2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)
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Zappy:
Tuition is a personal choice based on the child's perceived strengths and weaknesses, as well as the capabilities and means of the family.
2) Probably not uncommon but this shouldn't have an impact on what your plans are for your own child.xueyan:
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2. Is it common for child to have all subjects on tuition/tuition centre?
In drawing out a plan for PSLE preparation, you, as a parent, are in the best position to assess whether tuition is truly needed. -
phtthp:
Hixueyan:
Hi, my child is in P5 this year.
1. Do I understand correctly that most schools will teach everything in P5 and P6 will just be revision?
Answer you, in detail
a) English
English is the only subject, that has No difference between (P5 and P6 level), because ALL the named components tested inside English Main Paper 2 are identical, exactly the same, inside (P5 & P6 SA1 mid-year and SA2 Prelim). Some schools do not even conduct (P5 and P6 CA1), so we shall not discuss P6 CA1, here.
For English, following are the named components, inside Paper 2 -
Grammar
Vocabulary
Vocabulary cloze
Grammar cloze
Comprehension cloze
Visual Text Comprehension
Open-ended Comprehension
Editing for Spelling & Grammar
Synthesis / Transformation
b) Chinese
P6 chapters for Normal Chinese are different, from that taught in P5.
Hence, come to P6 Chinese, there are still a lot to teach, to learn, and to cover, at least another 10 more new P6 chapters. The same goes (apply to) for P6 Higher Chinese chapters.
c)
P6 Maths Topics like Speed, Area of Circle (using pie = 3.14 to calculate or compute), etc. are taught only in P6 Mainstream, not in P5 level.
d)
P6 Science Topics like Living Together in a Community, Characteristics of the Environment, Man's Impact on the Environment, Pollution, Food Web (Chain), Forms & Sources of Energy, Conversion of Energy from one form into another, Predators, Structural Adaptation, Adaptation for Survival, etc.
are taught only in P6 Mainstream, but not in P5 level, although some primary schools may have already taught \"Forces\" in P5 Mainstream, instead of in P6.
So, P6, there are still quite a number of Science chapters to teach, and to cover.
However, GEP students inside GEP schools are different. They might have already covered or been taught these P6 Mainstream topics, by the end of their P5 GEP advanced, Science designed curriculum.
2. Is it common for child to have all subjects on tuition/tuition centre?
Up to P5 level, it is still alright to have tuition a child is weak in, in a number of subjects. This is common.
But come to P6, it is a crucial (important) consolidation time, because time is extremely tight & precious.
In school, a lot of homework and many mock Practice assignment papers are given by P6 subject Teachers to practise, given one Paper after another consecutively non-stop to practise, all the 4 subjects coming in now concurrently, one by one, so time is very, very tight, precious. You can feel the stress seeping in after Chinese New Year, when P6 CA1 is round the corner (February). CA1 will \" force\" you to study, shift up into gear 1 momentum, for Round 1 warm-up training exercise.
Therefore, only when necessary, then go for tuition or if
A child is still very weak, in certain subject. Otherwise, you should be consolidating and revise at home, if you are able to manage that subject, on your own.
At P6, if one keep going for tuition in All subjects, not only will you be burnt out fast, but also leave you with No (little) time for revision, make you panic even more.
Thanks.
I am slightly surprise that in P6, you will advise less tuition. From what i know, a lot of parents will start to have tuition for all subjects in P6 just to make sure they have the last push.
I will monitor the school whether they have any supplementary class after school. I understand this may not happen to all school.
My boy is slightly ADD and get drifted away easily so I am really nervous. You are right to say that he has to study on his own. We plan schedule together.
English tuition
We just started 1 to 1 tuition. As he doesn't read much, he needs guidance in all aspects . All he reads is Young Scientist magazine. Comprehension is getting tough and I cannot teach anymore.
Chinese tuition
1 tutor to 3 kids. This is his strongest subject, so I am not so worry
Maths tuition
1 tutor to 2 kids. I am also teaching him myself as he take some time to grasp the concept
Science - No tuition. We bought superstar science videos to help. I am thinking to start tuition depending on SA1 results. -
xueyan:
Hiphtthp:
[quote=\"xueyan\"]Hi, my child is in P5 this year.
1. Do I understand correctly that most schools will teach everything in P5 and P6 will just be revision?
Answer you, in detail
a) English
English is the only subject, that has No difference between (P5 and P6 level), because ALL the named components tested inside English Main Paper 2 are identical, exactly the same, inside (P5 & P6 SA1 mid-year and SA2 Prelim). Some schools do not even conduct (P5 and P6 CA1), so we shall not discuss P6 CA1, here.
