2023 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2011)

[chenlaoshi]

Greenie13:

Thank you chenlaoshi.

However, I could not view the image attached. Do you know how to view them?
Thanks.

Hi Greenie13,
I have uploaded the pictures to another site. Do let me know if you still can't view them - I can whatsapp or email them to you.


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[sembgal]

Greenie13:

Hi Any recommendation for P2 English and Chinese assessment books?

Thanks.

Popular has a recommended list of assessment books. You can check with the senior Popular staff about which books to buy.

For English, I recommend the pink P2 EPH Grammar & Vocabulary MCQ book and How To Score English P2 - (includes Stimulus-based Conversation, Continuous Writing, Editing, Visual Text Comprehension, Comprehension Open-ended. )

To add on, practise 2018 P2 exam papers and go library to borrow more books for your child to read.

[KAP]

What are the changes that will affect our 2011 bunnies ?

[KAP]

What are the changes that will affect our 2011 bunnies ?

[KAP]

What are the changes that will affect our 2011 bunnies ?

[synthesis77]

Some interesting read on the changes:


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/end-of-streaming-moe-explains-which-levels-of-subjects-students-qualify-for-with

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/psle-changes-unlikely-to-eliminate-pressure-unless-parents-chang-7931420

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Some interesting read on the changes:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/end-of-streaming-moe-explains-which-levels-of-subjects-students-qualify-for-with

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/psle-changes-unlikely-to-eliminate-pressure-unless-parents-chang-7931420

I think most parents would have settled in with the changes by now. IMHO, these changes are more cosmetic than address some of the root problems. There's still a major exam (PSLE) at the end of P6. It still determines your secondary school, albeit with less precision as before (which means added anxiety for parents who can't let go of the die-die-this-school mentality). Instead of looking at schools individually, we are now likely to see them as groups or clusters. Pretty much same same with small difference. The blurring of some G1 / G2 / G3 lines is a blessing if your child falls within the G1 / G2 band but won't really affect the G3. Certainly for the top tier or some of top-middle tier schools who don't have anything less than express stream in their schools.

[zac's mum]

MOE will be releasing more details on the AL banding system in the next few months. Saw that throwaway line in some news article recently.

[sky minecrafter]

Some observations…

(1) EL comprehension, composition, grammar, & vocabulary remain at the same pace as previous batches. Composition assignments (minimal guidance) are totally completed in school, yet children do not seem to have a problem meeting the minimum word count, to writing as much as 270words (P2, topics like A Fire, Lost & Found).
(2) MA worksheets have been greatly cut & my P2 dd is only doing ~30% of previous batches. Teacher explains that this reduction has nothing to do with the AL system, rather, moving to a more hands-on (use of manipulatives) approach. Of course, this means that the teacher has to utilise her experience & alert me whenever my child is not applying the chapter’s concepts properly.
(3) HCL is even more curious. At the end of semester 1, we are still writing guided sentences to mimic a 作文 paragraph… Also, vocabulary worksheets are absent; so if there is no awareness/other exposure, children may encounter difficulties telling apart a natural Chinese sentence from one with 语病。

[JaneMary]

Do not be anxious. There are quite a lot of home base support you can provide for your little daughter in fun ways that she can enjoy.

1. There are many You Tube record of the Bible in Mandarin and English. Get you child to listem to them on daily basis
in both language. Both listening skills and vocabulary can be build up easily.

2. Get your child to sing the time table like nursery rhyme.
1 x 2 = 2
2 x 2 = 4

should be verbalize as one two two
two two four

Do not read 2, 4, 6, 8 10
Do not say one times two equal to two.
The above is the most effective for functional usage in the long term.

3. Get your girl to draw and tell story from what she draws.
Do it as a game with her.

4. Get your child to relate the events of the school that happen in the day.
Get her to write them down.

5. Pick up good stories books from the library and read to the girl.

So you are much in control. Your girl will never fall behind!