2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[starlight1968sg]

verykiasu2010:

vlim:

But how to prepare for psle in p4 or p5 when the full syllabus of psle are not taught yet ..

PSLE science scope test all the way from P3 to P6. If you wait till P6 then go revise P3 to P5 stuff, that will be extremely demoralising due to its sheer volume

By revising earlier, it builds foundation and application skills, and gain confidence along the way

During the Sc exam in p4 and p5, besides the newly taught topics, the past topics are also tested.

[hashroop]

weekeelong:

Leanne:

Yes, I would think so next year math paper is a hard one.So, must really train ds to think out of the box.Merely practising and doing the routine questions probably will survive the routine questions but not out of the box kind of prob sums.


Having said that, I still think our children should have a deserving holidays, and this period should only be a warm up period for them, race begins next year.

cheers,

leanne

My boy had his PSLE in 2010, and all the papers were relatively easy.

As a result, PSLE 2010 top score dropped and the EESIS COP dropped. 2011 Sec School admission is expected to drop.

All these are due to the easy papers for 2010 PSLE.

having hard papers is not necessary is bad thing. if your child is very bright, it is only through hard papers that he can show his true potential.

Fully agree

[Brenda10]

starlight1968sg:

During the Sc exam in p4 and p5, besides the newly taught topics, the past topics are also tested.

True. In fact the recent SA2 Exam the topics covered all way from P3 to P5.

As for maths, we can see the new topics of ratio and percentage in P5 will be cover again in P6. Fraction start from P2 until P6 too.

Most important, you must able to link fraction, ratio and percentage together.

[happiest]

My son will be doing PSLE next year and I agree that prepapration has to start early. Esp to revise the Pr.3 & 4 science.


So I started science tuition with this ex teacher to cover Pr 3 & Pr. 4. Whole of Novemeber we covered Pr 3 and now Pr 4 for December bec I think he must get the basic concepts right.

As for maths he is also doing sums everyday so that he is not out of touch.

All the best to all parents who have kids doing PSLE in 2011…

[Leanne]

Hi Happiest,


Keep up the good work.
Am sure your boy will do very well next year.

cheers
Leanne

happiest:

My son will be doing PSLE next year and I agree that prepapration has to start early. Esp to revise the Pr.3 & 4 science.

So I started science tuition with this ex teacher to cover Pr 3 & Pr. 4. Whole of Novemeber we covered Pr 3 and now Pr 4 for December bec I think he must get the basic concepts right.

As for maths he is also doing sums everyday so that he is not out of touch.

All the best to all parents who have kids doing PSLE in 2011...

[vlim]

happiest:

My son will be doing PSLE next year and I agree that prepapration has to start early. Esp to revise the Pr.3 & 4 science.


So I started science tuition with this ex teacher to cover Pr 3 & Pr. 4. Whole of Novemeber we covered Pr 3 and now Pr 4 for December bec I think he must get the basic concepts right.

As for maths he is also doing sums everyday so that he is not out of touch.

All the best to all parents who have kids doing PSLE in 2011...

:scared:

[jtoh]

happiest:

My son will be doing PSLE next year and I agree that prepapration has to start early. Esp to revise the Pr.3 & 4 science.


So I started science tuition with this ex teacher to cover Pr 3 & Pr. 4. Whole of Novemeber we covered Pr 3 and now Pr 4 for December bec I think he must get the basic concepts right.

As for maths he is also doing sums everyday so that he is not out of touch.

All the best to all parents who have kids doing PSLE in 2011...

Pace your revision carefully. Don't burn out before PSLE.

[Leanne]

care to share what is the right pace?

thanks.

cheers
Leanne

jtoh:

happiest:

My son will be doing PSLE next year and I agree that prepapration has to start early. Esp to revise the Pr.3 & 4 science.

So I started science tuition with this ex teacher to cover Pr 3 & Pr. 4. Whole of Novemeber we covered Pr 3 and now Pr 4 for December bec I think he must get the basic concepts right.

As for maths he is also doing sums everyday so that he is not out of touch.

All the best to all parents who have kids doing PSLE in 2011...

Pace your revision carefully. Don't burn out before PSLE.

[yongjianrong]

Leanne:

care to share what is the right pace?

thanks.

cheers
Leanne

In my opinion, revising 1 subject per day should be the right pace. Since there are 5 weekdays, he can revise 4 subjects spending only 4 days, with the remaining 1 day to focus on his weaker/weakest subject(s).

Tuitions can be on Saturdays, but not too many, so as to let your child take a breather. Sunday, perhaps you can have a family day, relax, chill out, and the next day it's back to work.

Remember, go for 'quality' instead of 'quantity' during daily work.

For English, vocabulary it's via accumulation of common/useful words. (When in P6, there's not much purpose of knowing words such as 'aeonian' or 'scoria')

When learning words, learn them with phrasal verbs and nouns that usually follow. Such as attributed his success

For Maths, exposure to questions is good. After acquiring a concept, proceed on to the next concept and not keep doing the same type of questions. Occasionally, it's good to attempt non-routine questions. Don't rely too much on calculators even if calculators can be used in that particular section unless you often get the wrong answer when calculating manually. Don't use the calculator for calculating simple sums such as 52+78.

After all, the PSLE Maths Paper 1 does not allow the usage of calculators.

For MT, I don't know which language you're/your child is studying.

For Science, there's not much memorisation to be done;get the misconceptions right, do more PSLE structured questions. It is important for science keywords to be spelt correctly as marks may be deducted if the word happens to be a keyword.

[happiest]

thanks so much for the wishes Leanne,


let us hope that all our kids will excel in PSLE 2011.