2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[zac's mum]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1941512\" time=\"1571206337\" user_id=\"35251:

hi sky,

have a friend whose kid P6 this year, faced learning difficulty, from a rich family.

This child had been failing all 4 subjects, since P1 to P6, in all (SA1, SA2) exam.
Although child faced learning difficulty, but MOE did not grant him exemption (Chinese).
So, he still took Standard Chinese PSLE paper (1 and 2) recently, on Monday (30 Sep 2019)
Ever advised parent to let child take Foundation Chinese, instead of Standard Chinese.
However, parent initially did consider, but in the end, dropped the idea.

6 years ago, back then in 2014 Primary 1, this child could have joined a local Primary school, dedicated to handle education for special need kids. (won't mention the name of the primary school, here)

i told parents that that good local special-need primary school, would benefit child, long term wise.
However, because this parent is a very senior key personnel working in a highly visible, high-powered organization, because of \"face\" issue, parent insisted that child go study in a GEP primary school, because parent is an alumni from a coveted GEP school, so enrolled child into GEP primary school.
Based on recent August 2019 P6 Prelim, child also failed all 4 subjects. Each subject, scored way below 50 / 100

parent think likely this child will fail 2019 PSLE.
As a result, parent think that likely, child be channelled into a \"local Secondary school, dedicated for students who failed PSLE\", via MOE S1 posting results.

However, parent don't want child to go into this local Secondary school, because of \"face\" issue.
Parents don't want relatives nor office colleagues, to know that child going to be posted there.
Due to learning difficulty, child not independent, the parents won't send child to overseas boarding school

question

from above sharing, since this child's rich parents can afford, is it better to

- homeschool him, or

- send child to a \"ACS / HCI / SJI\" International School, for secondary education ?


($ is not any issue to them, because parents are rich businessmen )

By the way, the below article points out a little-known fact: 50 is not the passing mark for PSLE. So your friend’s son may actually pass and do “well” enough to go to N(T) stream.

“In other words, the student will pass with these minimum marks: 20 in English and in Mathematics, 19 and below in Science and in Mother Tongue. Therefore, 50 was never the passing mark for each subject.”

Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/voices/dampen-exam-angst-reveal-psle-pass-scores

[littleprince]

LoveMyMelody\" post_id=\"1941549\" time=\"1571215287\" user_id=\"178604:

littleprince\" post_id=\"1941469\" time=\"1571198186\" user_id=\"19510:

Does anyone know what is the pre-requisite for the student to be able to study either Biology-Chemistry-Math-Econs or Chemistry-Physics-Math-Econs at year 5 at these schools such as RI, NJC, HCI? Having this information would be good for us to decide whether to select these schools for the S1 exercise, knowing that it is going to be very competitive there

I don't think there is pre-requisite to study BCME or PCME at Ri. I think it's the most common subject combi there. The recommended gpa to take 4 H2 subjects is 3.2(out of 4.0), but it's not compulsory to get gpa of 3.2 to take 4H2 subjects.

Thank you for the information. If there really isn't any pre-requisite, we would have more courage to aim for this school

[anxious.01501dad]

littleprince\" post_id=\"1941577\" time=\"1571219496\" user_id=\"19510:

LoveMyMelody\" post_id=\"1941549\" time=\"1571215287\" user_id=\"178604:

[quote=littleprince post_id=1941469 time=1571198186 user_id=19510]Does anyone know what is the pre-requisite for the student to be able to study either Biology-Chemistry-Math-Econs or Chemistry-Physics-Math-Econs at year 5 at these schools such as RI, NJC, HCI? Having this information would be good for us to decide whether to select these schools for the S1 exercise, knowing that it is going to be very competitive there

I don't think there is pre-requisite to study BCME or PCME at Ri. I think it's the most common subject combi there. The recommended gpa to take 4 H2 subjects is 3.2(out of 4.0), but it's not compulsory to get gpa of 3.2 to take 4H2 subjects.

Thank you for the information. If there really isn't any pre-requisite, we would have more courage to aim for this school[/quote]Found a post on reddit, the forummer did a compilation of different JC's requirement. Nor sure if there is any changes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/comments/ad2agp/a_levels_h1h2_subject_requirements_for_all_schools/

[Monkeysea]

While packing the assessment books, I found a Math question similar to the PSLE question 17 on triangle pattern.


https://postimg.cc/mhYBxbdz

[phtthp]

Monkeysea\" post_id=\"1941617\" time=\"1571236825\" user_id=\"145532:

While packing the assessment books, I found a Math question similar to the PSLE question 17 on triangle pattern.

https://postimg.cc/mhYBxbdz

from which Maths assessment book ?
is the publisher \"Teachers @Work\", title is P6 \"Thinking Skills & Heuristics\" ?

[Monkeysea]

It's called Non-Routine Math from Popular. There's only P5 level.

https://postimg.cc/VSNM0Gh1

[littleprince]

anxious.dad\" post_id=\"1941607\" time=\"1571234249\" user_id=\"52054:

littleprince\" post_id=\"1941577\" time=\"1571219496\" user_id=\"19510:

[quote=LoveMyMelody post_id=1941549 time=1571215287 user_id=178604]

I don't think there is pre-requisite to study BCME or PCME at Ri. I think it's the most common subject combi there. The recommended gpa to take 4 H2 subjects is 3.2(out of 4.0), but it's not compulsory to get gpa of 3.2 to take 4H2 subjects.

Thank you for the information. If there really isn't any pre-requisite, we would have more courage to aim for this school

Found a post on reddit, the forummer did a compilation of different JC's requirement. Nor sure if there is any changes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/comments/ad2agp/a_levels_h1h2_subject_requirements_for_all_schools/[/quote]This is very helpful. Thank you, Anxious dad!

[Lynn1967]

Is speed still tested in psle?

I browse through 2019 top papers dun seem to see it.

[phtthp]

Yes, Speed is one of the key P6 Topics, inside MOE Maths syllabus.


Speed is included under PSLE examination scope

[Nethan Nerella]

Hi guys for the PSLE 2019 math paper


The measurement question in paper 2 (question 2) I put 14.7 along with a few other ppl in my school. Others put 15.2 or 15.0. May I ask whether SEAB will allow more than one answer for this qns as usually measuring questions (angle measuring etc.) They allow aroumd 3 answers due to human error.

Will that be the case for this qns?