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

[Zappy]

tshanmug\" post_id=\"2005812\" time=\"1606696531\" user_id=\"119939:

Hi
Good Morning,

Any one tried to Appeal for review of PSLE result? Any impact or delay in Secondary school place confirmation ?
Appreciate your support. Thanks in advance.

https://www.ifaq.gov.sg/seab/apps/fcd_faqmain.aspx?qst=hRhkP9BzcBImsx2TBbssMsxu7lqt6UJK70a1wAEVmyfdSZlp3kC3qEU1uwdD2zxBC8h26bwjs%2FIwvamUXpJQllIbGr3zfx%2Fg6R5G3kQwdaBqrmc6VVtGVreSd34s3fzQffAc3pLh5P0kZUHSR8U882cMKpyDOkutRs8WWnkwDfKJm2HarZST7HyOHgFjsjF0gu0GITQvxo4FcsAQZyKl%2FbZPo%2FgY3XAvxDpudJBJGc4%3D#TOPIC_6319

[deardear07]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2005759\" time=\"1606662593\" user_id=\"35251:

cowiepig\" post_id=\"2005712\" time=\"1606655808\" user_id=\"9764:

[quote=phtthp post_id=2005687 time=1606649012 user_id=35251]
233 is definitely also not within Top 10 %

Next question
Did your daughter
( score A * in her Standard Chinese or score minimum at least a merit in Psle Higher Chinese) ?

Pose the same qn, to this 233-girl
There should be some differences, between your daughter and this 233-girl

**Sad** She neither scored A* CL nor merit for HCL.
My guess is for the 233 girl, she scored an A* for her CL.

Don't be sad

If you really want to do Sec 1 HCL, but Don't qualify because MOE didnt give that eligibility HCL letter, there are a few ways to go around it

1) join those SAP schools that overide MOE HCL letter

Example

Join SAP schools like Chung Cheng High (Main), because their Chinese Department has overiden the MOE letter, enabling ALL Sec 1 students to take Higher Chinese.

Even if students never received MOE letter, never mind. All can take Higher Chinese from Sec 1 onwards, once joined CCH (Main)

Note
I mentioned join CCH (Main), never said join CCH (Yishun), because Yishun is not a SAP school. CCH (Yishun) branch, their Chinese Department never override Moe HCL letter.


2) if your girl join other schools , next year Y2021 Sec 1, continue to take external tuition in Higher Chinese outside, try to reach your targeted objective. That is

- by end of Sec 1,
try to score minimum grade A1 (75 marks & above) in your Standard Chinese (bu-hua)

- by end of Sec 1,
try to achieve minimum grade A (comprising either A1 or A2) in your Sec 1 both (Maths & Science) & minimum a B3 in your English language.

- Then, after Sec 1 year-end exam over, approach your Chinese HOD personally & appeal to let your daughter take HCL, starting from Sec 2 onwards.

The reason why, your other Sec 1 subjects (Eng, Maths, Science) must also be strong, not just your bu-hua stand alone one single Chinese subject strong only, is because for Secondary HCL, you need to spend time reading up zuowen (yi lun wen, ji lu wen, qing jing zuowen, debate argumentative type of zuowen), read up newspaper cut articles, listen to Chinese radio news current affair, etc. Otherwise, if u don't spend time reading, when zuowen ask you to comment and give your view or opinion whether you agree or u dont agree with the zuowen topic, u got no \"meat\", no substance to support your \"argumentative\" essay, which come in by Sec 2 AFTER end of Semester 1[/quote]hi phtthp, do u know which SAP schs push the kids to take HCL in sec 1? is Catholic High 1 of them?

[Serendipity]

deardear07\" post_id=\"2005855\" time=\"1606704617\" user_id=\"1429:

phtthp\" post_id=\"2005759\" time=\"1606662593\" user_id=\"35251:

[quote=cowiepig post_id=2005712 time=1606655808 user_id=9764]

**Sad** She neither scored A* CL nor merit for HCL.
My guess is for the 233 girl, she scored an A* for her CL.

Don't be sad

If you really want to do Sec 1 HCL, but Don't qualify because MOE didnt give that eligibility HCL letter, there are a few ways to go around it

1) join those SAP schools that overide MOE HCL letter

Example

Join SAP schools like Chung Cheng High (Main), because their Chinese Department has overiden the MOE letter, enabling ALL Sec 1 students to take Higher Chinese.

