2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)

[CelesteMummy]

Any feedback on Kranji Secondary School? My son got 229. Comments on my top 3 choices, Please:

1) Fuhua (cop 232)
2) kranji (cop 229)
3) clementi town (cop 231)

Shld i swop choice 2 & 3 based on last year cop? will this lower his chance of getting into any of his top 3 schools of choice if I rank kranji as his third choice given he has higher chance of getting into this school? I heard the order of choice comes to play when there is a tie. Please advise. Thanks.

[oldman123]

Dear Parents, we are new to the posting system and are not familiar the schools,....our son's tscore is 234, should we chose clementi town (231), which is 15min walking distance from home, or Fuhua Sec (232), which is 35 mins away by bus ? My relative said Fuhua' culture is better (chinese based) and overall ranking or perception is better than clementi town. They also said for secondary school, it is not important for the kid to be near home unlike primary school. In short, Fuhua's \"better name\" is worth the travelling time. Any knowledgeable parent on the two schools or how important is travelling time mean to a kid, please advise. Thank you so much. :thankyou:

[sweetbaby]

Sakaki:

>Easier maths paper wouldnt it mean easier for more kids that are more inclined to Maths to score?



Difficult math: pupilA 95 pupilB 75, 20ponits difference
Easy math: pupilA 100 pupilB 90, 10points difference
Know what I mean?

Oh... thx u.

[Charlene83]

Sakaki:

My DD's case this year, the top class of the neighbourhood primary school, top 5 out of overall 42 pupils, still got 265-270, the rest puplils most of them are stong in Math and Science, in average got 5-10 lower PSLE score compare to Prelim. 3-4 pupils weak in Math and Sciene but stong in English and Chinese got 5-10 higher PSLE score compare to Prelim. Not sure what happen to other primary schools but I think maybe the same thing happened. Also curious to know why there is no consistancy for the difficulity of the PSLE Math, Science, English, Chinese test.

Hi there, we noticed this trend in my kid’s school. Eg, those usually stronger in maths and science scored lower then those stronger in English and Chinese. Not sure whether other schools experienced that and not sure whether this will ultimately affect COP. Just speaking out my thoughts. Generally my kid’s school did not perform very well overall though it is one of the better pri school in my area.

[cloubhappy.05320live.05320com]

Thank you for the sharing of thoughts.


Anyone knows if Anglican touch a lot of christianity in school? We are not Christian but I like the school. It seems a good school with well behaved children.

[phtthp]

yymm03:

you reminded me of such possible situation! Seems TJC is also popular, same level of risk. Let me rethink of it, thanks a lot !

Sorry, yymm03. My sincere apology

2018 Sec 1 MGS : the affliation Cut-off point was not 205, had been raised.

[cloubhappy.05320live.05320com]

fable:

XK:

Hi,


Appreciate some kind advice.

With aggregate 239, worth giving the risk to try for a school with cut off 241?

Between Anglican high and commonwealth sec sch, which is a better choice?


Thank you!

Its not a risk so long as you have some choices whose COPs are comfortably within your child's T-score

But yeah, commonwealth and anglican high are very far apart from each other. What are your considerations?

We stay in the Central. So travelling time is the same for both sch however the distance of walking out daily seems far.

[sky minecrafter]

Charlene83:

we noticed this trend in my kid’s school. Eg, those usually stronger in maths and science scored lower then those stronger in English and Chinese. Not sure whether other schools experienced that and not sure whether this will ultimately affect COP. Just speaking out my thoughts. Generally my kid’s school did not perform very well overall though it is one of the better pri school in my area.

Hello, Hearsay: our school (Gep centre), the top Mainstream MA+SC class (where the cohort top 10students originate), its Psle average score, continues to out-perform the top Mainstream EL+CL/HCL classes...

[Dreamgear]

XK:

Thank you for the sharing of thoughts.


Anyone knows if Anglican touch a lot of christianity in school? We are not Christian but I like the school. It seems a good school with well behaved children.

No they dont force it on you

[Dreamgear]

Happy Mum:

sky minecrafter:

[quote=\"Happy Mum\"]Does anyone know what's the cut-off for 3rd language option for Japanese, French and German?

My DS scored 250 but was not offered. So 250 is not TOP 10%.

Hi, fren 's kid scores 251, & is not offered too. Hearsay: Y2018 Category 3 3rd Language cut off is 252.

Thank you for reply!

Does this mean it would be hard for DS to qualify for IP course?[/quote]Not a factor, there will be high scorers who opted for o level track as well and many other factors like dsa