2020 PSLE Discussions and Strategies(for those born in 2008)
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This is lifted from another thread https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=80799.
If anyone has the info for 2015 onwards, please help to update.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION (note that from 2015 EL Paper1 format changed)
Scenario-based stimulus
2014 - You were at a shopping centre with your father at the book sale when you heard a loud cheer coming from the main entrance of the building
2013 - You were at the cinema and the movie is about to start when an annoucement was made...
2012 - While you were in the library, you heard a strange noise/sound growing louder and louder
2011 - While I am walking towards the mall, I saw people rushing out .....
2010 – bus stop – an elderly woman approaching unsteadily
2009 – shopping centre – heard a strange noise
2008 – lift – robbery
2007 – MRT train – blackout
2006 – supermarket – fire
2005 – school -a child sobbing during recess
2004 – home – power failure / blackout
2003 – home (corridor) – burglary / theft / break-in
2002 – beach – people running in different directions
Picture stimulus
2014 - A boy is with three other pupils in a classroom. The boy is wearing a chicken outfit and the others are laughing at him
2013 - a picture showing inside the house, mummy is using her hands covering one of her son eyes. Asking the son to put his hands inside a box that was on the table
2012 - room/home - two children under a table, wrapped boxes on the table, there are some decoration/painting on the wall (rainbow), someone wearing long pants is walking into the room as one leg is shown coming through the doorway
2011 - zoo - scene in a zoo, an elephant spraying water at a man with a camera
2010 – shopping mall – a girl drops an ice cream cone from the first floor onto a man on the ground floor
2009 – beach – a boy is pinched by a crab while picking litter with his classmates
2008 – park – a child falls into a hole
2007 – foot of HDB block – two children throw eggs from their window at two students below
2006 – park – a ball rolls into the path of a cyclist
2005 – roadside – a car splashes water onto two school children at a bus stop
2004 – canal – boys fishing; one boy climbs over the rails
2003 – outside school – motorcycle accident occurs during dismissal time
2002 – park – boys disturb a beehive
ENGLISH ORAL Topics 2005-2011
(vivid description from 2011 as contributed by ksp parent with excellent memory kid {I still remember who })
2011 PSLE English Oral Reading Aloud
Day 1
Dialogue among sister,brother and mother on whether to get hamster (after reading advertisement about someone going overseas to work and has 5 hamsters to give away)
Picture discussion
Classroom scene with some tables. Teacher about to enter classroom with some books. Table 1 - goldfish and 2 students (boy with hand in the tank, girl stopping him);Table 2 - 1 rabbit with 3 students (one using ruler to poke rabbit, another making faces at the rabbit, the third trying to stop them);
Table 3 – tortoise with rock in cage with 2 students (students obediently looking at cage). Examiner also asked her what she should do as a responsible pet owner.
Conversation - What are some of the places you would like visit or have visited. Suggest some ways which the places could be improved. (eg. Park or Zoo)
Day 2
Reading Aloud
Passage was about a young girl called Su Lin who was having a bad toothache and in great pain. She was scared to visit the dentist but her mother insisted that she must go there. Reluctantly, she and her mother went to the clinic to seek treatment from the dentist. After coming out from the clinic, Su Lin was smiling and realised that the experience (treatment) was not as painful as what she had thought.
Picture discussion
The setting was a scene inside a clinic. At the top left side of the picture, there were cabinets. One of the cabinets was opened and rows of medicine could be seen arranged neatly. In front of the cabinets, there was a counter to receive payment and possibly storing as well as dispensing medicine. A man could be seen taking out a $50 dollar note and about to pay the cashier (lady). At the top right hand corner, there was the consultation room. The consultation room was labelled as \"Room 1\" and underneath was the name of the doctor - \"Dr John Lim\". To the left side of the consultation room, there was a bench where a mother could be seen comforting her young daughter who was crying with her right hand being bandaged. Above them, there was a poster showing the picture of healthy diet in the form of a pyramid. In front of the crying young daughter and her mother, there were two boys fighting over a toy car. Next to them (2 boys) on the right, there was a mother holding her toddler.
Conversation
Talk about an experience of you going to the clinic.
2010
Picture: At the park but the theme is a healthy lifestyle (Fat father giving his plump daughter junk food).
Conversation: Topic was \"Healthy lifestyle\" - how you keep fit.
Passage : About cleaning up the park
Picture : A scene in a family home, whereby a girl is reading a book on the couch, her dad is cleaning the the windows, her mom is scolding and mopping the floor and her baby brotheris crawling on the floor.
Conversation: How do you help out in your home?/Do you do household chores?/Do you like cleaning the park?
