2024 PSLE Discussions and Strategies
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My son (born2010) will be under AL system too. I can update you.
The main thing is to make sure their MT is not too jialat. Otherwise will pull down the total score very badly.
I have to work very hard to pull up my son’s MT becos the interest & foundation were not built properly. -
My P1 nephew also had a really relaxing year. Wonder when the rigour would kick in? And when it does, wonder if the kids will experience culture shock?
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This batch of kids will not have any P3 mid-year exam.
So I dunno if the schools will be preparing them adequately for their first major exam, P3 SA2, which includes ALL the exam components and can be 2.5 hours long at one sitting…
Either total shock or some shock. Sure to have shock, unless adequate mock papers are given in the months leading up to October 2021. -
For parents who did psle beforehand, please advise. I am a bit concern on the syllabus, depth and schoolwork taught at school so far, and apparently some SAP school starts on more rigorous ground for lower primary after looking at their notes. Similarly the enrichment or tuition centre tends to teach more challenging stuff. If kids not going to tuition and parents only have limited time(1-2 hour per week in total) to revise own assessment given ( intermediate to advanced) for most subjects is this sufficient to prepare them? Or eventually most school will ramp up academic rigorousness by p5 so every school is equalized by then so nothing to worry? Assuming Kid is above average but not GEP material.
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P1-3 seems quite relaxing. My boy does not bring back any homework from school in these past years. When does the rigour kick in - in P4 or P5?
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This year P3 had their SA2 exams cancelled. So try to let your kids practice the past year papers at home to gauge how much of the syllabus content they have understood, especially as much of it was taught during 2 rounds of HBLs this year.
The rigor will immediately step up on 1st week of school in P5 (most schools).
Other schools may start in P4. -
Goodness. You guys are surely prepared for anything that might happen
It's only 2021... -
san20sg\" post_id=\"2043846\" time=\"1635287530\" user_id=\"76391:
Wow so nice, no homework at all? Amazing. Are you worried at all? Let him do some assessment books or last year paper to gauge his grasp of what had been taught so far?
P1-3 seems quite relaxing. My boy does not bring back any homework from school in these past years. When does the rigour kick in - in P4 or P5?
I believe most schools start to have more “kick” at p5, when there’s more depth. -
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2044054\" time=\"1635443179\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2044054 time=1635443179 user_id=58173]
It seems that the molly coddling of kids is starting to rear its head. No exams, schools not for students to compete amongst themselves, etc. Its ok until P5 when the reality of PSLE bites down hard. So MOE decides to retain the difficulty of PSLE and make good students compete for good secondary schools by balloting.san20sg\" post_id=\"2043846\" time=\"1635287530\" user_id=\"76391:Wow so nice, no homework at all? Amazing. Are you worried at all? Let him do some assessment books or last year paper to gauge his grasp of what had been taught so far?
I believe most schools start to have more “kick” at p5, when there’s more depth.
The point is, we can't have our cake and eat it too. If you want to retain the \"standards\", then you have to make it easy by having the kids prepare earlier for the exams. Or you have to reduce the difficulty of PSLE to let more pass and subject everyone to balloting so that even \"all Secondary schools are good schools\". It seems that MOE wants to reduce \"stress\" and yet retain high PSLE standards. :? -
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Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2044054\" time=\"1635443179\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2044054 time=1635443179 user_id=58173]
It seems that the molly coddling of kids is starting to rear its head. No exams, schools not for students to compete amongst themselves, etc. Its ok until P5 when the reality of PSLE bites down hard. So MOE decides to retain the difficulty of PSLE and make good students compete for good secondary schools by balloting.
The point is, we can't have our cake and eat it too. If you want to retain the \"standards\", then you have to make it easy by having the kids prepare earlier for the exams. Or you have to reduce the difficulty of PSLE to let more pass and subject everyone to balloting so that even \"all Secondary schools are good schools\". It seems that MOE wants to reduce \"stress\" and yet retain high PSLE standards. :?You base on the assumption that the kids will study hard because there is an exam or the purpose of going to school and studying are for getting a good exam result and chop a place in one of the \"Top\" school.
Is it the purpose for sending kids to school?
Could we trust the kids and let them develop their own interest in studying the acknowledge taught in school instead of becoming an exam machine?