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

[chenlaoshi]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1966884\" time=\"1584071733\" user_id=\"6643:

May i check any recommended Chinese comprehension book ?

I would recommend past year school exam papers (from 2017 onwards) for comprehension practices instead. Theme/topic + length & difficulty of passages and range of questions asked are more authentic than most comprehension assessment books.

[xueyan]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1966887\" time=\"1584072773\" user_id=\"162894:

xueyan\" post_id=\"1966884\" time=\"1584071733\" user_id=\"6643:

May i check any recommended Chinese comprehension book ?

I would recommend past year school exam papers (from 2017 onwards) for comprehension practices instead. Theme/topic + length & difficulty of passages and range of questions asked are more authentic than most comprehension assessment books.

Chenlaoshi, i am looking assessbook that teach the technique to answer Comprehension questions. Any good ones?

[Zeal mummy]

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phtthp\" post_id=\"1966847\" time=\"1584065288\" user_id=\"35251:

[quote=deron post_id=1966719 time=1583987893 user_id=11431]Good afternoon to all,

My child has just received his CA 1 results.
He is not selected to have remedial lessons. I am wondering should I request for it because his results are all B's.

Any thoughts from the parents here are much appreciated.

Thank you.

hi deron,

Yes, do quickly encourage your child, on his [her] own initiative, to approach his P6 subject class Teacher, asked if he can possibly join in their intensive remedial class, so as to help speed up revision fast in time for PSLE, as well as to clarify any doubts your child has.

Last year, my kid school's Science and Maths Teachers gave remedial lessons for P6 students who need to brush up, and they had benefitted, so much so that on P6 Graduation day itself last year October, saw some student received the \"Most Improvement shown, in individual subject\" award, on award ceremony day. It is very heartening, to see them improve by so much !

Last year, for my kid's class, the Science HOD in her school gave Science remedial lessons, to a small group of students. This small group is not just confined nor limited to her own class, but to the P6 cohort, to whoever had failed Science or border-line risky (dangerous) pass or those scored 60+, during P5 (CA1, SA1, SA2) + during P6 (CA1 + SA1 mid year).

During these remedial lessons,
if students have any questions related to past years' PSLE Open-ended structured qns or Multiple choice qns, can raise them up to Teacher, tell Tr boldly [bravely] what u don't understand, when Tr asked the whole group, \"Do you have any question to clarify, to ask me ?\" Then, Science Tr will go through these questions [which you have raised] inside the remedial class, for every P6 pupil inside the small group, to learn, to benefit. Not just only you yourself benefit, but the whole remedial group can benefit. In other words, help one another inside the group, to pull up your socks

Example,

your child can ask, \"Tr, I dont quite understand this PSLE Science OE qn Year 2015, qn # x, part b.
Tr, dont mind, can go through with us, teach us how to answer, please ? Thank you very much, Tr \"


For Maths,
a few other P6 classes also gave Maths remedial lessons, to certain students.

For Chinese,
my kid's class lao shi said if anyone of you need help to improve writing zuowen, just take some sample PSLE zuowen exam questions from the PSLE booklet : after finished writing zuowen, pass to her and she will mark, review and provide comments. Laoshi can give comments like, \"In your opening first paragraph kan tu zuowen, don't introduce this memorized paragraph here. It doesn't help, won't give u more marks. Instead, you should or can consider from another angle, ... \" Laoshi will advise, how to improve, in the context of the picture compo, given. Likewise, your child can use this same approach too , to seek help from his own class Chinese lao shi.

The P6 students themselves also felt greatly encouraged!
In the end, they all did well in last year's actual PSLE, because improved! Hence, please get your child to approach his or her class Teacher or subject HOD, don't be shy. If need help, just shout for help, and help will be on the way. But if you keep quiet, no one know that u are struggling. Poor thing

Tr (abbreviation used) : Teacher

phttp, good sharing to encourage the child to ask n not keep quiet.
PSLE is a tiring battle for both 11/12 yo kid and parents .
I started to feel weary too, all subjects need to buck up, P6 CA seem more difficult than P5 SA2 for my kid. Marks slide down, not enought time to study/revise Or too much to study (for Math), Lang Comprehension standard is a much High Jump compared to P5 period.[/quote]I agree with you. We also found the CA to be harder and the grades slide.... perhaps the kids “haven’t warmed up their Engines” it’s after all the beginning of the year only. Sigh.

Any recommendations for science tutoring or how to improve? Thank you ..

[chenlaoshi]

xueyan\" post_id=\"1966888\" time=\"1584073136\" user_id=\"6643:

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1966887\" time=\"1584072773\" user_id=\"162894:

[quote=xueyan post_id=1966884 time=1584071733 user_id=6643]May i check any recommended Chinese comprehension book ?

I would recommend past year school exam papers (from 2017 onwards) for comprehension practices instead. Theme/topic + length & difficulty of passages and range of questions asked are more authentic than most comprehension assessment books.