2009
Picture: A Family meal
Conversation: A good meal with family
Picture: At the void deck
Conversation: A kind deed
2008
Picture: Robotics competition
Conversation: Watching/participating in a competition
Picture: Pitching a tent
Conversation: Camping
2007
Picture: MRT cabin
Conversation: Compare taking MRT & bus (Transportation)
Picture: School health check
Conversation: Healthy lifestyle
2006
Picture: Zoo
Conversation: Keeping pets
Picture: Library
Conversation: Reading favourite book
2005
Picture: Along the road
Conversation: Helping others & being helped
Picture: At home (painting)
Conversation: Favourite subject -
Your kid’s examination in 2020, Imami? Wow… time flies.
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ChiefKiasu:
Your kid's examination in 2020, Imami? Wow... time flies.
Yes, and I feel like I am preparing for it already!
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Hi anyone knows where to find past year top school exam papers on English composition? Or anywhere where I can find composition pictures for practice? Thank you!
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Imami:
Yes, and I feel like I am preparing for it already!
Lol. Whatever you do, remember your kid is in P4 now, the 2nd leg of the 6 year race to PSLE, P4 was a tough year for me, even though I had a good form teacher. But we are what we are now as a result of what we went through. Pace your child so that she/he grows familiar and fond of the learning process. Then, P6 PSLE will be a breeze! -
ChiefKiasu:
Chief, my DS enjoys his current form teacher of P3-4.. so sad that Tr won't be following up since already taught the class for 2 yrs.. I've hardly heard of kids who say they miss sch during sch holidays.. but mine has been saying since P1 even up to now when we pass by sch during some weekends. so i guess he's been enjoying the learning process. not sure about next 2 years, when the heat turns up with tougher content n more homework.Imami:
Yes, and I feel like I am preparing for it already!
Lol. Whatever you do, remember your kid is in P4 now, the 2nd leg of the 6 year race to PSLE, P4 was a tough year for me, even though I had a good form teacher. But we are what we are now as a result of what we went through. Pace your child so that she/he grows familiar and fond of the learning process. Then, P6 PSLE will be a breeze!
We still find it weird yet heartwarming that he's been making such remarks though... maybe either he's had good teachers in lower pri, or we were just more playful in the past. haha -
deardear07:
Its always heartwarming to hear that our kids enjoy their Primary schools. Last time teachers only follow the class for 1 year and is replaced the next. I would just say that the only year in Primary school I truly enjoyed is Primary One and the rest of my days there were pretty much keeping up with the the top people in the school. Came close but could not overtake the top student in school. I think Secondary school was off for me mostly... ended up in the Technical stream with a terrible Physics tutor. It was only when I reached JC when I truly found my callingChief, my DS enjoys his current form teacher of P3-4.. so sad that Tr won't be following up since already taught the class for 2 yrs.. I've hardly heard of kids who say they miss sch during sch holidays.. but mine has been saying since P1 even up to now when we pass by sch during some weekends. so i guess he's been enjoying the learning process. not sure about next 2 years, when the heat turns up with tougher content n more homework.
We still find it weird yet heartwarming that he's been making such remarks though... maybe either he's had good teachers in lower pri, or we were just more playful in the past. haha
Having browsed through the curriculum a little these days, I found that while most of the syllabus these days have changed, the core part of education remains untouched. I don't think MOE will get rid of PSLE, despite all the hue and cry. They may change the syllabus of subjects, but never the subjects themselves, at the so-called foundation level. The most anyone is doing is to jig up the subjects a little. I like the fact they are revamping the syllabus, but somehow also feel the way they are doing it is rather half-hearted. Hard to switch the syllabus when eveything is going well! -
ChiefKiasu:
Thanks Chief.Imami:
Yes, and I feel like I am preparing for it already!
Lol. Whatever you do, remember your kid is in P4 now, the 2nd leg of the 6 year race to PSLE, P4 was a tough year for me, even though I had a good form teacher. But we are what we are now as a result of what we went through. Pace your child so that she/he grows familiar and fond of the learning process. Then, P6 PSLE will be a breeze!
Indeed, we are what we are now as a result of what we went through. Now, why does it sound so painful?
Frankly speaking, PSLE is still quite far away in my mind, in terms of serious preparation. I went :yikes: :scared: after tofu boy's english teacher gave them some stuff to prepare for oral exam. I couldn't believe what they were told to do. I thought I should find out about actual PSLE oral topics just to get the feel of the expectation.
I hope I can be useful in tofu boy's journey to PSLE and beyond. -
It is amazing how a good teacher can do magic to students.
While many students have their form teachers/main subject teachers following them up the level at least once, tofu boy never quite have such luck. In P4 now, save for a Chinese teacher who took him for P1 and P2, there is never a teacher who takes him for two consecutive years. Most teachers whom I had spoken to had a similar opinion on this matter - they rather follow the same class up the level if they have been trained sufficiently.
This year, tofu boy has a really inspiring English teacher and I can really see him improving and blossoming. I hope he will continue to meet such an inspiring teacher.
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