 3-10% of the PSLE students.. so ~80% of these kids have yet to attend one

[ryka]

nicnac:

ryka:

Problem for my DD also, EL oral speech contest is not a common topic. I think most 12-years old seldom have interests to hear speeches if never involves in speech & drama or debates activities

Mine has never attended an open house. So the topic yesterday was not something that she can relate to.

Those open houses in April/May are usually held by the TOP schools. Unless the kids are all of the RI/HCI/RGS/DHS (mostly IP schools) callibre, the majority of the PSLE kids would not have attended an open house yet. The regular secondary schools typically hold their open houses in November, just before the release of the PSLE results or the weekend after it.

I think yesterday EL oral topic questions are more related on the choosing of secondary school, as long as your kid has a dream / target school should be able to answer most of the questions. Not necessarily has to had attended the open house before.
Of course for kids who have attended DSA interview would already have a great advantage.

[Jade01]

my son had chinese ytd and eng today. anyway is my personal opinion that today’s topic is easier.

dif child has dif exposure.
so just hope for the best for their upcoming psle papers in sep!
jiayou all parents!