Exam Timetable

[sharonkhoo]

As long as students don’t have more than 2 papers in a day, then I think it’s OK. Or else the exam period will stretch for weeks! Which is a waste of everyone’s time and drags the exam stress even longer. The alternative is to return to the "old days" when there were fewer subject combinations allowed - but I don’t think anyone wants that.

[SG_KP1]

I think there is also a difference between multiple papers and multiple subjects? Ours has multiple papers on certain days but no days with multiple subjects. But do have EOY exams 8 school days in a row


I do agree there is no good solution. I.e. no exam two days in a row (or something like that) would mean the exam period extends forever. Need to prepare early and stay well rested through the testing period.

[Imp75]

Looked at my sec 3 girls exam schedule. 1 day 1 subject, could be 2 papers on same day same subject. I thought it looks ok.

[sharonkhoo]

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I think there is also a difference between multiple papers and multiple subjects? Ours has multiple papers on certain days but no days with multiple subjects. But do have EOY exams 8 school days in a row

I do agree there is no good solution. I.e. no exam two days in a row (or something like that) would mean the exam period extends forever. Need to prepare early and stay well rested through the testing period.

Personally, I think that if a student has prepared well enough, getting the exams over and done with in a shorter period is a good thing. I think that extended stress is worse! And it's an incentive for students to prepare well ahead rather than think they can cram in between papers because they have long gaps between papers.

In \"my time\", the A level period was about 2+ weeks, not 1 month like now. The upside was that there wasn't all that dead waiting time in between papers that my kids had when they took their A levels a few years ago. (I can't remember my O levels and earlier now!) The downside was that there were fewer choices of papers and combinations. And my university exams (8x3-hr papers) were taken over 5 consecutive working days (with a weekend in the middle) - very tiring, but at least they were over quickly. I'm not recommending that kind of pace, but restricting to just one paper a day will make the exam period too long, in my opinion.

[zac's mum]

That letter is odd. MOE said will reduce the scope of the exams - which i take to mean the tested content/topics will be reduced. That’s what they did in 2020 too.


MOE did not say will deviate from the norm of scheduling multiple papers on the same day.

(Btw, have any of your schools informed your kids of which topics will be cut from the FYE? Mine hasn’t…so i will have to assume just revise everything!)

[sky minecrafter]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2036636\" time=\"1630891885\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2036636 time=1630891885 user_id=53606]
...have any of your schools informed your kids of which topics will be cut from the FYE? Mine hasn’t…so i will have to assume just revise everything!...[/quote]

Yes, for P4, only Maths is cut -> Time is not tested
For S3, several subjects are cut, an example is Physics -> TIR and lenses are not tested

[SG_KP1]

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2036636\" time=\"1630891885\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2036636 time=1630891885 user_id=53606]...have any of your schools informed your kids of which topics will be cut from the FYE? Mine hasn’t…so i will have to assume just revise everything!...[/quote]

Yes, for P4, only Maths is cut -> Time is not tested
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Just curious, have you seen anything whether this is school by school decision or MOE dictated? I didn't think there was any \"Common Last Topic\" per se in PX but I'm not sure. For Math, maybe most go through the textbook sequentially but for Science I think there has been discussion of topics taught all different orders across schools. For the languages, I'm not really sure what they can cut out...

[SG_KP1]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2036634\" time=\"1630891352\" user_id=\"28674:

SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2036630\" time=\"1630889159\" user_id=\"188234:

I think there is also a difference between multiple papers and multiple subjects? Ours has multiple papers on certain days but no days with multiple subjects. But do have EOY exams 8 school days in a row

I do agree there is no good solution. I.e. no exam two days in a row (or something like that) would mean the exam period extends forever. Need to prepare early and stay well rested through the testing period.

Personally, I think that if a student has prepared well enough, getting the exams over and done with in a shorter period is a good thing. I think that extended stress is worse! And it's an incentive for students to prepare well ahead rather than think they can cram in between papers because they have long gaps between papers.
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I tend to agree; those who want to be well prepared will be ready. Those who want to waste time will be rolling the dice no matter what schedule you set.

We'll see how it goes. This stretch is a bit longer than last year's PSLE so don't really know what to expect. Suggested to the kid to be well prepared before the test start and each day when back home eat, rest, look over a few key concepts or known difficult areas (for him) but don't expect to cram. Mainly try to get adequate rest, eat healthy, etc. :xedfingers: :xedfingers:

[zac's mum]

SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2036718\" time=\"1630915932\" user_id=\"188234:

sky minecrafter\" post_id=\"2036671\" time=\"1630900433\" user_id=\"130531:[quote=\"sky minecrafter\" post_id=2036671 time=1630900433 user_id=130531][quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2036636 time=1630891885 user_id=53606]...have any of your schools informed your kids of which topics will be cut from the FYE? Mine hasn’t…so i will have to assume just revise everything!...

Yes, for P4, only Maths is cut -> Time is not tested
....[/quote]

Just curious, have you seen anything whether this is school by school decision or MOE dictated? I didn't think there was any \"Common Last Topic\" per se in PX but I'm not sure. For Math, maybe most go through the textbook sequentially but for Science I think there has been discussion of topics taught all different orders across schools. For the languages, I'm not really sure what they can cut out...[/quote]\"Schools will also reduce the scope of final-year examinations for non-graduating students this year to alleviate their revision load, and more school counsellors will be trained and hired in the next few years, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said.\"

Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/moe-reduce-scope-exams-2021-hire-more-school-counsellors-ensure-students-well-being

For CL, usually the scope will be Chapters 1 to X, so I was hoping maybe reduce it to Chapters 1 to X-1, X-2, X-3 at least?? Wishful thinking, probably, since P5s will still need to revise & know all the words before PSLE anyway. DS school is already lagging behind, I see they have not yet started on Chapter 13 which is about Teacher's Day! Teacher was busy covering Zuowen revision for Paper 1 happening in Sept.