2022 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (born in 2010)
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sky minecrafter\" post_id=\"2024368\" time=\"1621258732\" user_id=\"130531:
OT: Only 1 classmate was absent[/quote]Becos u got exam to sit mah. But even then, one P4 mum I know took her child home immediately after the exam!...Heard nearly half the class ponteng today...
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SG_KP1:
OT: For one, WAs are marked leniently. More importantly, the student is not able to get a feel of the stress + tempo related with sitting through a full length paper. My dd is the youngest so I'm able to keep her ready without the school, so.
...P5 SA1 and start making adjustments vs. get it at the end of P5 is not going to make anyone's life easier...zac's mum:
OT: Quite right!! So I shall see how the attendance is tomorrow 😅...Becos u got exam to sit mah. But even then, one P4 mum I know took her child home immediately after the exam!...
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sky minecrafter\" post_id=\"2024371\" time=\"1621260957\" user_id=\"130531:[quote=\"sky minecrafter\" post_id=2024371 time=1621260957 user_id=130531]
I agree on the timing and testing stamina of the full exam (SA2 in P3/4 or the longer format in P5). I guess you can run through some of them at home with the kid so they have some sense but I don't know if it is ever exactly the same.
OT: For one, WAs are marked leniently. More importantly, the student is not able to get a feel of the stress + tempo related with sitting through a full length paper. My dd is the youngest so I'm able to keep her ready without the school, so. [/quote]
Regarding the marking, I'm not sure and I guess it probably varies by school. I checked on my girl's WA1-WA3 average vs. SA2 for all four subjects for P3 and P4. The WA average was only higher twice, the same three times, and lower three times. Most of the variance (positive and negative) is coming from the two languages. Probably due to the vastly different components and smaller pool of points awarded. -
My child’s P5 WAs are designed (I think) to force the kids to spend more time practicing on the traditionally difficult components. Eg Science tested only OEQ, Math tested only Paper 2 (calculators not allowed), English WA1 was open-ended cloze, WA2 was Paper 1, CL was 作文 only.
We appreciate being able to spend more time working on these difficult components during the revision weeks (compared to the full paper SA1). Just don’t place too much hopes on scoring high ALs for these WAs. Imagine the SC or MA, get only 1 qn wrong but the total mark was 20 or 25. That’s like a disproportionately low AL.
Hopefully SA2 will bounce back cos we spent the time training the weak sections. Eventually the easy MCQs will help to pull up the final AL. -
Wow, that seems well thought out and will likely payoff in the end.
I have never seen only the difficult components tested but feel like math/science have usually been a fair mix of question type and difficulty. There’s only 30-50 marks vs. 100 but I think it tends to track reasonably well. The languages tend to ebb and flow a lot more, and I am always hesitant to draw too much of a conclusion either way. So far this year we do have a timed/marked paper for every component of EL except Oral although not all of them are in the WA calculation. I still feel like the EL Paper 2 is one of the hardest jumps from middle to upper primary. Definitely do some targeted practice on some of the sub-sections as time permits. -
Yes the S&T is new and definitely some will be very tricky especially PSLE standard. I’m already going thru P6 SA1 papers S&T for practice since for languages more exposure is always better. Those S&T assessment books that I saw in Popular are quite lousy actually.
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At least SA2 will be given AL grading scores. Will help in gauging how well DS/DD will do for PSLE.
Still have time to improve if the child ( and Parents) are motivated.
Improvement within AL5 to AL2/1 is not impossible within 6 to 8 months - it used to be the old A grade.
I think post July - need to get the kids to review previous year’s science/maths topics as they will be tested.
English and MT are a build up from previous years, so just need to focus on improving weakest areas. -
P5 WA3 will be in mid-August. Term 3 resumes end-June. That means only 8 weeks for the school Math teacher to cram the 4 heavy topics of Decimals, Percentage, Average and Rate.
Those who have 1-1 tutor, can make use of these June holidays to pre-learn these topics. -
We still have to clear the Math WA2 end-June!
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SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2027254\" time=\"1623771160\" user_id=\"188234:
Oh gosh, yes. All the best!
We still have to clear the Math WA2 end-June!
If it’s any consolation, DS will be “revising” along with your DD…his holiday homework is finishing up some SA1 revision papers that they school did not have time to make them do. Teacher will post answers in final week of hols for them to self-mark & hand up corrections.
I can imagine some naughty kids will just skip doing it and wait for the given answers, then copy it wholesale…heard stories of friends’ kids taking such shortcuts on SLS during FHBL. No wonder they can be “done” with work daily so fast.
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