2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[wonderm]

Brenda10:

phankao:

Lucky i only have psle this year. *whew*. I still think the most tedious is psle. Os & As are all up to them, not us.

Plan to work after dd PSLE. As like everyone say that we also can't do much in their Secondary school. Waiting for 4 October and can disregard all the primary school things lah.

It depends. For me and my boys, I am able to add more value to them when they are in Sec school. The nature of help is of course different from that in Primary school and one may not need to do that full time. In Primary school, it was quite standard revision for the 4 subjects when it came close to PSLE. In Sec school, they have to learn new skills in both academic and other areas like CCA, leadership. Parents can guide them to be more effective in learning so they could enjoy their Sec school life more.

All the best to your child's PSLE this year! I was like you last year, couldn't wait for PSLE to be over to throw away all the primary school things and it was really exciting when we finally could do that last Oct.

[Tinkerbelle]

Brenda10:

Tinkerbelle:

Hi chenonceau,


:thankyou: for sharing. Wow....Yor DS is truly impressive to memorise phrases from compos like this. Definitely not an easy task. :salute:

Yes. Agree this is very tedious. The more I can do is expose dd to more CL song and hopefully she can remember the lyrics.

Hi Brenda,

That's an interesting approach of learning Chinese........very FUN!!! :lol:

[Brenda10]

wkong:

I agreed that using the CL song might helps to improve CL. Like pronunciation, or maybe using it for compo..


DD just change to a new sch this yr, and CL teacher is teaching them to sing songs like 兰花草, 捉泥鳅, 童话, 外婆的澎湖湾 etc...

As for how it helps in compo will be the way they describe.. like

晚风轻拂澎湖湾
白浪逐沙滩
没有椰林缀斜阳
只是一片海蓝蓝.....

那是外婆柱着杖
将我手轻轻挽...

All these songs bring back the nice memory. :hi5: Listening to all these songs and watching CL TV do provide another channel to improve on CL Language.

[Tinkerbelle]

Brenda10:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"wkong\"]
Good reminder. Times really flies fast and dd oral is also around 18-21/4.
jia you

[/quote] :hi5: DD also having her oral SA1 from 18 April. DD's spoken Chinese is a direct translation from English.

[Brenda10]

ksme:

Brenda,

Not familiar with the song you quoted. Which song is it? Very cheem....

Hi ksme

This is one of our favour song 古月照今尘.

[Tinkerbelle]

Funx3:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"Funx3\"]My Gal Loves Any Detectives Novels, So She Has just Randomly Picked Up the Adult Fiction that I'm Reading and Loves the Plot So Much that She Requested for More ....

Think U Detective Buffs May Like this as well .... by Mary Jane Clark, and Mary Higgins Clark ....

Hi Funx3,

Thanks for the recommendation. Can I check what's the title of the detective book? Thanks :lol:

They have Many Titles Published.
Off Hand I Can Recall - It Only Takes A Moment, All Through the Night, Dancing in the Dark, ....[/quote]Thanks Funx, that's a good start.

[Brenda10]

wonderm:

It depends. For me and my boys, I am able to add more value to them when they are in Sec school. The nature of help is of course different from that in Primary school and one may not need to do that full time. In Primary school, it was quite standard revision for the 4 subjects when it came close to PSLE. In Sec school, they have to learn new skills in both academic and other areas like CCA, leadership. Parents can guide them to be more effective in learning so they could enjoy their Sec school life more.


All the best to your child's PSLE this year! I was like you last year, couldn't wait for PSLE to be over to throw away all the primary school things and it was really exciting when we finally could do that last Oct.

Hi wonderm

Thank you for your wisely input.

Still the old saying, 听君一席话，胜读十年书

Thank you for your good wishes and hopefully dd can do well in the PSLE as she wish to take HCL in Secondary school.

[Tinkerbelle]

Funx3:

wkong:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]Hi wkong,

Fancy seeing you on this thread too... So you've got a P6 & a p2....just like me. :hi5:

Yeah.. when the younger one taking PSLE, the elder one is taking O level.. :!: :!:

Ha Ha ....
R U Refering to ME Now?

My ds2 is taking his O level this year and
My Gal is in her PSLE year.

So Far, Not So Bad -la!
When Kids in Sec Sch, More Auto-Mode Already ....
[/quote]Hahaha...so you are in the same boat as us.

Very reassuring to hear you say that it's not that bad to have 2 kids sittting for national exams.

You mentioned DS2 is sitting for O levels this year..so how old is your DS/DD1 ?

[Tinkerbelle]

janet_lee88:

wkong:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]Hi wkong,


Fancy seeing you on this thread too... So you've got a P6 & a p2....just like me. :hi5:

Yeah.. when the younger one taking PSLE, the elder one is taking O level.. :!: :!:

I will try out one of the KS parents suggestion on getting the kids to read out loud and also get him to practice his oral skill.

I will face this similar scenario too...PSLE and O levels. Give me a 5.[/quote]Hi Janet,

:hi5: Looks like there are a few of us here with kids going thru O levels and PSLE in the same year.

[Tinkerbelle]

Mum1113:

Tinkerbelle:

Hi mum1113,
Fantastic that your DS is inspired to read Chinese books once again. I tried to get DD to read 笑猫日记 but she's not interested.....hiazz. What simpler CL books is your DS reading? Maybe I can see if I can perform a miracle with my DD & get her to read a Chinese book...keke. Tks

The books too simplistic to talk here liao....paiseh paiseh :oops: :oops: let's PM...

Hi mum1113,

ok, ok.... Thanks... Appreciate it. :love: