2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[Mrkatong]

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[quote=Jazzcy post_id=1947840 time=1574397043 user_id=53313]May I know what is the cut off point to qualify for foreign language this yr? Or is every year the same number?

252 this year. No every year is different coz this is basically the cut off for top 10%.

I have a colleague, kid got 250 - still offered a 3rd language - so I guess top 10% is 250 this year?[/quote]My kid only has 245 and was also offered 3rd language. Top 10% would be lower than 250 base on MOE criteria

[Mrkatong]

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[tyeogh]

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we encourage our DD to go for 3rd language, becos she is naturally interested in languages n it's a good opportunity to get out of school n make more frens

Er....this is ironic. Lol. Spend time studying a subject to make more friends? I would have thought picking up a sport or hobby outside school will be easier. Apologies sir. Maybe I am just weird. Haha. :rahrah:

[Timmy21]

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Thanks, Mengshan!

Ha btw, as this forum is very active, how do i reply tagging to the specific note such that the person can relate to it? Just don't seem to find any way to do it...

To do tat, click on the apostrophe \" in the upper right corner of each message

[Stevenlsf]

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[quote=Swc post_id=1947865 time=1574400098 user_id=178585]

252 this year. No every year is different coz this is basically the cut off for top 10%.

I have a colleague, kid got 250 - still offered a 3rd language - so I guess top 10% is 250 this year?

My kid only has 245 and was also offered 3rd language. Top 10% would be lower than 250 base on MOE criteria[/quote]just now someone posted kids with score 249 were not offered 3rd language.

[2Jan_mum]

Need advice. If my DD scores 220, which schools in the north will be good choice to put into the options?

[Timmy21]

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[quote=Swc post_id=1947865 time=1574400098 user_id=178585]

252 this year. No every year is different coz this is basically the cut off for top 10%.

I have a colleague, kid got 250 - still offered a 3rd language - so I guess top 10% is 250 this year?

My kid only has 245 and was also offered 3rd language. Top 10% would be lower than 250 base on MOE criteria[/quote]i think the forumers are referring to the Cat C 3rd language (french, german, jap, spanish). Students who r not in the top 10% can only choose malay n arabic, i think.

[peasants]

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MsB_Luv\" post_id=\"1947815\" time=\"1574393685\" user_id=\"182449:

Hello, I am new.

Just want to hear from some mummies here / school of thoughts for sec school with a wide COP vs a smaller range of COP.

~ wide range better/ narrow range

My personal tot: Maybe that wide range, eg. 220-254. Maybe that school only have 1 student 254.

Anyone good in analysing such to interpret?
:thankyou:

I did this analysis once.

To me, wide range usually have affiliates. They reserve spaces for students from their affiliated primary school. When that is filled up, the school open slots to the public. So if only one class is open to the public, the public competes to enter that one class. Such schools have very few high scorers. The low scorers are their affiliates and these form the bulk of the students.

Is that a good school? I doubt so. It just means they have few spaces for the public to enter, hence high COP. Standards set at the school cater to the bulk, which are average scorers.

Narrow bands usually means no affiliates. The students there made it on their own merit. Pupils there are surrounded with similiar peers. The general pace is set according to their standards i.e a good fit.

There is also one very important factor. When one joins a school with affiliates, the students there already formed their own cliques. It is very hard to break into the group. A close friend told me this when he joined my school decades ago.

To me, making friends is the most imperative experience in a sec school bec these are the friends that will see you through life. So, to be unable to break into cliques is a huge drawback. In a non-affiliated environment, everyone has to make new friends all over again. This is a strong plus.

Ps: Daddy here. So dunno whether my view is accepted?

Fully agree, even for non affiliated environment, school that I known make sure no same primary school students are in the same class as much as possible.

From a father too.

[hanhui]

Anyone has any idea if this year cohort did better in PSLE as compared to last year? Thinking if the COP will be raised unexpectedly again and another bombshell this year.

[MerlionInGermany]

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MsB_Luv\" post_id=\"1947815\" time=\"1574393685\" user_id=\"182449:

Hello, I am new.

Just want to hear from some mummies here / school of thoughts for sec school with a wide COP vs a smaller range of COP.

~ wide range better/ narrow range

My personal tot: Maybe that wide range, eg. 220-254. Maybe that school only have 1 student 254.

Anyone good in analysing such to interpret?
:thankyou:

I did this analysis once.

To me, wide range usually have affiliates. They reserve spaces for students from their affiliated primary school. When that is filled up, the school open slots to the public. So if only one class is open to the public, the public competes to enter that one class. Such schools have very few high scorers. The low scorers are their affiliates and these form the bulk of the students.

Is that a good school? I doubt so. It just means they have few spaces for the public to enter, hence high COP. Standards set at the school cater to the bulk, which are average scorers.

Narrow bands usually means no affiliates. The students there made it on their own merit. Pupils there are surrounded with similiar peers. The general pace is set according to their standards i.e a good fit.

There is also one very important factor. When one joins a school with affiliates, the students there already formed their own cliques. It is very hard to break into the group. A close friend told me this when he joined my school decades ago.

To me, making friends is the most imperative experience in a sec school bec these are the friends that will see you through life. So, to be unable to break into cliques is a huge drawback. In a non-affiliated environment, everyone has to make new friends all over again. This is a strong plus.

Ps: Daddy here. So dunno whether my view is accepted?

But Whitley, Guangyang and Punggol, in an earlier example, have no affiliated pri schools.
Also, the affiliated pri sch has its own range, separated from the non affiliated students range, they are not put together for a combined range.

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And the statement “such schools have very few high scorers” is skewed.

And as for cliques, not necessarily true too. Some students have never met another student even though they are from the same pri sch. On the other hand, some students from different pri schools, are already good friends because they go to the same tuition class. And also, there are cases like Anderson Pri, where most of the 23x go to the same sec sch in AMK. So one may think this sec sch has no affiliated pri but actually so many of them come from Anderson. Same for MBS and KHS, bulk of their students go to these few sec schs in the east. So my point is, you cant really predict the presence of cliques by looking at whether the sec sch has any affiliated pri sch.