2022 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (born in 2010)

[bbbay]

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2063964\" time=\"1649483838\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2063964 time=1649483838 user_id=58173]
Go for open houses, maybe after seeing the boys at acsi, she will aim to go to mgs ip. Don’t study means little or no options later … try to live with no regrets.[/quote]

You meant using boys to motivate her? :?

[lee_yl]

concerned_mum\" post_id=\"2063949\" time=\"1649468965\" user_id=\"130144:

For those FTWM, May I know how you all take leave for your psle child, Or stop working for a year? My child is unmotivated to study herself

You may check with your boss what are the possible arrangements for your case.

In DH’s office, the mummies will start to do half day part-time at the beginning of the calendar year before taking no pay leave from May/June till PSLE exams are over. Some of them start to take leave as early as end of P5.

I don’t think it’s easy to motive them to study hard. Even my secondary 4 daughter is also not the motivated kind. She does not know what she wants to be in the future. More practical may be to take leave (if your company allows) and help guide them over this last stretch before PSLE.

[MrsKiasu]

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2063964\" time=\"1649483838\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2063964 time=1649483838 user_id=58173]
Go for open houses, maybe after seeing the boys at acsi, she will aim to go to mgs ip. Don’t study means little or no options later … try to live with no regrets.[/quote]

Ok I ask dd take mrt to the bus stop and i fetch her from there

[zac's mum]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2064019\" time=\"1649566980\" user_id=\"43981:

Ok I ask dd take mrt to the bus stop and i fetch her from there

Lol be careful of the rugby, canoeing, water polo boys…ytd at open house really very suave looking and sweet talkers…oops

[mystique_j]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2064027\" time=\"1649569485\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2064027 time=1649569485 user_id=53606]
Lol be careful of the rugby, canoeing, water polo boys…ytd at open house really very suave looking and sweet talkers…oops[/quote]

I was impressed!

[MrsKiasu]

:love: and so I change my mind now. Cannot let them go near acsi wait cannot focus on studies..

[Tookies]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2064018\" time=\"1649566826\" user_id=\"17023:

You may check with your boss what are the possible arrangements for your case.

In DH’s office, the mummies will start to do half day part-time at the beginning of the calendar year before taking no pay leave from May/June till PSLE exams are over. Some of them start to take leave as early as end of P5.

I don’t think it’s easy to motive them to study hard. Even my secondary 4 daughter is also not the motivated kind. She does not know what she wants to be in the future. More practical may be to take leave (if your company allows) and help guide them over this last stretch before PSLE.

Yes find out / sound out what kind of arrangement is possible with boss.

Just sharing my ex colleague’s case - pre covid. She switched to part time for half a year (cos she wishes to spend more time revising with the kid) and took 50% pay cut. Unfortunately, her workload didn’t cut 50% and in the end she left office often at 4pm and brought work home to continue. Unable to rest, and spend time efficiently as she planned and was very tired.

[phtthp]

concerned_mum\" post_id=\"2063949\" time=\"1649468965\" user_id=\"130144:

For those FTWM, May I know how you all take leave for your psle child, Or stop working for a year? My child is unmotivated to study herself

Post covid,
hard to ask boss for leave. Because on and off, even if take leave, if your dept is short handed, they may still ask u to work from home. And when they ask u to work from home, how u going to coach or supervise your P6 child in peace at home ?

And if u refuse to work from home, continue to coach your kid at home, in this shaky pandemic era where one can lose job easily if dont comply to boss requirements, can cause loss of income for the family.

Maybe what u can do this -
For subject (Science), say, for example, class Science Tr will distribute a timetable to all P6 students in school, to help them prepare revision for PSLE Science, by topic, weekly. Means every week, your child ought to have completed revision, for this Science topic X or that topic Y. This helps a lot, in terms of keeping your kid on his / her toe, what to revise for each week, which topic to revise. Make full use of this timetable given by your school Teacher, to help your kid prepare for Psle Science revision, at home.

The same thing, applies to Maths (PSLE) revision, because Maths, like subject Science, go by individual topics or chapters, inside your P6 textbook.

But,
for languages subjects (English & Chinese), there is no such school / class timetable given by school Teachers.

Reason being, languages is \"learnt slowly bit by bit, via gradual accumulation \". Languages like Chinese zuowen or Oral for (Mother tongue, English), don't go by individual topic / chapter. During Psle Oral, invigilators can test u any topic, under the sun.

[phtthp]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2064018\" time=\"1649566826\" user_id=\"17023:

You may check with your boss what are the possible arrangements for your case.

In DH’s office, the mummies will start to do half day part-time at the beginning of the calendar year before taking no pay leave from May/June till PSLE exams are over. Some of them start to take leave as early as end of P5.

I don’t think it’s easy to motive them to study hard. Even my secondary 4 daughter is also not the motivated kind. She does not know what she wants to be in the future. More practical may be to take leave (if your company allows) and help guide them over this last stretch before PSLE.

Your Sec 4 daughter is different, because she is in the IP programme and IP students have an affliated Junior College awaiting them, come Year 5.

But your daughter will be \"automatically\" self-motivated when she reach Year 5 (IP) or JC1, because of the National A-level exam that she need to clear. Once have \" National \" exam, students will sit-up, take notice & action !

The same,
apply to Sec 4 students taking GCE \"O\" level exam. Knowing that they need to rely upon their L1R5 score to get admitted into either Junior colleges or into the Polytechnic, many will be self-motivated, since now already reached Term 2, and Chinese bu-hua Oral National exam is taking place soon round the corner, in Term 3 (July). Many are already rehearsing for Chinese Oral, at home.

Btw , mid-year exam (Term 2), is coming up soon in 3 weeks' time, right after 1 May (Labour day)

[Zeal mummy]

bbbay\" post_id=\"2063987\" time=\"1649508702\" user_id=\"175278:

You meant using boys to motivate her? :?

Hahaha nope! Thanks for clarifying, tho.. what I truly meant was to bring the kids for school open houses, it will open their eyes and they will eventually find their motivation (whatever that will be!) also to guide them into finding greater meaning for working hard.