Preparing kids for P5 in 2011

[Vanilla Cake]

livewith_vanilla:

https://www.popular.com.sg/jsp/product/product_detail.jsp?vca001=232&vpd001=91059

-My friend used this book for PSLE (of course, she used the primary six one). I looked it through, looked good. Should you intend to get this, do browse through it first.

Is this title of the P6 version of the above mentioned book:

小六华文指导手册
A handbook to Primary Six Chinese
Written by 姜晓红
Published by 新亚出版社

as the PSLE version is all P4 to P6 rolled into one book:

PSLE 华文应考手册
A handbook to PSLE Chinese
Written by 姜晓红
Published by 新亚出版社

Appreciate your confirmation on this.

livewith_vanilla:

Also, a composition guide:
Chinese Essay Writing Guidebook ADVANCED Level.
Its blue in color, with icons such as Night Safari and Changi Airport as its cover pictures.

For the benefit of KSP members, here's the title for the above mentioned book if you are interested to know:

作文技巧
怎样写命题作文（适合五、六年级学生采用）
Chinese Essay Writing Guidebook
Advanced Level
韦渊 编
维多利亚出版社

livewith_vanilla:

For PSLE english,
I just used the PSLE English Guidebook, the My Pals are here one. The very same kind as the PSLE Science Orange Guidebook.

I believe the colour of the \"PSLE English Guidebook from My Pals are Here\" is dark blue in colour. Am I correct as I think that I used it in 2008?

livewith_vanilla:

Also I used this book:
Advanced Vocabulary for Primary Six. Not sure if they have for Primary Five.

Its published by REDSPOT publishing and writting by Andy W. Taylor (M.A English)

Yes, it's a good book first published on September 2010 with 180 tests:

Creative Vocabulary
Always aim for the higher level!
Be one step ahead of other candidates
Primary 6
Written by Andy W. Taylor (M.A. English)
Published by Redspot

livewith_vanilla:

It is a really really really thick book. I have given it away and have forgotten the title. But there are close to 400 pages inside and it is white in colour.

Went to Popular this afternoon but could not find this close to 400-page thick Science book that is white in colour after searching for over half an hour. If you can recall, pls kindly advise.Thks.

[janet88]

Hi livewith_vanilla,

I agree with you…no need to get too many Science guide books or there won’t be sufficient time to read all. A good one or maybe 2 is enough. So I’ve got the ‘Science PSLE Revision Guide’ by Marshall Cavendish.

Hi Mummies,
I’ve flipped through the 作文技巧
怎样写命题作文（适合五、六年级学生采用）
Chinese Essay Writing Guidebook
Advanced Level

Wanted to get it but realized the front section is mostly on 好词好句好段. If you have a guide book which already has a section on this, there is no need to get the Advanced level of the book mentioned above. There is a guide on ‘命题作文’ by Victoria Publications.
小学生
作文好帮手
命题作文
The Essential Chinese Composition Guidebook For Primary Students
维多利亚出版社

[livewith_vanilla]

Vanilla Cake:

livewith_vanilla:

No, I'm referring to the Maths Homework 2nd Edition by Bernice Lau P. W. B. Sc . FPDE (NIE) published by Marshall Cavendish Education.

Thanks and I will look for the above mentioned book on the next trip to Popular. Need to check with you on another PSLE Maths assessment book by the same author:

PSLE Maths - My Pals are Here!
Scoring A* - a step-by-step guide to higher-order and non-routine questions
by Bernice Lau Pui Wah B.Sc FPDE (NIE)
published by Marshall Cavendish Education.
Any of your friends had used this book before and what was their feedback?

I don't know anyone who uses this book. Sorry.

Vanilla Cake:

livewith_vanilla:

Yes there is another book for P3 and P4, but you have to get 4 books for that.
I find the P5 and P6 one sufficient.

So, there is no need to buy another book for P3 and P4. BTW, we bought the book for P5 and P6. The cover design is slightly different from the link as it has the listing of the various themes- Cycles, Systems, Interactions and Energy.