Even if students never received MOE letter, never mind. All can take Higher Chinese from Sec 1 onwards, once joined CCH (Main)

Note
I mentioned join CCH (Main), never said join CCH (Yishun), because Yishun is not a SAP school. CCH (Yishun) branch, their Chinese Department never override Moe HCL letter.


2) if your girl join other schools , next year Y2021 Sec 1, continue to take external tuition in Higher Chinese outside, try to reach your targeted objective. That is

- by end of Sec 1,
try to score minimum grade A1 (75 marks & above) in your Standard Chinese (bu-hua)

- by end of Sec 1,
try to achieve minimum grade A (comprising either A1 or A2) in your Sec 1 both (Maths & Science) & minimum a B3 in your English language.

- Then, after Sec 1 year-end exam over, approach your Chinese HOD personally & appeal to let your daughter take HCL, starting from Sec 2 onwards.

The reason why, your other Sec 1 subjects (Eng, Maths, Science) must also be strong, not just your bu-hua stand alone one single Chinese subject strong only, is because for Secondary HCL, you need to spend time reading up zuowen (yi lun wen, ji lu wen, qing jing zuowen, debate argumentative type of zuowen), read up newspaper cut articles, listen to Chinese radio news current affair, etc. Otherwise, if u don't spend time reading, when zuowen ask you to comment and give your view or opinion whether you agree or u dont agree with the zuowen topic, u got no \"meat\", no substance to support your \"argumentative\" essay, which come in by Sec 2 AFTER end of Semester 1

hi phtthp, do u know which SAP schs push the kids to take HCL in sec 1? is Catholic High 1 of them?[/quote]ALL SAP schools will expect students to do HCL

[hazeline]

Serendipity\" post_id=\"2005862\" time=\"1606705332\" user_id=\"9658:

deardear07\" post_id=\"2005855\" time=\"1606704617\" user_id=\"1429:

[quote=phtthp post_id=2005759 time=1606662593 user_id=35251]
Don't be sad

If you really want to do Sec 1 HCL, but Don't qualify because MOE didnt give that eligibility HCL letter, there are a few ways to go around it

1) join those SAP schools that overide MOE HCL letter

Example

Join SAP schools like Chung Cheng High (Main), because their Chinese Department has overiden the MOE letter, enabling ALL Sec 1 students to take Higher Chinese.

Even if students never received MOE letter, never mind. All can take Higher Chinese from Sec 1 onwards, once joined CCH (Main)

Note
I mentioned join CCH (Main), never said join CCH (Yishun), because Yishun is not a SAP school. CCH (Yishun) branch, their Chinese Department never override Moe HCL letter.


2) if your girl join other schools , next year Y2021 Sec 1, continue to take external tuition in Higher Chinese outside, try to reach your targeted objective. That is

- by end of Sec 1,
try to score minimum grade A1 (75 marks & above) in your Standard Chinese (bu-hua)

- by end of Sec 1,
try to achieve minimum grade A (comprising either A1 or A2) in your Sec 1 both (Maths & Science) & minimum a B3 in your English language.

- Then, after Sec 1 year-end exam over, approach your Chinese HOD personally & appeal to let your daughter take HCL, starting from Sec 2 onwards.

The reason why, your other Sec 1 subjects (Eng, Maths, Science) must also be strong, not just your bu-hua stand alone one single Chinese subject strong only, is because for Secondary HCL, you need to spend time reading up zuowen (yi lun wen, ji lu wen, qing jing zuowen, debate argumentative type of zuowen), read up newspaper cut articles, listen to Chinese radio news current affair, etc. Otherwise, if u don't spend time reading, when zuowen ask you to comment and give your view or opinion whether you agree or u dont agree with the zuowen topic, u got no \"meat\", no substance to support your \"argumentative\" essay, which come in by Sec 2 AFTER end of Semester 1

hi phtthp, do u know which SAP schs push the kids to take HCL in sec 1? is Catholic High 1 of them?

