2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)

[yap_susan]

Formal email for SW

[laughingcat]

Mum of 3:

Can someone please share situational writing question? My DS said he misread the instruction.

writing to Principal, email format.

[snowmummy]

Forget about English paper now, just move on to the next subject. What have been done can not be changed. I’d rather not be talk about the paper anymore and focus on the next one. Don’t let the kids feel that they didn’t do well in the paper.

All the best to all P6 students! A few more days to go, Jia you!

[phtthp]

correct, English already over.


focus on Maths, tomorrow Friday.
Maths is something where your mind need to stay alert, sharp, focussed, accurate, think fast, in order to tackle Problem sums. Cannot afford to have a dull mind, sleepy brain. Sleep early tonight.

[laughingcat]

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[sembgal]

laughingcat:

talking about no 1/2 marks for Science. I noticed 2 teachers in XXXX school actually gave 1/2 marks for 1 mark qs in Science. I was :? Can meh?

It depends on the question in context. If yes, no answer and requires explanation, the child can’t explain , awarded 0 marks.
If key words are used and did not write complete answer, get half of the marks depending on point written. Write extra answer that is incorrect will also result in marks being deducted. Write too long may not necessarily get more marks. Make sure the correct answer is written.

[sembgal]

laughingcat:

talking about no 1/2 marks for Science. I noticed 2 teachers in XXXX school actually gave 1/2 marks for 1 mark qs in Science. I was :? Can meh?

It depends on the question in context. If yes, no answer and requires explanation, the child can’t explain , awarded 0 marks.
If key words are used and did not write complete answer, get half of the marks depending on point written. Write extra answer that is incorrect will also result in marks being deducted. Write too long may not necessarily get more marks. Make sure the correct answer is written.

[mylilgirl]

SW:


Background - Gina cut queue and pushed a boy in the school canteen noodle stall.

Requirement - You are the prefect who witnessed this incident. Write a formal letter informing the principal regarding this incident.

[roncar]

For SW , the student is require to write a report but my Son wrote

Dear …
My intention of writing to you …
Sign off with
Yours sincerely

Will he lose 15 marks because of wrong format. Anyone can advice ? Thanks

[sembgal]

I wanna know:

Actually just wondering if PSLE papers are tend to set difficult? I went through some of the past years paper and feel it's not easy, even for the Chinese paper which she usually get an A (71-76/90) in school. Her Psle past year paper only get 62-63/90 range. Yet, the quality(A/A*) pass last year is 68+% which is impossible based on raw score. Guess the moderation plays a heavy part. Hence I told her don't worry if you find any of the paper tough as moderation is in place. I think we should encourage our child to not worry about not able to do some qn if psle is really meant to be a little tougher. This will give them confidence to move on to another paper.

For English PSLE exam papers, I noticed that some schools like to copy the exact questions and tweak a bit here and there. I shall not name schools. If you analyzed the P6 top school papers or neighbourhood school papers, the teachers set questions almost similar in style to PSLE type of questions. The English standard cannot be deemed too difficult if the child has made consistent effort to grasp all aspects of the English components through practice and diligent learning of commonly misspelt words and read voraciously. All these have to start in P5 .

For Maths and Science PSLE papers, I notice that the questions are indeed getting more challenging through the years, especially critical-thinking questions.

PSLE exam is to sieve out the weaker students. The better ones have the option to choose if they want IB, IP route or O level route. Smart ones may not want to go IP route as they are not willing to commit 6 years just for an A levels. To play safe,opting the O level course will leave options open when the child turns 16 in sec 4. Nowadays, single pointers would rather go polytechnic than JC. Don’t choose IP just because your child qualified for it. Ask your child if they want to go JC or poly now as that will lead to long-term planning of what your child plans to study in future. What is the point of studying IP if your child plans to go poly to study their dream course?