2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[MyPillow]

laughingcat:

Dino:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]parents in 2018 PSLE thread said their Maths & Science are easy papers, means our 2019 batch, going to be easy too ? What you all think ?


2 possibility
either same as 2018, also going to be easy as well, since MOE want to de-emphasize academic stress, like removing (P1, P2 exam / P3, P5 SA1)

OR

SEAB reserve the setting of challenging questions, for our piggies ?

I heard last year's papers is tough....... going by the pattern, it should be tough next year? one year easy one year tough?

Personally I felt last year papers are easy. That is why my and my kids braced ourselves for tough papers this year. Also looking at this year top school P6 SA1 and SA2, was also surprised it is easy as well. So my thought is maybe SEAB is moving away from setting too difficult paper but throw in 1 or 2 difficult Qs to differentiate the A and A*. That is my opinion only.[/quote]I hope this is the way to go .. inf act , abt 70 to 75% of qns should be set for normal , avg abilities range, another 30% can be tiered for the A- to A* .
my 1 cent opinion, I feel DSA academics to IP sch can do away , if the child is academically inclined , go via plain vanilla psle scores ... no need to create so many academics portfolio -high class expensive enrichment center benefit the most in making$$$ in tutoring .
Let DSA IP to remain for sports n performing arts talents, meeting minimum expectations ( current of 190 - express stream , maybe too low - at least 225 (or ?) - an avg academic incline student grade at least , so that the child will not suffer if he/she ever got into IP schs - the reality of not able to catch up in studies is cruel to a growing teen who is having hormones war deep inside the body)

[Dino]

I hope this is the way to go … inf act , abt 70 to 75% of qns should be set for normal , avg abilities range, another 30% can be tiered for the A- to A* .

my 1 cent opinion, I feel DSA academics to IP sch can do away , if the child is academically inclined , go via plain vanilla psle scores … no need to create so many academics portfolio -high class expensive enrichment center benefit the most in making$$$ in tutoring .
Let DSA IP to remain for sports n performing arts talents, meeting minimum expectations ( current of 190 - express stream , maybe too low - at least 225 (or ?) - an avg academic incline student grade at least , so that the child will not suffer if he/she ever got into IP schs - the reality of not able to catch up in studies is cruel to a growing teen who is having hormones war deep inside the body)[/quote]

end of day, most imptly hope that every kid can go to the school they wished for / wanted (or the schools the parents wished they can go to - HAHA), regardless of DSA or no DSA…

[faithj]

deardear07:

just wondering how come i see so many 2018/ 2019/ 2020 psle discussions but no 2020?

My DS is 2020 PSLE! I also noticed that! I have not switched on my radar yet. lol. Just joined to get a feel of KSP.

[MyPillow]

Dino:

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end of day, most imptly hope that every kid can go to the school they wished for / wanted (or the schools the parents wished they can go to - HAHA), regardless of DSA or no DSA.....

wish vs reality check - May not be a straight forward/simple wish to certain grp - so many boys wana go rr boy sch , so many girls wana go rrr girls sch headache again :scratchhead:

[Dino]

MyPillow:

Dino:

I


end of day, most imptly hope that every kid can go to the school they wished for / wanted (or the schools the parents wished they can go to - HAHA), regardless of DSA or no DSA.....

wish vs reality check - May not be a straight forward/simple wish to certain grp - so many boys wana go rr boy sch , so many girls wana go rrr girls sch headache again :scratchhead:

R is branded stuff....... haha its good!!!!

[nms1]

Dino:

I hope this is the way to go .. inf act , abt 70 to 75% of qns should be set for normal , avg abilities range, another 30% can be tiered for the A- to A* .

my 1 cent opinion, I feel DSA academics to IP sch can do away , if the child is academically inclined , go via plain vanilla psle scores ... no need to create so many academics portfolio -high class expensive enrichment center benefit the most in making$$$ in tutoring .
Let DSA IP to remain for sports n performing arts talents, meeting minimum expectations ( current of 190 - express stream , maybe too low - at least 225 (or ?) - an avg academic incline student grade at least , so that the child will not suffer if he/she ever got into IP schs - the reality of not able to catch up in studies is cruel to a growing teen who is having hormones war deep inside the body)

end of day, most imptly hope that every kid can go to the school they wished for / wanted (or the schools the parents wished they can go to - HAHA), regardless of DSA or no DSA.....[/quote]

They have now removed the general academic DSA entry which I think is a good move. They have kept the subject specific ones though which I agree with. I have selfish motives but my son is a prime example - he's is very good at Science and that's where his interest lies. However, he is terrible at Chinese. He would never be able to get into a \"top\" school with his PSLE result because his Chinese will pull his mark down substantially. He just passed for SA1. Without DSA, he may miss the chance to go for a school with a programme targetted at children like him. We can't expect children to be good at everything - and the reality is that some of the most talented are quite one dimensional but that shouldn't be a handicap in my view.

[mylilgirl]

Dino:

I hope this is the way to go .. inf act , abt 70 to 75% of qns should be set for normal , avg abilities range, another 30% can be tiered for the A- to A* .

my 1 cent opinion, I feel DSA academics to IP sch can do away , if the child is academically inclined , go via plain vanilla psle scores ... no need to create so many academics portfolio -high class expensive enrichment center benefit the most in making$$$ in tutoring .
Let DSA IP to remain for sports n performing arts talents, meeting minimum expectations ( current of 190 - express stream , maybe too low - at least 225 (or ?) - an avg academic incline student grade at least , so that the child will not suffer if he/she ever got into IP schs - the reality of not able to catch up in studies is cruel to a growing teen who is having hormones war deep inside the body)

end of day, most imptly hope that every kid can go to the school they wished for / wanted (or the schools the parents wished they can go to - HAHA), regardless of DSA or no DSA.....[/quote]

I feel the same too. Remove all DSA domains related to academic and limit strictly to sports only. Even DSA by leadership also voice down to results.

Removing DSA itself will reduce the stress, more so than removing P5 SA1. Main reason why students feel the stress from P5 SA1 is because many are hoping to use the good results so that they get a chance to DSA. All, except those students who really excel in sports, should enter by tscore.

[zac's mum]

Given the recent announcement and trend, I am expecting some big changes to be announced for DSA 2019. There is a separate thread in KSP forum for this if u wish to follow: https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=91518

[sweetbaby]

zac's mum:

Given the recent announcement and trend, I am expecting some big changes to be announced for DSA 2019. There is a separate thread in KSP forum for this if u wish to follow: https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=91518

I will not be surprised. Zac's mum, your child taking PSLE in 2019 ?

[zac's mum]

sweetbaby:

zac's mum:

Given the recent announcement and trend, I am expecting some big changes to be announced for DSA 2019. There is a separate thread in KSP forum for this if u wish to follow: https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=91518

I will not be surprised. Zac's mum, your child taking PSLE in 2019 ?

My child taking PSLE in 2022...but his academic side like CMI kind, so I am keeping an eye out for DSA options haizzzz...

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If u have ever read this book before, u probably know what I mean when I say my kid is almost exactly like the typical boy characterized in that book. So different from a daughter who can study well