ALL SAP schools will expect students to do HCL[/quote]I think there was discussion in the Anglican High thread that it will not push kids to take HCL. If the grade falls below 50%, school will assess that kid is not suitable and will ask kid to drop. So my impression is that HCL requirement is not as strict as other SAP.

[laestrella]

Hi parents, we stayed in Bukit panjang and child scored 248+1. Are the following choices appropriate? With this score, is there still a chance to consider SCGS (Cop:252) ?


If there are better suggestion, we welcome any advice. Thanks in advance!

1. Nan hua high school (Cop:246)
2. Crescent girls school (Cop:243)
3. Bukit panjang govt high school (Cop:244)
4. Swiss cottage sec school (Cop:242)
5. Clementi town sec school (Cop:235)
6. West spring sec school (Cop:225 *Distance of school nearest to home)

[erinisvegan]

hello, if you don’t mind travelling I suggest PLMGS, TKGS, CHIG Theresa’s

Hi is the below choices safe for my dd who score 238 and we stay at Bukit Panjang. Appreciate your recommendation for other school as well . We still have problem filling up the options.
Thanks for all your help!

1) Swiss cottage 242 (-4)
2) ??
3) Kranji 234 (4)
4) ???
5) Clementi 235(3)
6) West spring 225(13)

[erinisvegan]

hello, if you don’t mind travelling I suggest PLMGS, TKGS, CHIG Theresa’s

Hi is the below choices safe for my dd who score 238 and we stay at Bukit Panjang. Appreciate your recommendation for other school as well . We still have problem filling up the options.
Thanks for all your help!

1) Swiss cottage 242 (-4)
2) ??
3) Kranji 234 (4)
4) ???
5) Clementi 235(3)
6) West spring 225(13)

[erinisvegan]

hello, if you don’t mind travelling I suggest PLMGS, TKGS, CHIG Theresa’s

Hi is the below choices safe for my dd who score 238 and we stay at Bukit Panjang. Appreciate your recommendation for other school as well . We still have problem filling up the options.
Thanks for all your help!

1) Swiss cottage 242 (-4)
2) ??
3) Kranji 234 (4)
4) ???
5) Clementi 235(3)
6) West spring 225(13)

[deardear07]

hazeline\" post_id=\"2005869\" time=\"1606706219\" user_id=\"18065:

Serendipity\" post_id=\"2005862\" time=\"1606705332\" user_id=\"9658:

[quote=deardear07 post_id=2005855 time=1606704617 user_id=1429]

hi phtthp, do u know which SAP schs push the kids to take HCL in sec 1? is Catholic High 1 of them?

ALL SAP schools will expect students to do HCL

I think there was discussion in the Anglican High thread that it will not push kids to take HCL. If the grade falls below 50%, school will assess that kid is not suitable and will ask kid to drop. So my impression is that HCL requirement is not as strict as other SAP.[/quote]my question was more of - will there be an 'auto inclusion' to HCL at sec 1 in SAP schs? coz i cannot find this clause in Catholic High website. it only states for IP. but not clear for O track.

[sharonkhoo]

laestrella\" post_id=\"2005871\" time=\"1606706632\" user_id=\"25938:

Hi parents, we stayed in Bukit panjang and child scored 248+1. Are the following choices appropriate? With this score, is there still a chance to consider SCGS (Cop:252) ?

If there are better suggestion, we welcome any advice. Thanks in advance!

1. Nan hua high school (Cop:246)
2. Crescent girls school (Cop:243)
3. Bukit panjang govt high school (Cop:244)
4. Swiss cottage sec school (Cop:242)
5. Clementi town sec school (Cop:235)
6. West spring sec school (Cop:225 *Distance of school nearest to home)

A 3-point drop is unlikely, but you can always use 1 of the choices for a long shot. It's probable that your daughter will get Nan Hua, so the other options are not really so important.