2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[Imp75]

For my eldest who played sports and trained 5x a week at least with 4h each, it was impossible to stop work by dinner time as her free time started after dinner. So for her no choice, after dinner and bath, hw then sleep. Weekends after training then revision. Seriously sportsman doesn’t hv much time for hw or revision let alone go tuition or do tuition hw. It was only until dsa was over around August that she found time to accelerate b4 psle.

[coast]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/picking-a-secondary-school-under-the-new-psle-scoring-system


Picking a secondary school under the new PSLE scoring system

Posting outcomes and tie-breakers in new system

With less differentiation in scores as compared with the T-score system, there will be some changes to the posting system and how ties will be broken if pupils have the same score.

If two pupils applying to a Special Assistance Plan (SAP) school have the same PSLE score, the one with better Higher Chinese grades will be allocated a place ahead of the other pupil.

Under the old system, pupils who take Higher Chinese get bonus points - ranging from one to three depending on their grade - when applying to SAP schools.

The next level of tie-breaker is citizenship status, where Singapore citizens get priority, followed by permanent residents and then international students. This is unchanged from the old system.

The choice order of schools will also play a more significant role than it used to. With the AL system, a pupil who indicates a school as his or her first choice will now get a place ahead of someone else with the same score but indicates it as a second or third choice.

Previously with the T-score system, which had more differentiation between pupils, the one with the higher unrounded T-score aggregate would be admitted first.

If there is still a tie-breaker after the above stages, computerised balloting will be done. This remains unchanged from the old system.

[KKmama]

Now that its dec hols, can the experience parents who went through psle with their kids suggest how we should go about starting to prep our kids for p6 next yr? Should we give them some p6 sa1 papers to do this dec?

[KKmama]

Or should we give them p6 assessment books for them to do first to let them get use to p6 qns first?

[John Lim]

KKmama\" post_id=\"2005917\" time=\"1606713942\" user_id=\"42931:

Or should we give them p6 assessment books for them to do first to let them get use to p6 qns first?

For maths, Yes! Must kiasu 😂

[KKmama]

So which is better, give them p6 sa1 papers to do or p6 assessment books first ?

[staypositive18]

Hi, new here to learn more tips too as my girl taking PSLE next year too.


Seems this year end results, there is a drop of 8-10 marks, wondering should I be worrying? 😐

[Vodkarib]

Hi


Thinking if getting a few key assessment books to help my child.
He is weak in CL composition and CL oral and would like him to read more model compositions. And practise on oral conversations. Any recommendations on any books to check out at Popular?

[chenlaoshi]

Vodkarib\" post_id=\"2006566\" time=\"1606918839\" user_id=\"48519:

Hi

Thinking if getting a few key assessment books to help my child.
He is weak in CL composition and CL oral and would like him to read more model compositions. And practise on oral conversations. Any recommendations on any books to check out at Popular?

Hi Vodkarib,

You can check out these posts regarding the different recommendations/reviews

CL Compo:
https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=81235&p=1911564#p1911564
https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=81235&p=1911579#p1911579

CL Oral:
https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=81235&p=1880497&hilit=oral#p1880497
https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=92241&p=1969296#p1969296
https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=81235&p=1883740#p1883740

[alyssammmm]

staypositive18\" post_id=\"2006540\" time=\"1606908572\" user_id=\"189915:

Hi, new here to learn more tips too as my girl taking PSLE next year too.

Seems this year end results, there is a drop of 8-10 marks, wondering should I be worrying? 😐

Don't think there's a need to worry too much as there is still 1 year to prepare! Think as long as she does some revision during holidays to make sure she is still familiar it should be okay. I am probably doing the same for my girl, am considering Snapask's revision classes after chancing upon it.