2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[Ipadcoconut]

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khd\" post_id=\"2040267\" time=\"1633141076\" user_id=\"194025:

For the volume one, the ans is 7 and for the ratio of parallelogram to the triangle is 1:1 as both of the areas are 5cm2. If you get different ans , most likely draw triangle wrongly in the first place

Thanks for sharing.
My son's answer is 6, and ratio is 2 : 3.

there might many ways to draw the triangle. They might still have the same perimeter but different area so it might depend on the triangle drawn

[Mercuryapril]

There will definitely be students who think that paper is easy or finish paper way before the time is up. It all depends on whether they have been exposed to similar qn.

I think some students faced problem doing the coin question and ended up not having enough time to think about the last two qn on circle and rate.
What’s impt now is that our children continue to stay motivated for the next few papers.

[Ipadcoconut]

Well tell your children don’t worry, they are not the only ones who are having trouble with the questions, the cut off points will vary according to the performance of the whole cohort so they are not lagging behind. We are all in the same boat, they can’t possible only take in those with a psle score of AL6 and less if only a few people meet the requirements. Stay strong! Don’t worry, be happy, you abilities are there, doesn’t matter how hard the paper is, your position in the cohort doesn’t really drop!Jiayou!

[Autumnleaf]

I think we parents have to be careful to be balanced, not dismissing all the sentiments from those that cried or felt it was tough, they already feel crappy and I don’t think telling them "the paper okay what!", Is going to make them feel any better. We have to hear them out and not dismiss their feelings at the same time to encourage them.

[Autumnleaf]

I think we parents have to be careful to be balanced, not dismissing all the sentiments from those that cried or felt it was tough, they already feel crappy and I don’t think telling them "the paper okay what!", Is going to make them feel any better. We have to hear them out and not dismiss their feelings at the same time to encourage them.


Acknowledging their feelings and emotions is very important, and in fact I can see the change in my girl since she came home from school yesterday. After a big hug, and assurance she is back to being her chirpy self. I let her download what’s app to give and get support and encouragement from her classmates, and she is not as discouraged now.

She was knocked away after yesterdays paper coz maths was her strong subject that she is Hoping to help her get into a school nearby that she is aiming for.

[ConcernedAwakened]

Keep focused and carry on. What’s important is the children are halfway through and learn resilience and put mind over matter. My elder realised that he got most of the “difficult” questions in his PSLE math wrong but he still ended up with A star so it isn’t over until you get the results in hand … remember that working is also awarded marks !

A paper has to be set in a way so it can sieve the top scorers out.

[Pegasus08]

Ipadcoconut\" post_id=\"2040314\" time=\"1633160557\" user_id=\"194334:

pearl8\" post_id=\"2040294\" time=\"1633153676\" user_id=\"171681:

[quote=khd post_id=2040267 time=1633141076 user_id=194025]For the volume one, the ans is 7 and for the ratio of parallelogram to the triangle is 1:1 as both of the areas are 5cm2. If you get different ans , most likely draw triangle wrongly in the first place

Thanks for sharing.
My son's answer is 6, and ratio is 2 : 3.

there might many ways to draw the triangle. They might still have the same perimeter but different area so it might depend on the triangle drawn[/quote]My girl can't remember the exact question but she remembered that it was asking for an isosceles triangle and there was a line given for the triangle. So the line can either form the base of the isosceles triangle or one of the two equal sides of the triangle. So possibly only 2 ways to draw the triangle, leading to two possible answers? 🤷🏻‍️

[blur_mum]

Just to chk, for AL score there won’t be any moderation right? as compared to t-score.

AL score doesn’t take reference how well your peers do but rather how well you do the paper. I thought this is the change for AL score

[phtthp]

blur_mum\" post_id=\"2040333\" time=\"1633168485\" user_id=\"14009:

Just to chk, for AL score there won't be any moderation right? as compared to t-score.

AL score doesn't take reference how well your peers do but rather how well you do the paper. I thought this is the change for AL score

Correct,
no more moderation for the Raw marks (score) under AL system.
What you see, is what you get !

However, assuming that majority of students did not do well for Maths this year, end up not so many P6 students scored AL 4, maybe the COP for some popular Secondary schools may adjust on its own, move up slightly.
Eg.

say If u expect COP for a popular school to be AL 6, who knows, maybe become AL 7 instead this year, something like that, which is good, isn't it ?

Anyway, 50% of 2021 PSLE is over, since already done with 2 subjects (English + Maths). Left with the remaining 50% balance (Chinese + Science), next week

[ChiefKiasu]

floppy\" post_id=\"2040296\" time=\"1633154203\" user_id=\"97579:

汉字
- 汉语的文字

汉子
- 成年男子

造句：
做个好汉子，学会好汉字。


Not same same.

:rotflmao: my Chinese is bad, but its sufficient for a good laugh.