2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[deardear07]

mummies n daddies… may i know if u have counted how many books/ assessments our kids go through just in the P6 year? the last time i counted, it’s scary even for me. putting aside the financial sense, the stacks look intimidating… i wonder how to finish everything too… haha

[Imp75]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1917394\" time=\"1562205799\" user_id=\"1429:

mummies n daddies.. may i know if u have counted how many books/ assessments our kids go through just in the P6 year? the last time i counted, it's scary even for me. putting aside the financial sense, the stacks look intimidating... i wonder how to finish everything too... haha

Think it varies from kids to kids and parents to parents and from subjects. Some kids thrive with drilling while others thrive with some other methods otherwise. You need to observe your own child and do not be pressure or compare to other parents/child's method.

[deardear07]

Imp75\" post_id=\"1917397\" time=\"1562205921\" user_id=\"2358:

deardear07\" post_id=\"1917394\" time=\"1562205799\" user_id=\"1429:

mummies n daddies.. may i know if u have counted how many books/ assessments our kids go through just in the P6 year? the last time i counted, it's scary even for me. putting aside the financial sense, the stacks look intimidating... i wonder how to finish everything too... haha

Think it varies from kids to kids and parents to parents and from subjects. Some kids thrive with drilling while others thrive with some other methods otherwise. You need to observe your own child and do not be pressure or compare to other parents/child's method.

i know... it's just that realization point when u put together everything n go... wow... :siam:

[MrsKiasu]

let me be one of firsts to tell...for SA1, I see dd spending time on the laptop..so should be online studies..I dont feel at ease if I dont see real papers, so got dd to do a few past year papers near sa1..after SA1, I find I m uneasy because I seldom see her touch her Sci books. So Jun hol, I got her finished her Janet Sim Sci Upperblock workbook just by reading answer no writing. Got her finished the Eng (excl compo/situational writing) and Math Specimen booklets (not sure 3 or 5 papers each..should be 5 la) and read one Oral book..


School reopened, till now I think she may be half way through Janet Sim's Lower Block only..Yesterday I printed one SA2 NY Math for dd..she only finished the Paper 1 when I came home late evening.. and tryourbest and patlsy...Paper 1 already so many marks gone :yikes: the rest of time she do hw and uses her laptop...she must listen to music now it seems..when I took away her laptop she asked for my hp..always have her ear phone ..

How are your plans now ..on weekdays and weekends?

[MrsKiasu]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1917394\" time=\"1562205799\" user_id=\"1429:

mummies n daddies.. may i know if u have counted how many books/ assessments our kids go through just in the P6 year? the last time i counted, it's scary even for me. putting aside the financial sense, the stacks look intimidating... i wonder how to finish everything too... haha

need to every books at home mah? if I force dd to finish it she will sure be stressful de..those books can keep for next one

[coast]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1917501\" time=\"1562224065\" user_id=\"43981:

let me be one of firsts to tell...for SA1, I see dd spending time on the laptop..so should be online studies..I dont feel at ease if I dont see real papers, so got dd to do a few past year papers near sa1..after SA1, I find I m uneasy because I seldom see her touch her Sci books. So Jun hol, I got her finished her Janet Sim Sci Upperblock workbook just by reading answer no writing. Got her finished the Eng (excl compo/situational writing) and Math Specimen booklets (not sure 3 or 5 papers each..should be 5 la) and read one Oral book..

School reopened, till now I think she may be half way through Janet Sim's Lower Block only..Yesterday I printed one SA2 NY Math for dd..she only finished the Paper 1 when I came home late evening.. and tryourbest and patlsy...Paper 1 already so many marks gone :yikes: the rest of time she do hw and uses her laptop...she must listen to music now it seems..when I took away her laptop she asked for my hp..always have her ear phone ..

How are your plans now ..on weekdays and weekends?

Hi MrsKiasu,

JMHO,

1) Science - Should spend more time on Upper Block. More questions (Booklet B) will be tested on UB topics. If the kid has been doing well in Science, they can usually revise LB and P5 topics quickly (as they would have revised the topics for P3, P4, P5 exams and P6 SA1)

2) Maths - The schools may not have taught all topics (Speed, Pie Charts, Nets, ...), so you may want to check whether the lost marks are due to these topics. Also, are the lost marks due to \"not knowing how to solve\" or \"careless\"? I find that doing past SA1 papers (some schools will give them SA1 papers to do) is better than doing SA2 papers at this stage.

