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

[zac's mum]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1965951\" time=\"1583460770\" user_id=\"6643:

Parents,
May i check with you whether you leave entirely to the tutors to help your kid in preparation of PSLE?

If the tutors have a good track record of PSLE prep experience and are the responsible kind, I would be more “fangxin”.

But as a kiasu parent, I will still monitor the progress at my end. U never know when the tutor would suddenly quit/fall sick.

[phtthp]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1965951\" time=\"1583460770\" user_id=\"6643:

Parents,
May i check with you whether you leave entirely to the tutors to help your kid in preparation of PSLE?

As PSLE is a high stake National exam, and the children at 12 years old or 11 years old + (for year-end born kids) are still very young, best if parents are around to help supervise, provide guidance

- to what extent have your child finished revision for the various subjects' topics expected, and

- to what extent or degree, does your child understand so far, per each topic ?

As for DSA, it is good to try out, experience the process themselves.
But have or don't have DSA offer, never mind. At end of the day, Tscore (results) is a clearer, more accurate picture, of where your child truly stand. Is he (she) stronger in languages, or in Maths & Science ?

[tutormum]

Poojaagarwal\" post_id=\"1965614\" time=\"1583134536\" user_id=\"135078:

Hi, I am just only joining this group. Can someone recommend what maths assessment books are good for PSLE?

Depends on your child's ability. If he/she is very good in the subject, get him/her books with problem sums and skip the drills. If not, those that have different levels of difficulty like \"Step by Step Maths\" whereby the easy level is to ensure his/her understanding of the topics before progressing towards the problem sums. For a P6 child, there won't be much time to go through the basics but for a very weak child, it will at least ensure that he/she is able to pass Paper 1 if he/she cannot do the problem sums in Paper 2. Personally, I prefer to use CASCO, EPH and Andrew Er.

[tutormum]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1965951\" time=\"1583460770\" user_id=\"6643:

Parents,
May i check with you whether you leave entirely to the tutors to help your kid in preparation of PSLE?

It is better to leave the teaching part entirely to the tutor as your child may be confused with different people going through the same thing as everyone has his/her own teaching methods. I even have students complaining that they are confused by their school teachers. I won't blame the teachers cos most of the time I find out that either my students did not retain 100% of what their teachers taught or fully understood what they meant and got lost in the process. :faint: There was a school teacher teaching the wrong things to my tutee that in the end I had to go through every homework and test papers to ensure that my tutee did not learn the wrong thing. :siam: Be assured that the tutor knows the syllabus well and have the experience in guiding your child in answering the questions. Otherwise, why would you engage that tutor in the first place?

Having said that, as a parent, you can help by ensuring your child is consistent in his/her work and get the tutor to update you regularly on his/her progress so that you can nib any problem in the bud. You may browse through your child's work to follow his/her progress. It is best to have your child follow a timetable to ensure that he/she has adequate rest and recreation.

As a tutor, I would try not trouble the parents unless I have issues with my students like poor attitude and not doing any work assigned. For the parents, they leave it entirely to me including the assessment books to use. :boogie:

[zav_zay]

Any good oral prep holiday workshop worth to go? MS, TWC, Learning Journey, etc etc

[mylulaoshi]

If Chinese, I’m holding Oral Exam training March Holiday course for Pri 5-6. Contact 87820440 to check if Jeri can take in, registration was closed last monday.

[xueyan]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1966035\" time=\"1583549905\" user_id=\"35251:

xueyan\" post_id=\"1965951\" time=\"1583460770\" user_id=\"6643:

Parents,
May i check with you whether you leave entirely to the tutors to help your kid in preparation of PSLE?

As PSLE is a high stake National exam, and the children at 12 years old or 11 years old + (for year-end born kids) are still very young, best if parents are around to help supervise, provide guidance

- to what extent have your child finished revision for the various subjects' topics expected, and

- to what extent or degree, does your child understand so far, per each topic ?

As for DSA, it is good to try out, experience the process themselves.
But have or don't have DSA offer, never mind. At end of the day, Tscore (results) is a clearer, more accurate picture, of where your child truly stand. Is he (she) stronger in languages, or in Maths & Science ?

We engaged this Maths tutor since April 2019 (when ds is P5). There is no improvement in marks in P5 SA2. But we continue with her as she seems a nice tutor. I leave her to teach problem sums as ds is very weak. I also tell tutor that i will not coach ds in her homework so that she knows whether ds understand what she taught.

My ds is a very lazy boy. After tuition, will not revise. Got to push push push. Hid nonchalant attitude really irks me...

