FOUNDATION & STANDARD MATHS

[koguma]

3angelmonstermum:

HELP! Need to know the difference in Foundation & Standard Maths and how it will affect the marks in PSLE. :?

Teacher suggest that Daughter goes to foundation Maths for P6 next year.
Any suggestions?
Can anyone suggest a good one-to-one tutor?
Thanks! :?:

Just my thoughts.

My nephew who is in P4 this year struggle with Chinese, scoring a low of 30++. However the teacher didn't ask him to do foundation Chinese. I know of some students scoring as low as 20++ but still didn't ask to do foundation level for the subject.

Since your daughter is going to P6, the teacher must have access her ability to cope with the subject since P1 and made the recommendation. However, the parent still has the finally say.

If you think your daughter can cope, ask the school to give her another chance. I also think that you should discuss with the teacher to understand the root cause of your daughter poor result.

Not sure whether a student can go into Express stream if he/she does a mixture of Standard level and Foundation level subjects. But I personally think that you should let your daughter study in a pace that suits her.

For this year PSLE, there is a girl who did Standard Malay, Foundation English, Mathematics and Science. She scorecd a high 164 for her PSLE that allows her to get into NA stream. I know of a kid who did 4 standard subjects but only score 152 and eventually choose to go NT. Hence doing foundation level is not really a bad thing.

http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/features/people/501300/From_failing_PSLE_to_top_foundation_student.html

[MoonFlower]

from my understanding, school will have the final say.

[koguma]

MoonFlower:

from my understanding, school will have the final say.

oppss.... thanks for pointing out.
maybe the case i know is allow as the student is in P4 going to P5, and is a borderline case.

but still good to check with the school and work out the best solution for the child.

[MoonFlower]

koguma:

MoonFlower:

from my understanding, school will have the final say.

oppss.... thanks for pointing out.
maybe the case i know is allow as the student is in P4 going to P5, and is a borderline case.

but still good to check with the school and work out the best solution for the child.

ya I agreed, best to check with school and also their school diff standard therefore the school baseline mark is diff too. if just borderline can talk to school.

[TypicalMum]

3angelmonstermum:

HELP! Need to know the difference in Foundation & Standard Maths and how it will affect the marks in PSLE. :?

Teacher suggest that Daughter goes to foundation Maths for P6 next year.
Any suggestions?
Can anyone suggest a good one-to-one tutor?
Thanks! :?:

Hi all, I need confirmation on P6 Science. There isnt any foundation Science, does that mean my son is not going to sit for a Science paper for P6 ? Please help !

[lizawa]

TypicalMum:

3angelmonstermum:

HELP! Need to know the difference in Foundation & Standard Maths and how it will affect the marks in PSLE. :?

Teacher suggest that Daughter goes to foundation Maths for P6 next year.
Any suggestions?
Can anyone suggest a good one-to-one tutor?
Thanks! :?:

Hi all, I need confirmation on P6 Science. There isnt any foundation Science, does that mean my son is not going to sit for a Science paper for P6 ? Please help !

Hi TypicalMum,

Are you saying your son is doing foundation Science now and you think there isn't a foundation science paper ? I checked the seab website, there is a foundation Science paper. See :
http://www.seab.gov.sg/psle/2011subjectInfo.html
Click on Foundation Science and you see the syllabus details.

[mrswongtuition]

I had 2 students last year who scored 20++ in their school’s papers and the teachers never even mentioned ‘foundation’ to them before!


In the end, both of them managed to pass Maths at PSLE after intensive tuition (one of them started in Jan, ended with B and the other started in June, got a C).

Both of them had very very very weak foundation and I mostly focused on the basic skills instead of the challenging problem solving techniques.
And both parents, knowing their children’s abilities, were very thankful that their kids passed and managed to get into NA. They thought that their kids either had to repeat or go to NT!!

[mimi61]

mrswongtuition:

I had 2 students last year who scored 20++ in their school's papers and the teachers never even mentioned 'foundation' to them before!


In the end, both of them managed to pass Maths at PSLE after intensive tuition (one of them started in Jan, ended with B and the other started in June, got a C).

Both of them had very very very weak foundation and I mostly focused on the basic skills instead of the challenging problem solving techniques.
And both parents, knowing their children's abilities, were very thankful that their kids passed and managed to get into NA. They thought that their kids either had to repeat or go to NT!!

hi mrswongtuition, jus curious to ask if thr's assessment books available for foundation maths n science? my son was being ask to take foundation maths n science tis year P6 as he faired v badly in P5. I'm in total lost on how to help him. I hv engaged tutor but seems like the tutor not aware of wat is foundation.

[imacsg]

From what I know is when the student score below 20 marks, then they take foundation maths. They are very very very weak. You can buy P4 book to let them do. They cannot do diffficult question.

[koguma]

mrswongtuition:

I had 2 students last year who scored 20++ in their school's papers and the teachers never even mentioned 'foundation' to them before!


In the end, both of them managed to pass Maths at PSLE after intensive tuition (one of them started in Jan, ended with B and the other started in June, got a C).

Both of them had very very very weak foundation and I mostly focused on the basic skills instead of the challenging problem solving techniques.
And both parents, knowing their children's abilities, were very thankful that their kids passed and managed to get into NA. They thought that their kids either had to repeat or go to NT!!

hi mrswongtuition, what would you recommend to a kid who has no problem with MCQ and short qns but has problem with the problem sums? my nephew is in p5 now.