[MrsKiasu]

coast\" post_id=\"1917517\" time=\"1562225647\" user_id=\"38933:

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1917501\" time=\"1562224065\" user_id=\"43981:

let me be one of firsts to tell...for SA1, I see dd spending time on the laptop..so should be online studies..I dont feel at ease if I dont see real papers, so got dd to do a few past year papers near sa1..after SA1, I find I m uneasy because I seldom see her touch her Sci books. So Jun hol, I got her finished her Janet Sim Sci Upperblock workbook just by reading answer no writing. Got her finished the Eng (excl compo/situational writing) and Math Specimen booklets (not sure 3 or 5 papers each..should be 5 la) and read one Oral book..

School reopened, till now I think she may be half way through Janet Sim's Lower Block only..Yesterday I printed one SA2 NY Math for dd..she only finished the Paper 1 when I came home late evening.. and tryourbest and patlsy...Paper 1 already so many marks gone :yikes: the rest of time she do hw and uses her laptop...she must listen to music now it seems..when I took away her laptop she asked for my hp..always have her ear phone ..

How are your plans now ..on weekdays and weekends?

Hi MrsKiasu,

JMHO,

1) Science - Should spend more time on Upper Block. More questions (Booklet B) will be tested on UB topics. If the kid has been doing well in Science, they can usually revise LB and P5 topics quickly (as they would have revised the topics for P3, P4, P5 exams and P6 SA1)

2) Maths - The schools may not have taught all topics (Speed, Pie Charts, Nets, ...), so you may want to check whether the lost marks are due to these topics. Also, are the lost marks due to \"not knowing how to solve\" or \"careless\"? I find that doing past SA1 papers (some schools will give them SA1 papers to do) is better than doing SA2 papers at this stage.

:thankyou: coast, shall take note!

[deardear07]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1917501\" time=\"1562224065\" user_id=\"43981:

let me be one of firsts to tell...for SA1, I see dd spending time on the laptop..so should be online studies..I dont feel at ease if I dont see real papers, so got dd to do a few past year papers near sa1..after SA1, I find I m uneasy because I seldom see her touch her Sci books. So Jun hol, I got her finished her Janet Sim Sci Upperblock workbook just by reading answer no writing. Got her finished the Eng (excl compo/situational writing) and Math Specimen booklets (not sure 3 or 5 papers each..should be 5 la) and read one Oral book..

School reopened, till now I think she may be half way through Janet Sim's Lower Block only..Yesterday I printed one SA2 NY Math for dd..she only finished the Paper 1 when I came home late evening.. and tryourbest and patlsy...Paper 1 already so many marks gone :yikes: the rest of time she do hw and uses her laptop...she must listen to music now it seems..when I took away her laptop she asked for my hp..always have her ear phone ..

How are your plans now ..on weekdays and weekends?

Mrs Kiasu, u allow ur kid to read only? I tried that too.. but duno how much was absorbed... I ended up getting mine to minimally copy out the answers n highlight what he thinks are main portions of the answer - key phrases etc... compo also like that... read n copy out..

i think that will work better if the child can have eureka moments by reading answers. haha im not sure whether mine had those moments but when i asked, he said he understand.......

[deardear07]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1917503\" time=\"1562224292\" user_id=\"43981:

deardear07\" post_id=\"1917394\" time=\"1562205799\" user_id=\"1429:

mummies n daddies.. may i know if u have counted how many books/ assessments our kids go through just in the P6 year? the last time i counted, it's scary even for me. putting aside the financial sense, the stacks look intimidating... i wonder how to finish everything too... haha

need to every books at home mah? if I force dd to finish it she will sure be stressful de..those books can keep for next one

i have no more next one to share with... i have to sell or give away those unused.. i tried giving some good books to the needy families in my estate n i dun think they are using it coz the caretakers just don't have the capacity to help revise with the kids. so it's kinda wasted...

[tryourbest]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1917394\" time=\"1562205799\" user_id=\"1429:

mummies n daddies.. may i know if u have counted how many books/ assessments our kids go through just in the P6 year? the last time i counted, it's scary even for me. putting aside the financial sense, the stacks look intimidating... i wonder how to finish everything too... haha

I didn't count, but I do know I have many books and papers lying around at home. :oops: