2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[luckydog9111]

thanks a lot. the kind of summary tables put in the screen shot is very helpful for us. It can quickly give us idea where is the focus and how much effort to put for each part. thinking to look for help from one of these tuitions. Any recommendation? Especially online tuition.

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my boy didn't take P4 and P5 in Singapore, next week will be joining back to P6 because he was born in 2009. missing two years study and now need to deal with PSLE~~~~~~~~ stress...

For science, to pick up what we missed in P4/P5, is it good enough to utilize the P5 SA2 test papers? anyone know the weight for P4/P5/P6 in PSLE for science exam?

For English and Chinese composition, do we follow certain formats with some requirements on number of words to use, or it's more like free style to write?

thank you so much.

Hello, sharing some info on Maths and Science below, FYI only. U may want to attend those free PSLE webinars by various tuition centres held online via Zoom, they are useful for parents to understand what is required for PSLE. U can also join some PSLE support groups in Facebook, there are tutors and parents there happy to answer exam questions that your child cannot figure out.

English and Chinese composition will be according to PSLE format, u can buy the 3-year series from Popular or Open Schoolbag (online shop) to familiarize yourself with the formats.

Maths & Science weightage:

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[zac's mum]

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[quote=harsha9 post_id=2012390 time=1610878701 user_id=128683]Can I ask as parents what books for English (PSLE preparation) do you find really helpful and must for the child?
I am home tutoring the child and do not want to overwhelm the child. Thank you.

Past year papers are probably more useful in my view.

Point taken, but I am afraid there is no structure or methodology to use past papers to teach the concepts. I think I have to spend more time in Popular perhaps.[/quote]English has many different components. How to optimize tutoring your child really depends on his or her weaker components.

Yes spend more time browsing the options in Popular. Eg there are specialized guide books/assessment books on Situational Writing, Composition writing, Synthesis & Transformation, Cloze Passage...and so on. We don’t know what your child needs most.

[zac's mum]

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thanks a lot. the kind of summary tables put in the screen shot is very helpful for us. It can quickly give us idea where is the focus and how much effort to put for each part. thinking to look for help from one of these tuitions. Any recommendation? Especially online tuition.

Your child’s school should be offering compulsory supplementary lessons for all P6s, if not once a week per subject after school, then at the very least during the school holidays. Also ask if the school teachers can provide remedial lessons for him to help him catch up. Or he can initiate and seek clarification from the subject teachers if he doesn’t understand anything.

As his situation is quite different from other kids, I won’t recommend group tuition at all. Try to get a 1-1 home tutor who can assess the gaps and do a personalized approach to help him catch up. Most of them would be fully booked for P6 already but try asking around his classmates mums or your returning Singaporeans network. Online tuition is not really effective IMO but if he prefers due to logistics constraints, u can simply ask the tutor to conduct the lesson via Zoom.

[zac's mum]

For those who are interested to learn some tips about PSLE Compo writing, Mindchamps is having a free Zoom webinar for parent and child to attend together. I suggest you register and take a look at what tips they have for PSLE Compo:


https://mailchi.mp/843d770242e2/mindchamps-writing-seminar-p5p6?e=1c1c9c279e

[luckydog9111]

Hi Zac's mum, thank you so much. We just discussed with English teacher. Need to scope out weak point first. And very clear for score target for each section: SW, Comp, Oral, etc. much clearer right now. maybe tuition need to be considered again because even to follow up with teacher is a little bit challenge already. Spelling when shower, Oral when walking :stupid: :stupid:

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Your child’s school should be offering compulsory supplementary lessons for all P6s, if not once a week per subject after school, then at the very least during the school holidays. Also ask if the school teachers can provide remedial lessons for him to help him catch up. Or he can initiate and seek clarification from the subject teachers if he doesn’t understand anything.

As his situation is quite different from other kids, I won’t recommend group tuition at all. Try to get a 1-1 home tutor who can assess the gaps and do a personalized approach to help him catch up. Most of them would be fully booked for P6 already but try asking around his classmates mums or your returning Singaporeans network. Online tuition is not really effective IMO but if he prefers due to logistics constraints, u can simply ask the tutor to conduct the lesson via Zoom.

[zac's mum]

@luckydog9111, pls check your inbox. I have sent u a PM as there’s a good video recording posted on You Tube recently about how to coach your child in PSLE Science by Blue Tree Education. 55 min of your time spent to watch it will not be wasted IMO.

[luckydog9111]

Thanks! I watched the video and they gave a very good talk on how to deal with science questions. not focusing on answer itself, but more emphasize on how to read the question and how to think from there. very helpful, thinking to ask them more about tuition if needed later on.

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[tracychew]

Really so sad to hear about children taking their own lives over grades… The stress that they must be feeling and not being able to express or share with anyone around them…

[blur_mum]

Mental support for PSLE child is real…parents must play a supportive role in this cruical year…we must talk and listen to them. For 11 years old gg to 12 years old, they may not really know how to plan their time wisely…e.g. playing online n hp games, watching TV.

At the start of the year, sit down and draw up a revision plan. Break the revision into smaller parts. For instance, chinese has around 40 chapters (P4 to P6), if u squeeze all after July (3mths) , u hve abt 13 chapters in a mth. You stretch over 8 months period, 1 mth only 5 chapters to manage. The earlier you start, the better it is. At this moment, no point doing past year papers. If the revision is not done well, you end up demoralizing the child with so many errors and they will start to have doubts.

[blur_mum]

Focus on P5 topics and start to close the gap on weak areas. For languages, will need to practice vocabulary n grammar almost daily. Doing 10 MCQ or 3 synthesis qns a day is better that doing the whole set of paper. Go through the mistakes and file those errors. A week before any CA or mid year, take it out to revise again & consolidate the learnings. There is no success without hard wk… When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.