The book I have also covers the 4 themes. ^^

Vanilla Cake:

livewith_vanilla:

The above link is book 2. There is another in green that is book 1. There are two books for the P5 and P6 one. Sufficient already. Buy too many, also might not be able to finish, so just get the P5 and P6 ones. The P3 and P4 topics are usually the foundations for the P5 and P6 topics.

I am confused. We bought the upper block - Primary 5 & 6 for book 2 which has themes like Interactions and Energy. Are you saying that there is another book or more for Primary 5 & 6 for themes like Systems and Cycles?

Yes there is one. Its green in colour.

Vanilla Cake:

We saw two (2) interesting guide books on PSLE Science and pls advise if you or your friends had any feedback about them:

PSLE Guide I-Sciece
Interact, Inquire, Investigate
The only handbook you need for PSLE
Written by Chua Tung Kiau M.Sc. PGDE (Distinction)
Published by EPB Pan Pacific

and

Your Companion to Science
A complete guide to PSLE
Lower Block - Primary 3 & 4
Upper Block - Primary 5 & 6
Written by Rajeswari. K. B.Sc. B.Ed
Published by Fairfield Book Publisher

I find the PSLE Guide I-Science familar.
I shall ask around then.
For the Companion to Science, no one I know uses it.
For my own class, the two guide books that are popular are the Ultimate Science and PSLE Science (Orange Book).

[Brenda10]

livewith_vanilla:

Vanilla Cake:

We saw two (2) interesting guide books on PSLE Science and pls advise if you or your friends had any feedback about them:


PSLE Guide I-Sciece
Interact, Inquire, Investigate
The only handbook you need for PSLE
Written by Chua Tung Kiau M.Sc. PGDE (Distinction)
Published by EPB Pan Pacific

and

Your Companion to Science
A complete guide to PSLE
Lower Block - Primary 3 & 4
Upper Block - Primary 5 & 6
Written by Rajeswari. K. B.Sc. B.Ed
Published by Fairfield Book Publisher

I find the PSLE Guide I-Science familar.
I shall ask around then.
For the Companion to Science, no one I know uses it.
For my own class, the two guide books that are popular are the Ultimate Science and PSLE Science (Orange Book).

Dear vanilla

Thank you for your recommedation.

So far I had bought the PSLE Guide I-Science and Upper Block P5 & P6 Ultimate Sciene Guide book. Dare not to buy too many as I'm no sure what school will recommend and also in view of dd may not able to have time to read through all.

[janet88]

HI Mummies,

Are you able to find these titles from Popular ? I couldn't

小六华文指导手册
A handbook to Primary Six Chinese
Written by 姜晓红
Published by 新亚出版社

PSLE 华文应考手册
A handbook to PSLE Chinese
Written by 姜晓红
Published by 新亚出版社

Creative Vocabulary
Always aim for the higher level!
Be one step ahead of other candidates
Primary 6
Written by Andy W. Taylor (M.A. English)
Published by Redspot

[livewith_vanilla]

janet_lee88:

HI Mummies,

Are you able to find these titles from Popular ? I couldn't

小六华文指导手册
A handbook to Primary Six Chinese
Written by 姜晓红
Published by 新亚出版社

PSLE 华文应考手册
A handbook to PSLE Chinese
Written by 姜晓红
Published by 新亚出版社

Creative Vocabulary
Always aim for the higher level!
Be one step ahead of other candidates
Primary 6
Written by Andy W. Taylor (M.A. English)
Published by Redspot

I didn't see the above three either while shopping at POPular just now either.

I only managed to find the Creative Vocabulary Sec One and Sec Two ones.

I think either the Creative Vocabulary P6 one is outofstock or removed from shelves.

[livewith_vanilla]

Brenda10:

livewith_vanilla:

[quote=\"Vanilla Cake\"]We saw two (2) interesting guide books on PSLE Science and pls advise if you or your friends had any feedback about them:


PSLE Guide I-Sciece
Interact, Inquire, Investigate
The only handbook you need for PSLE
Written by Chua Tung Kiau M.Sc. PGDE (Distinction)
Published by EPB Pan Pacific

and

Your Companion to Science
A complete guide to PSLE
Lower Block - Primary 3 & 4
Upper Block - Primary 5 & 6
Written by Rajeswari. K. B.Sc. B.Ed
Published by Fairfield Book Publisher

I find the PSLE Guide I-Science familar.
I shall ask around then.
For the Companion to Science, no one I know uses it.
For my own class, the two guide books that are popular are the Ultimate Science and PSLE Science (Orange Book).