For English, following are the named components, inside Paper 2 -
Grammar
Vocabulary
Vocabulary cloze
Grammar cloze
Comprehension cloze
Visual Text Comprehension
Open-ended Comprehension
Editing for Spelling & Grammar
Synthesis / Transformation
b) Chinese
P6 chapters for Normal Chinese are different, from that taught in P5.
Hence, come to P6 Chinese, there are still a lot to teach, to learn, and to cover, at least another 10 more new P6 chapters. The same goes (apply to) for P6 Higher Chinese chapters.
c)
P6 Maths Topics like Speed, Area of Circle (using pie = 3.14 to calculate or compute), etc. are taught only in P6 Mainstream, not in P5 level.
d)
P6 Science Topics like Living Together in a Community, Characteristics of the Environment, Man's Impact on the Environment, Pollution, Food Web (Chain), Forms & Sources of Energy, Conversion of Energy from one form into another, Predators, Structural Adaptation, Adaptation for Survival, etc.
are taught only in P6 Mainstream, but not in P5 level, although some primary schools may have already taught \"Forces\" in P5 Mainstream, instead of in P6.
So, P6, there are still quite a number of Science chapters to teach, and to cover.
However, GEP students inside GEP schools are different. They might have already covered or been taught these P6 Mainstream topics, by the end of their P5 GEP advanced, Science designed curriculum.
2. Is it common for child to have all subjects on tuition/tuition centre?
Up to P5 level, it is still alright to have tuition a child is weak in, in a number of subjects. This is common.
But come to P6, it is a crucial (important) consolidation time, because time is extremely tight & precious.
In school, a lot of homework and many mock Practice assignment papers are given by P6 subject Teachers to practise, given one Paper after another consecutively non-stop to practise, all the 4 subjects coming in now concurrently, one by one, so time is very, very tight, precious. You can feel the stress seeping in after Chinese New Year, when P6 CA1 is round the corner (February). CA1 will \" force\" you to study, shift up into gear 1 momentum, for Round 1 warm-up training exercise.
Therefore, only when necessary, then go for tuition or if
A child is still very weak, in certain subject. Otherwise, you should be consolidating and revise at home, if you are able to manage that subject, on your own.
At P6, if one keep going for tuition in All subjects, not only will you be burnt out fast, but also leave you with No (little) time for revision, make you panic even more.
Thanks.
I am slightly surprise that in P6, you will advise less tuition. From what i know, a lot of parents will start to have tuition for all subjects in P6 just to make sure they have the last push.
I will monitor the school whether they have any supplementary class after school. I understand this may not happen to all school.
My boy is slightly ADD and get drifted away easily so I am really nervous. You are right to say that he has to study on his own. We plan schedule together.
English tuition
We just started 1 to 1 tuition. As he doesn't read much, he needs guidance in all aspects . All he reads is Young Scientist magazine. Comprehension is getting tough and I cannot teach anymore.
Chinese tuition
1 tutor to 3 kids. This is his strongest subject, so I am not so worry
Maths tuition
1 tutor to 2 kids. I am also teaching him myself as he take some time to grasp the concept
Science - No tuition. We bought superstar science videos to help. I am thinking to start tuition depending on SA1 results.[/quote]There's a total of 33 chapters for science, so not to say SA1, even if you start now, a tad too overdue already -
Hi,
Understand this group is for 2019 psle parents... hope i can get some help here cos my girl is doing hers next yr.
I saw these books by Janet Sim, may i check whether anyone is using it n has any reviews on it?
There are so many types n i m not sure which one should i get for my girl in p5 this yr.
Thank you so much!![](\"https://i.postimg.cc/zvVwCgnF/20181215-164228.jpg\")
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Just to share that having tuition should be a joint decision between both parents and child. One of my friends’ child top the school cohort in psle last year. He gave up tuition in P6 and practically revise on his own and still have time to go on YouTube. A very self-disciplined boy.
If your child needs tuition, by all means give to him but if he is stressed out because of additional tuition homework, then I would advise to drop the tuition as some schools are giving out a lot of homework.
Sleep is a precious commodity that should not be neglected. Sleep debt accumulated over time due to staying up late to revise or do extra work (exam papers) can cause the child to feel lethargic during PSLE exam. -
Some schools will be conducting CA1 over the next 2 weeks.
