2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Tinkerbelle]

happiest:

My son has been informed that he has to be in school for the Monday and Tuesday this march holidays.


Is this norm in other schools?

Hi happiest,

DD's sch not having any supp lessons during the March sch holidays. Only need to go back during last week of June holidays and 3 days over the Sept holidays.

[happiest]

hi Tinkerbelle,


Actually i think that is better bec my son benefits most from one on one tuition rather than in a classroom situation.

i might consider writing in to his school to ask him to be excused.

[Tinkerbelle]

Leanne:

DS got back normal chinese today.Last week, learnt that he was down with three mcq.Today, got back the full paper, he is lucky that whole paper was pulled up by the two compre.


Three mistakes in paper two was in close passage.Din know this section can be that bad.


Rgds
Leanne

Hi Leanne,
Wow...your DS did well in his MT paper. Only 3 mistakes in cloze pasaage. How I envy you. :lol:

[tisha]

DS got his CA1 marks. So dissapointing. Especially maths 70 marks. Says he lost heavily in paper 2. Not yet brought the paper home so I don't yet know where and why he lost the marks.

We have been using OnSponge and Conquer Maths and generally he was able to solve the problems. But when it came to past year top 10 schools he was not able to solve a couple of problems from Paper 2 and also not enough time to finish the paper.
How do I help him to improve his marks in Maths Paper 2 ? :roll:
Generally he used to score in 80s for his maths CA/SA.
Sometimes I hear about students jumping from B to A* and C to A from CA1 to PSLE, how to achive this? :?:

[Tinkerbelle]

happiest:

hi Tinkerbelle,


Actually i think that is better bec my son benefits most from one on one tuition rather than in a classroom situation.

i might consider writing in to his school to ask him to be excused.

Hi happiest,
You mean you want your DS to be excused from all supp lessons in sch?

[happiest]

no only for the june hols and definitely the september hols

[Tinkerbelle]

Mum1113:

wkong:

Hmm... I'll drop a email to the Chinese teacher to confirm on that.


DS very careless.. 2 marks taken away for paper 2.

:celebrate: he scored 98 for MA is to call for :celebrate: :celebrate: :love:

HI Mum1113,

:congrats: on your DS's stellar results in his maths CA1 and his selection to represent his sch for SMOPS. What an achievement. :celebrate:

[Tinkerbelle]

happiest:

no only for the june hols and definitely the september hols

Oh I see......Ya, every child is different and you know your child best. Once excused from the holiday supp lessons, your DS can focus on his own revision. Might get more work done...keke

[Funx3]

Chenonceau:

Funx3:

Does Your Mtd Involved this Gizmo, as Well?

Ehhhhh... What is Mtd, and which Gizmo? :?

Internet Gaming time as Incentives to Memorize CL Compo ....

[Tinkerbelle]

Chenonceau:

Pen88n:

DS as usual came back with unsatisfactory EL and CL results. A handful of mistakes due to carelessness, but mostly overall can see language foundation not exactly there.


Anyone has any effective way to try to improve languages from now till PSLE? I know time is short and it is not easy to see results for languages in a short time, but I am hoping for some tips on how to improve certain sections of the EL or CL paper to assist to pull up the overall marks. Thanks in advance for the sharing.

Is your son in P5? If so, maybe can try memorizing compo using digital audio tracks+ glossary list+ printed text? My son's compo grades went from 8/20 to 16/20 from November 2010 till now. His teacher can't believe it. He has memorized 19 compos and writes an average of 1 compo in 2 weeks.

I also get grandma to read 3 newspaper articles with him everyday.

Hi chenonceau,

Impressive...your DS has a very good memory....can memorise 19 compos in a short 3 months... :salute: :salute: