2020 PSLE Discussions and Strategies(for those born in 2008)

[pslemum2020]

faithj\" post_id=\"1959057\" time=\"1579012966\" user_id=\"171285:

pslemum2020,

I am a PTWM, and also like you, giving daily bite-sized assessments for him to do. I buy phd education booklets for him to work on as I like their structure and answers, and pang yian math too. Actually, his school gives quite a lot of hw, so he cant do much too. I'm not sure if the intensity of their hw will increase gradually. I'm wondering if I should buy the past years papers (with SA 1 & 2 ones), prelim papers, or just focus on past psle papers? What are you buying?

We are really quite similar haha. I have gotten the other school papers but won’t like him do till nearer SA1 (his school no CA), I feel he has to learn the topics well first. Heard schools will get the PSLE papers too. His teachers haven’t been giving a lot of homework though. Probably still relax mode 🤨

[pslemum2020]

faithj\" post_id=\"1959058\" time=\"1579013327\" user_id=\"171285:

regarding the T-score, I am still clueless how this works. I just know it is like a bell-curve. But I feel no need to bother too much with this. I always tell my son just work hard and do your best. At the end of the learning journey, you look back, you will have no regrets.

Hi 5 to that!! 👊🏻👊🏻💪🏻💪🏻 The ‘no regrets’ is a motto which we hold on too. Told my son the results / outcome we can’t control fully due to many factors but we can see and he certainly has control over the efforts he wants to put in.

[littleprince]

Does any KS parent here plan a studying /revision timetable for the lead up to Psle? Do you have any tips to share or even better any sample timetable that you used for your older children?

[Luxedream]

littleprince\" post_id=\"1959391\" time=\"1579154840\" user_id=\"19510:

Does any KS parent here plan a studying /revision timetable for the lead up to Psle? Do you have any tips to share or even better any sample timetable that you used for your older children?

My son took his PSLE last year and entered the school of his choice through DSA. From Jan, we already kept reminding him the importance of P6 SA1 results. So instead of having 8 months to prepare (PSLE in Sep), we told him he only had 4 months (SA1 in May). Subsequently, having done well for SA1, prelims was a breeze, and pressure was off for PSLE when he received a CO for DSA.

[littleprince]

Luxedream\" post_id=\"1959739\" time=\"1579350440\" user_id=\"98340:

littleprince\" post_id=\"1959391\" time=\"1579154840\" user_id=\"19510:

Does any KS parent here plan a studying /revision timetable for the lead up to Psle? Do you have any tips to share or even better any sample timetable that you used for your older children?

My son took his PSLE last year and entered the school of his choice through DSA. From Jan, we already kept reminding him the importance of P6 SA1 results. So instead of having 8 months to prepare (PSLE in Sep), we told him he only had 4 months (SA1 in May). Subsequently, having done well for SA1, prelims was a breeze, and pressure was off for PSLE when he received a CO for DSA.

May i know how many hours of studying a day do you get your son to do , for week days and weekends?
To be honest, although my son is in P5 now, we do feel that since the start of school, the workload has been a lot higher than previous years. It is quite a substantial increase in quantity and difficulty of the homework. I am worried that this will be the permanent situation from now all the way to P6.

So how much time should i ask him to study (including doing homework and revision of key concepts for new topics and doing extra practice to reinforce the P5 materials)? I just hope to hear from the other parents how much time you are getting your kids to study as I also don't want to be unrealistic and put unnecessary pressure on him and cause him to burn out. So how much studying a day is ok and how much is too much?

[sky minecrafter]

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[zav_zay]

Anyone who has attended Mindstretcher ‘Preparing your child for the PSLE’ workshop?


Is it worth to attend?

[beautyseek]

I have the same questions - anyone find the revision programmes by tuition centres useful? Learning Lab runs intensive revision programmes for all the subjects but they are so expensive! Also i am trying to send DD (PSLE this yr) to compo writing classes. Any kind mummies want to share which is good in the east?

[littleprince]

sky minecrafter\" post_id=\"1959986\" time=\"1579512906\" user_id=\"130531:[quote=\"sky minecrafter\" post_id=1959986 time=1579512906 user_id=130531]
Hi littleprince, don't worry about quantity, go for quality instead... A fren's Mensa kid (not GEP) was regularly stuffed with parents' homework, still she could not (for instance) see the solutions to the recent tricky Psle Maths questions (many of her, sorry for the expression, more average frens could solve them easily). Maybe she was so inundated, she lost the habit of thinking through problems... Eventually, though she topped her (GEP) school cohort every year, she scored low 260s during Psle. Her folks seem to realise it, & finally allow her to go to (child's preferred Sec school) Mgs (instead of Rgs), so...[/quote]

I suppose quality over quantity but the son is quite a forgetful one.
He is also not one who can get his concepts right with just 3 questions and move on. So he needs more practice unfortunately.

[Luxedream]

beautyseek\" post_id=\"1960062\" time=\"1579575719\" user_id=\"9891:

I have the same questions - anyone find the revision programmes by tuition centres useful? Learning Lab runs intensive revision programmes for all the subjects but they are so expensive! Also i am trying to send DD (PSLE this yr) to compo writing classes. Any kind mummies want to share which is good in the east?

DS took PSLE last year. During the June holidays we sent him for TLL Science intensive class. He has never attended any Science tuition prior to that. We hoped to give him a little boost during the holidays and we heard many good things about TLL. Unfortunately, we found the class really mediocre, not worth the money spent.

For compo writing in the east, you can try The Write Connection at Parkway. Their methods are exam oriented, so you can see improvements in marks. However it’s very much just tuition, not enrichment. Coz while DS scores well for English, I don’t feel that the class enriches his writing style. For P6 final prep for PSLE I think this is ok.