2023 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2011)

[newbieks]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2108135\" time=\"1683674715\" user_id=\"43981:

I wonder if other P6 kids start asking for caffeine at this time?

Is she tired despite having sufficient sleep? If so, it could be mentally she is trying to avoid doing something, or maybe having some physical condition e.g anemia, low thyroid etc. Observe if she still feels tired on those days that she is having fun or when exams are over etc, compared to those days that she knows she need to study.

[MrsKiasu]

newbieks\" post_id=\"2108137\" time=\"1683676711\" user_id=\"178749:

Is she tired despite having sufficient sleep? If so, it could be mentally she is trying to avoid doing something, or maybe having some physical condition e.g anemia, low thyroid etc. Observe if she still feels tired on those days that she is having fun or when exams are over etc, compared to those days that she knows she need to study.

Sleep should be sufficient, night time plus nap in afternoon. Kinda have lower stamina for more activities during day time. Now abit better with school and staying back.

Just realised she went to buy ice tea for a school staying back (some test I think) recently and last weekend tuition, she specifically asking for tea before 2nd tuition for the day. After tea, she has lots of energy and when effects gone, she is like collapsing more tired. Just recently drank Coke at McD then headache during tuition, we suspected caffeine overdose as she has a large coke then.

That's why wondering how other kids cope..with longer hours in school and tuition.

Also maybe partly due to puberty feeling extra tired ba..thinking of it already much better than last year with 2 days a wk long hours of CCA see her near collapsed after school. Cannot be more right to let go cca this year even tho just for the short few mths.

Hope this Jun holiday can stay home and do revision. Math still same almost no improvement in marks..dunno why leh.

Happy revision to all P6 kids.

[zac's mum]

The caffeine plays a part in the extra tiredness. I hope she is aware of that now, and knows how to choose carefully.


My Sec 1 used to go earlier to school and sit in canteen to savour an iced milk tea before assembly. But he told me after a while he stopped this, cos he realized himself that by the end of the day, he felt worse, even more tired and couldn’t concentrate on hw or tuition in the late afternoon. He made the decision to stop this habit & just limit caffeine to occasional days when next day no school.

[MrsKiasu]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2108140\" time=\"1683680315\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2108140 time=1683680315 user_id=53606]
The caffeine plays a part in the extra tiredness. I hope she is aware of that now, and knows how to choose carefully.

My Sec 1 used to go earlier to school and sit in canteen to savour an iced milk tea before assembly. But he told me after a while he stopped this, cos he realized himself that by the end of the day, he felt worse, even more tired and couldn’t concentrate on hw or tuition in the late afternoon. He made the decision to stop this habit & just limit caffeine to occasional days when next day no school.[/quote]

Zac is sensible, able to know when to stop.

Maybe I get her some home made cold drink to try.

[zac's mum]

By end May, the P6 teachers would have finished teaching all the PSLE syllabus. June holidays most kids will be toggling between doing tons of past year papers, supp lessons in school (if any), and intensive crash courses (if parents want to pay for those).


Bring them out to play as reward if they need a breather once a while, but these coming hols is the time to make up for lost time since no school during the day.

[MrsKiasu]

Meaning this mth is finishing. Ok, better go straight to doing papers le. No crash course whatsoever le …not only kids tired, I m tired too.

[zac's mum]

Final lap liao, jiayou!

[MrsKiasu]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2108145\" time=\"1683683422\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2108145 time=1683683422 user_id=53606]
Final lap liao, jiayou![/quote]

Thank you

[libran269]

Hello Lovely People


Recently, I heard that highlighters are not allowed so students cannot highlight parts of the question paper. Is this announced in every school?

Second, for science and eng open ended questions - my DD has long answers and it does not fit in especially the why/explain/describe/how questions. Did anyone face this problem?

Seeking for some advise.

Thanks so much

[zac's mum]

libran269\" post_id=\"2108351\" time=\"1683847231\" user_id=\"46563:

Hello Lovely People

Recently, I heard that highlighters are not allowed so students cannot highlight parts of the question paper. Is this announced in every school?

Second, for science and eng open ended questions - my DD has long answers and it does not fit in especially the why/explain/describe/how questions. Did anyone face this problem?

Seeking for some advise.

Thanks so much

I recall from my child’s last year’s PSLE instructions that the kids are advised not to highlight any part of their answers, as that would render the scanning of their answer scripts illegible (you know the dark shadow blanking out the most important words…) But highlighting the question should be ok. Maybe your child’s school is just playing it safe by banning highlighters end of story.

Most tuition centres will train the kids to use their pen to underline, circle, box up important keywords in the questions. That is a good workaround (though less colourful).