2020 PSLE Discussions and Strategies(for those born in 2008)
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phtthp\" post_id=\"1966035\" time=\"1583549905\" user_id=\"35251:
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.
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 guidancexueyan\" 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?
- 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 ?
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? -
xueyan\" post_id=\"1966362\" time=\"1583804221\" user_id=\"6643:
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.
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?
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. -
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 -
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.
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 guidancephtthp\" 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?
- 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 ?
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....) -
xueyan\" post_id=\"1966362\" time=\"1583804221\" user_id=\"6643:
I feel:
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?
Should not go tuition class as he will not be able to catch up and might just switch off given his character.
Change to another a one to one tutor, preferably those who specializes and have more than 5yrs of teaching experience. It will be more expensive ($50 to $70 per hour) but if cheap tutor do not work you are basically wasting your $ too.
If you can't teach effectively better leave it to the tutor. You just ensure your boy does hid HW. -
Better to engage another tutor… since it’s not producing results. Or try teach him, see if he can get it? If u are not the tiger mum kind, I think u will do okay teaching him.
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phtthp\" post_id=\"1966390\" time=\"1583814756\" user_id=\"35251:
Hi phtthp, many thanks for your pm. Very helpful of you. i have sent you a email. Thanks again!
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\" post_id=\"1966428\" time=\"1583819613\" user_id=\"181399: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....)
Thanks pslemum for your thoughts. I do agree that i do not have too much time to teach ds as i am a FTWM. Hubby commented that it seems the tuition did not help ds at all. Before this maths tutor, i was coaching ds all the while. At that time, his grades seems to be better. That's why i thought of teaching him. However, I am really not confident of some complicated problem sums.
I blame it on myself that I leave the tutor to prepare him. i should have follow up and revise with him after each lesson.
Is there any Maths assessment book that you recommend?
I am really afraid to look for tutor because we do not know whether he/she is really teaching. A lot of them just 混日子... -
A few good books
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