PSLE Discussions and Strategies
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@chick81
You are a very understanding mummy
Despite your own disappointment, you remained calm and encouraging, putting your son’s emotions first 
️ That speaks volumes. In the end, what matters most is that our children enjoy the learning journey and grow in confidence and character. -
@HNS2015 Christ Church also has a 4+1 timetable, where Mon-Thurs is for academic lessons and Fri is for CCA! Not sure if any other secondary school in Singapore is doing this.
For all parents (even if non-PSLE), please pop in here to share about your child’s secondary school, especially if it’s not as well known.
It’s quite hard to find info/reviews for neighbourhood schools, but most kids will attend these lesser-known schools, and it helps to have reassurance.
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@thebottomsupblog
Wow, this is my first time hearing of a 4+1 timetable! Does that mean students don’t have lessons on Fridays and only go to school for CCA? -
@HNS2015 Yes! Seems fun yeah? My son likes it this way.
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@thebottomsupblog
Yes yes, I am going to find out which other secondary schools have 4+1 time table 🤠-
Hi, My boy is P6 dis year… Do u guys buy exam papers for ur child? Is it enough?
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@singingforzara Hi! Yes I bought school exam papers for both my kids.
Both times, there were too many papers to finish, so I think it’s possible to share with a friend as well.
Schools will usually give papers as well — depends on the teacher. My daughter’s maths/science teacher would give them papers from other schools to do, and he even started this “7am clinic” for his students to go over answers with him + told them they could text him at night, even if late. With a teacher like that, don’t need to do much at home
For my son, the school only gave past-year papers from the school. I bought the full set of practice papers and left it to my son’s tutors to ensure they were well used.
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@thebottomsupblog
I also got started with some past year paper. Any other strategies you guys have? Seems like the bar is raised every year. Currently trying to use DSA to enter my kid’s dream school too - heard of kids who underperform on actual day of PSLE -
@JensonTan Some of the things that I did/still do:
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After my son did each test paper, I sometimes checked what he got wrong and categorised the mistakes into “careless” vs “don’t know,” which we would highlight. For the latter, I would get his tutor to explain, or we would find a YouTube vid, etc. Around once in two weeks, I would reprint questions that he got wrong and ask him to redo (more than once if necessary).
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For English compo, I believe in sticking to a few practice topics and doing multiple drafts, rather than doing compo after compo. For my daughter, I made her rewrite the same story 5-6 times. Her grammar/spelling etc was strong, so we focused on: removing unnecessary plot details (like waking up, getting hairbrush, brushing teeth), avoiding cliches (“golden rays of sunshine”), and having an ending with some depth, like a lesson learned.
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For oral/current affairs/vocab, I try to use “bigger” words at the dinner table, or I will use my WhatsApp stories to introduce vocab words and share links with my kids (mostly NYT, because I prefer the writing there). For local writing, I like Jom. I don’t really signpost my stories as “Hey this is a new word that you should use,” but I’ll use it naturally and they can check it themselves or ask me.
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