2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[lee_yl]

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lee_yl\" post_id=\"1922775\" time=\"1564099902\" user_id=\"17023:

“And attain AL1 and AL2 in their Mother Tongue”
:boogie: means if a student is able to achieve AL2, it’s equivalent of A* for Chinese in today’s context.

Thanks for sharing

It's mentioned in the news (with interviews) yesterday that in the new PSLE scoring system, MOE has lowered the criteria for students to take Higher Mother Tongue in Secondary. Hence, we cannot deduce the above.

IMHO, A* is never 91 marks and above in PSLE as they need to cater for difficult papers/ cohort performance. Note that the new AL1 is 90 and above.

Oh yes, I watched yesterday’s news too. Perhaps it’s just the interviewer’s assumption? The interviewer said that she thought that the criteria had been lowered because students no longer need to attain A* in Chinese to be eligible for sec HML. The interviewer could be under the impression that A* is 91 and above for all subjects?

Take my DD2 for example, she has never scored above 90 for P5/P6 Chinese exam but she got an A* for PSLE Chinese. Thus, it is likely that the raw score for PSLE Chinese could be high 80s to get A* and not necessarily to be above 91.

It was stated in today’s ST that, “This is similar to the existing practice” (eligibility for sec HML). Is there any mention that the bar has been lowered?

[lee_yl]

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Unless you really like your MT, there's really not much benefit to take higher MT in IP...but that's where most of the top 10% are, no?

Both my kids’ favourite subject is definitely not Chinese. But we want them to do HMT because for IP, students taking HMT do not need to take chinese at Yr 5 (JC1). They can then concentrate on other subjects for their A-levels

[coast]

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[quote=lee_yl post_id=1922775 time=1564099902 user_id=17023]
“And attain AL1 and AL2 in their Mother Tongue”
:boogie: means if a student is able to achieve AL2, it’s equivalent of A* for Chinese in today’s context.

Thanks for sharing

It's mentioned in the news (with interviews) yesterday that in the new PSLE scoring system, MOE has lowered the criteria for students to take Higher Mother Tongue in Secondary. Hence, we cannot deduce the above.

IMHO, A* is never 91 marks and above in PSLE as they need to cater for difficult papers/ cohort performance. Note that the new AL1 is 90 and above.

Oh yes, I watched yesterday’s news too. Perhaps it’s just the interviewer’s assumption? The interviewer said that she thought that the criteria had been lowered because students no longer need to attain A* in Chinese to be eligible for sec HML. The interviewer could be under the impression that A* is 91 and above for all subjects?

Take my DD2 for example, she has never scored above 90 for P5/P6 Chinese exam but she got an A* for PSLE Chinese. Thus, it is likely that the raw score for PSLE Chinese could be high 80s to get A* and not necessarily to be above 91.

It was stated in today’s ST that, “This is similar to the existing practice” (eligibility for sec HML). Is there any mention that the bar has been lowered?[/quote]You may be right. Other than the TV news yesterday, I don't think it was mentioned in writing that the bar has been lowered.

But the \"similar to the existing practice\" could just be referring to school having the flexibility to decide exceptions :-
\"For pupils who do not meet the above criteria, secondary schools will have the flexibility to offer Higher Mother Tongue to students assessed to have high ability and interest in mother tongue languages. This is similar to the existing practice.\".

The news is just announced so we will probably get more clarity on this point soon

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[aloyboy]

Any affiliation school has announced their new affiliation "cop" under the new scoring system, this thread is the first batch right ?

[floppy]

aloyboy\" post_id=\"1940404\" time=\"1570582681\" user_id=\"4897:

Any affiliation school has announced their new affiliation \"cop\" under the new scoring system, this thread is the first batch right ?

No. I don’t think any school is in a rush to announce.

[zac's mum]

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Any affiliation school has announced their new affiliation \"cop\" under the new scoring system, this thread is the first batch right ?

Wait and watch...This year 2019 PSLE batch (entry into 2020 Sec 1 intake) is the first batch that will be affected by the 20% cap on affiliated students. We will see the T score COP being “adjusted” according to market demand first.

[FantasyLandDreams]

https://www.thinking-factory.com/p5-english-tuition/p5-paper2-components/advice-on-how-to-prepare-for-the-english-language-paper-2-in-the-primary-5-year/?fbclid=IwAR2qUVxD80YHqB9KOENRGoDso7yVJIbtE_3jKYoWODDCR3IlRzsM8gzToo4

[6thisnthat9]

Is "no SA1 for p5" a rule all schs have to follow or a guide where some schools can choose to keep SA1?

[zac's mum]

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1952718\" time=\"1576042834\" user_id=\"145858:

Is \"no SA1 for p5\" a rule all schs have to follow or a guide where some schools can choose to keep SA1?

It is a guide, for 2020 P5 batch.

Only from 2021 P5 batch onwards then it will become a compulsory rule.

Nevertheless, even if SA1 (mid year exam) is scrapped, schools are still allowed to carry out max 1 weighted assessment per term. So technically there can still be CA1, SA1, CA2, and SA2 (aka Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4).

Infographic from Straits Times:
https://postimg.cc/Z9bqQLVK