Instead of re-posting the images, I'll just post the links of my previous sharing for CL Paper 2 and compre section across other threads (mostly on the PSLE 2018 one). Hope they'll come in handy for your child's preparation over the weekend! :rahrah:
Comprehension Section:
1. (RE: strengthening on this section) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=84699&p=1826715&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1826715
2. (RE: Q40) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=93062#p1899282
CL Paper 2 + HCL Compre:
1. (RE: CL Paper 2 Q3 to Q33, HCL Paper 2 Q16 to Q21) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=84699&p=1876025&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1876025 -
chenlaoshi:
Some schools will be conducting CA1 over the next 2 weeks.
Instead of re-posting the images, I'll just post the links of my previous sharing for CL Paper 2 and compre section across other threads (mostly on the PSLE 2018 one). Hope they'll come in handy for your child's preparation over the weekend! :rahrah:
Comprehension Section:
1. (RE: strengthening on this section) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=84699&p=1826715&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1826715
2. (RE: Q40) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=93062#p1899282
CL Paper 2 + HCL Compre:
1. (RE: CL Paper 2 Q3 to Q33, HCL Paper 2 Q16 to Q21) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=84699&p=1876025&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1876025
Dear Ms Chen Laoshi,
Thank you very much for the information. My girl struggle with direct speech to indirect speech in presenting compre answers. If only there is a a chinese assessment book on synthesis and transformation that would be wonderful. But sadly there isn't.
Would you have some tips on direct to indirect speech. Some children really struggle on this because their chinese is not smooth, and also because they are thinking hard on the answer to write everything perfectly, everything becomes difficult and make the answer not smooth flowing.
If you have some tips that would be much appreciated! -
bluepencil:
Hi bluepencil,chenlaoshi:
Some schools will be conducting CA1 over the next 2 weeks.
Instead of re-posting the images, I'll just post the links of my previous sharing for CL Paper 2 and compre section across other threads (mostly on the PSLE 2018 one). Hope they'll come in handy for your child's preparation over the weekend! :rahrah:
Comprehension Section:
1. (RE: strengthening on this section) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=84699&p=1826715&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1826715
2. (RE: Q40) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=93062#p1899282
CL Paper 2 + HCL Compre:
1. (RE: CL Paper 2 Q3 to Q33, HCL Paper 2 Q16 to Q21) https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=84699&p=1876025&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1876025
Dear Ms Chen Laoshi,
Thank you very much for the information. My girl struggle with direct speech to indirect speech in presenting compre answers. If only there is a a chinese assessment book on synthesis and transformation that would be wonderful. But sadly there isn't.
Would you have some tips on direct to indirect speech. Some children really struggle on this because their chinese is not smooth, and also because they are thinking hard on the answer to write everything perfectly, everything becomes difficult and make the answer not smooth flowing.
If you have some tips that would be much appreciated!
(I'm a Mr, not Ms. :p)
Don't worry, it's not only your DD. This is a common challenge esp. for kids who seldom converse in Mandarin and/or are not often in a Mandarin speaking environment. Besides, sometimes, we do not converse in 'proper' Chinese too, for example:
\"难道她不知道真相吗？” vs. 她不知道真相meh? -- it will probably be easier for them to understand (and transform) the latter than the former
Another challenge is when synthesis & transformation is performed in Compre section, it has to take into consideration the context of the passage. Take for example this excerpt from 2018 Nanhua CL CA1 Paper OE Compre.![](\"https://i.postimg.cc/Cxd6vyLJ/Photo-24-2-19-9-47-01-PM.jpg\")
In the question asking why the brothers did not eat the apples immediately, some kids actually just include 哥哥问奶奶“那您呢”/哥哥问奶奶那她呢 instead of explaining the concern that 奶奶 will not have any apple to eat.
Yes, unfortunately, there aren't books dedicated to this area and synthesis & transformation. However, we can always make use of the dialogues in Cloze Passages and Comprehension Passages to do such practice. This is definitely something I work on with the kids in preparation for Compre sections, not just solely doing Compre exercises. Otherwise, in most cases, it will be 治标不治本.
Therefore, whenever the child comes across direct speech in passages, get them to practice transforming them to reported speech (can be a mixture of verbal + written practice, depending on how heavy his/her workload is). Sometimes, for the less commonly spoken sentence structures or the more complicated ones (involving underlying message), we can do the transformation and use the opportunity to teach them instead (or give them 2 options, ask them to choose which is the correct one). -
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The RACE starts NOW! :rahrah:
Psle timetable is out.
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/examination-timetable/2019psleexamtimetable_25022019e8ae2ee7ac72455e971713c43c358547.pdf
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