Chenlaoshi, i am looking assessbook that teach the technique to answer Comprehension questions. Any good ones?[/quote]xueyan, I see. In that case, you may want to have a look at this book. The notes are pretty comprehensive and useful for parents to guide their children.

https://openschoolbag.shopcadacdn.com/sites/files/openschoolbag/productimg/201906/AUTOx800/im_the_best_in_chinese_compre_6_1.jpg\">https://openschoolbag.shopcadacdn.com/sites/files/openschoolbag/productimg/201906/AUTOx800/im_the_best_in_chinese_compre_6_3.jpg\">https://openschoolbag.shopcadacdn.com/sites/files/openschoolbag/productimg/201906/AUTOx800/im_the_best_in_chinese_compre_6_4.jpg\">

[Zeal mummy]

deron\" post_id=\"1966837\" time=\"1584061527\" user_id=\"11431:

Hi Zeal mummy, thank you for your kind response. Had a tele PTM yesterday with his form teacher. It seems that the school has its way of identifying and selecting students for remedial. My child has not been identified and selected this time.

If your child have doubts, he can ask the teacher after school. It’s not easy for some kids, but it’s the best method since only his teacher will have the perfect answers.

[sky minecrafter]

Hi there,


I agree with MIG's post @Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:14 am

Great sharing from phtthp - your school teachers are most endearing!!

@MP. https://www.lilbutmightyenglish.com/comprehension. Consider signing up their workshops (online or classroom). As for Maths, give your child self-confidence - that for the questions she can do, she should aim to score well (no transfer, calculation errors); for those which she cannot, she can try to annotate and work with the numbers given in the questions, but do not feel disheartened. It is still early in the year, there is ample time, pace yourself.

[mummy2008]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1939239\" time=\"1569957972\" user_id=\"35251:

xueyan\" post_id=\"1938978\" time=\"1569909181\" user_id=\"6643:

After reading the \"Student’s mother writes in to question the Education minister on why the PSLE has to be so difficult\". I am really getting very worried.

Already he is a slow learner. And his nonchalant attitude also a big problem. And to think PSLE is just next year.

He is already very busy this year with lots of supplementary and tuition. I cannot imagine there is still quite a lot of new topics to be taught next year. For his standard, he will take a long time to understand.

THere is only so much i can do. Sigh

Hi xueyan,

I hear you, can feel your concern for your son.
Anyway, do not worry too much at this point, as there is still ample time (one year, away).


Pattern, fall under “Heuristics”

For a start, may download past-year-papers.
Inside contain “Pattern” questions, can let your son practise.
It is good to start early. The earlier start the better, so that with sufficient (ample) time, by the time your son reaches next year 2020 September, he is familiar with “Pattern” and would have mastered “Pattern” concept, by then.

below are sample “Pattern” questions, found in various primary schools (past year papers).
They are by no means, exhaustive.
Thus, if you happen to find other schools on your own initiative (eg. from the most recent 2019 Prelim papers) , please add it on to your own list, as well.

All the very best, to your son's coming 2019 P5 SA2


source of download (past year papers)
https://www.testpapersfree.com/maths/


To kick-start


1) @Primary 6

a)

Prelim\t2018\tAcs\tP6

Prelim\t2018\tMgs\tP6

Prelim\t2018\tHenry Park P6

Prelim 2018\t Red Swastika P6


b)

CA1\t2018\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP6

CA1\t2017\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP6

CA1\t2016\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP6


CA1\t2016\tRosyth \t\tP6

CA1\t2013\tRosyth \t\tP6

CA1\t2012\tRosyth \t\tP6


2) @Primary 5


SA2\t2017\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP5

SA2\t2016\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP5


SA2\t2013\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP5

SA2\t2012\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP5


SA2\t2011\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t\tP5

etc ...


below is sharing, from a painful 2019 PSLE parent (Mdm Yeo) experience


http://theindependent.sg/students-mother-writes-in-to-question-the-education-minister-on-why-the-psle-has-to-be-so-difficult/

Hi, can i verify if this link is reliable?
source of download (past year papers)
https://www.testpapersfree.com/maths/

[Mrkatong]

The official PSLE cut off points for 2020 has been released.

This is a compilation of COP for EXPRESS. It includes 2019 scores, median scores and location map for reference.

https://www.thewackyduo.com/2020/03/psle-cut-off-point-cop-express-2020-2021.html

[Zeal mummy]

Thanks for sharing MrKatong!

[phtthp]

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The official PSLE cut off points for 2020 has been released.
This is a compilation of COP for EXPRESS. It includes 2019 scores, median scores and location map for reference.

https://www.thewackyduo.com/2020/03/psle-cut-off-point-cop-express-2020-2021.html

Mrkatong,

we would like to clarify the info, you posted
May we know, where is your source of information from, regarding median, for each Secondary school, that you placed under http://www.thewackyduo.com ?

BECAUSE

MOE website did NOT supply 201nine PSLEcohort median for 2020 Sec 1 intake, for any of the Secondary schools in Singapore

example

refer RGS

what do we see ?

saw 261 to 282
ie. the COP and the highest T-score.
Do we see any Median, provided by MOE, for RGS ? No


https://beta.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/?school=raffles-girls-school-secondary