Ds just got back his common test paper. He failed very badly for paper 2. Should i change to another 1 to 1 tutor? Should i teach myself? Should i register to go for commercial school like JustEd, mindstretcher?

[Zappy]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1966362\" time=\"1583804221\" user_id=\"6643:

We engaged this Maths tutor since April 2019 (when ds is P5). There is no improvement in marks in P5 SA2. But we continue with her as she seems a nice tutor. I leave her to teach problem sums as ds is very weak. I also tell tutor that i will not coach ds in her homework so that she knows whether ds understand what she taught.

My ds is a very lazy boy. After tuition, will not revise. Got to push push push. Hid nonchalant attitude really irks me...

Ds just got back his common test paper. He failed very badly for paper 2. Should i change to another 1 to 1 tutor? Should i teach myself? Should i register to go for commercial school like JustEd, mindstretcher?

If there is no improvement in P5 SA2, isn't this a clear sign already that whatever this tutor is doing is not working? This is further confirmed by the fact that he now failed his P6 CA1 Paper 2.

There're only a few more months till PSLE and now is the time for the students to finish up the syllabus, clarify what they don't know and also to begin the process of fine-tuning their techniques for the big exam.

I'd say it's way past time for you to try something different, notwithstanding the fact that she is a \"nice tutor\". That's not even a consideration, in my opinion. Nice or not, the tuition needs to be effective, regardless of which option you choose - self-teach, another 1-1, or one of the big-name tuition centers.

[phtthp]

Hi xueyan,


Let’s take it offline to discuss. I had pm u. Reach this point, your son need 1 to 1 individual Maths attention. Your current tutor, got to let go. In your condition, because he is your son, very hard to teach your own child, because as a parent, u are also under pressure

[pslemum2020]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1966362\" time=\"1583804221\" user_id=\"6643:

phtthp\" post_id=\"1966035\" time=\"1583549905\" user_id=\"35251:

[quote=xueyan post_id=1965951 time=1583460770 user_id=6643]Parents,
May i check with you whether you leave entirely to the tutors to help your kid in preparation of PSLE?

As PSLE is a high stake National exam, and the children at 12 years old or 11 years old + (for year-end born kids) are still very young, best if parents are around to help supervise, provide guidance

- to what extent have your child finished revision for the various subjects' topics expected, and

- to what extent or degree, does your child understand so far, per each topic ?

As for DSA, it is good to try out, experience the process themselves.
But have or don't have DSA offer, never mind. At end of the day, Tscore (results) is a clearer, more accurate picture, of where your child truly stand. Is he (she) stronger in languages, or in Maths & Science ?

We engaged this Maths tutor since April 2019 (when ds is P5). There is no improvement in marks in P5 SA2. But we continue with her as she seems a nice tutor. I leave her to teach problem sums as ds is very weak. I also tell tutor that i will not coach ds in her homework so that she knows whether ds understand what she taught.

My ds is a very lazy boy. After tuition, will not revise. Got to push push push. Hid nonchalant attitude really irks me...

Ds just got back his common test paper. He failed very badly for paper 2. Should i change to another 1 to 1 tutor? Should i teach myself? Should i register to go for commercial school like JustEd, mindstretcher?[/quote]Hi Xueyan,

I think there are some considerations to your question:

- Do you have the time and able to teach him Maths confidently yourself?
- Your boy has any feedback? Any pref for 1-1 or group? If group, you have to see if he can keep up during the group lessons.
- And if you can teach him yourself, will it ‘affect’ your rship? That’s the questions I ask myself often too if I shld ‘outsource’ my boy’s weaker subjects to tuition. Even though I might be able to teach, I don’t want to be the one feeling frustrated and stressed all the time spend during weekends just preparing materials and teaching him (coz I am ftwm). Need a life too 😂
But having said that, I do follow up with the tutors. Definitely can’t be entirely hands off at this stage, but it’s less stress when I know his tutor can cover most areas and I reinforce.

- Have you gone thru the paper 2 with him? Is it more of concept errors, careless or exam stamina ....
- There are assessment books which focus on Paper 2, if you want to teach him ... how did he do for his P5 SA2 paper 2?

And do seek the Maths teacher’s advice to find out if can get extra help fr the school, or if your boy can keep up during regular maths lessons.

Must be stressful but actually it’s gd that your school has CA1 as most schools don’t have till SA1 ... so you find out his weakness now and have some time to close the gap...

I also feel stressed at times coz dunno if the school is preparing them well enough ... and can’t really tell until SA1

Just my 2 cents. Jia you ok!! 💪🏻💪🏻
(PS: my boy needs to be pushed too zzzz....)