Dear vanilla

Thank you for your recommedation.

So far I had bought the PSLE Guide I-Science and Upper Block P5 & P6 Ultimate Sciene Guide book. Dare not to buy too many as I'm no sure what school will recommend and also in view of dd may not able to have time to read through all.[/quote]Is your DD/DS in p6? If so, I think you should have bought the PSLE Ultimate Science Guide as compared to the Upper Block one.

[janet88]

Hi livewith_vanilla,

I really appreciate your help to look out for the books at Popular just now...not only did you recommend but also help to look out.
:thankyou:

Using these books 'Ultimate Science' and PSLE Science (Orange Book) to highlight for son going to P5 next year. The titles are better than the Fairfield publication. The explainations are clear-cut and easy to understand. I've highlighted and written down the pages in his school text...so he can refer.

[pixiedust]

Ultimate Science Guidebooks by EPH

In the past, EPH publish 2 science guidebooks : lower block(p3/p4), upper block(p5/p6). Now they introduced the \"Ultimate Science\" which is for P3-P6. We already have the lower block since P3. I compared the Ultimate and lower/upper and still prefers the upper for the experiment walkthrough so I bought the upper.

Chinese Essay writing guidebooks
by Victoria Publications
It is a series of 3 : Elementary (peach), Intermediate (purple) and the Advanced (blue). We have the first two. Last month I browse through the advanced. It focus mainly on 命题作文. I think for my ds standard it is better to stick to 看图作文, less likely to write out-of-point. 命题作文 - I think more suited for higher ability and HCL pupils. I didn't get this due to that.

Creative Vocabulary
by Redspot
I did some sleuthing around the web. I believe they changed the title of this. I will be going to Popular tomorrow to check if they can order in. Will update here.

Janet_lee88
I didn't manage to find 小六华文指导手册 and PSLE 华文应考手册 either but there are some other PSLE chinese guides which look interesting.

Vanilla Cake
Yes, the My Pals are here PSLE English Guidebook is dark blue and comes with a CD.


livewith_vanilla
Thanks for help.
1) any suggestions for us regarding ORAL Exam ? Both EL and Chinese.
2) can you remember your PSLE EL and MT oral exam topics for picture and conversation ? can share with us ?
Thanks !

[janet88]

pixiedust:

Ultimate Science Guidebooks by EPH

I compared the Ultimate and lower/upper and still prefers the upper for the experiment walkthrough so I bought the upper.

Chinese Essay writing guidebooks
by Victoria Publications
It is a series of 3 : Elementary (peach), Intermediate (purple) and the Advanced (blue). We have the first two. Last month I browse through the advanced. It focus mainly on 命题作文. I think for my ds standard it is better to stick to 看图作文, less likely to write out-of-point. 命题作文 - I think more suited for higher ability and HCL pupils.

Creative Vocabulary
by Redspot
I did some sleuthing around the web. I believe they changed the title of this. I will be going to Popular tomorrow to check if they can order in. Will update here.

Vanilla Cake
Yes, the My Pals are here PSLE English Guidebook is dark blue and comes with a CD.

Science:
'Ultimate Science' has experiments and explainations clearly stated...I like the Science PSLE (orange) for its clear and precise explainations in English easy to understand. Bought the Science PSLE first, but after hearing so much about the Ultimate Science, decided to get it as well. No regrets.

Chinese Essay:
I have the Elementary & Intermediate (P4-6)...decided not to buy the Advanced because I would prefer son to stick to the 看图作文 as chances of going writing out of point is high...besides, he's not too comfortable expressing himself. If he can throw in some 好词好句 and other 成语, that would be good enough.

English:
I'm still at a loss which title to get for PSLE revision. Looking for a guidebook to coach him and not another assessment book which the PSLE English (blue) is. Headache.