Preparing kids for P5 in 2011

[janet88]

pixiedust:

Janet,

I prefer to use school papers. The questions are better crafted, in my opinion.

All,
It has been a really busy term2. P5 camp,napfa, supplementary and all. I can see ds is on catch-up mode. Does anyone give regular supplementary vitamins or food which has proven useful? Ds just take regular meals & vit C. Does essence of chicken helps? Or boiled soup?

Son's NAPFA just finished this week...whew, he cleared them and now I can focus his attention on preparation for Oral. No suppl during week of NAPFA tests but came home more tired. P5 camp will be held during Sep holiday.

Didn't give son any vitamins...just eat regular meals, less fried food and soup (not too heaty though).

[janet88]

shurley197323:

SA 1 is just about 3 weeks from now. I felt like no time to breathe already, more anxious than my gal. She only score 80/100 for the trial test. Her teacher said it's already very good .But I still feel can get more improvement. There are about 18 problems sum ,so to really score, they must be very confident for problems sum, if not

To me, our kids are still in Primary school, we must plan for them, if we just sit back ,so will they

I was advised to let son plan his SA revision, but dare not...as it is, I needed close to 2 hours to do so, making sure every topic is included.
Yes, I am feeling the heat and stress and it's like still have 3 more torturous week to go. We cannot sit back bcos kids will follow suit.

Only primary school and yet I am stressed, what will happen when they go to sec school ??? Can't be planning for him until he goes to Sec 4 right ?

[kaka]

janet_lee88:

shurley197323:

SA 1 is just about 3 weeks from now. I felt like no time to breathe already, more anxious than my gal. She only score 80/100 for the trial test. Her teacher said it's already very good .But I still feel can get more improvement. There are about 18 problems sum ,so to really score, they must be very confident for problems sum, if not

To me, our kids are still in Primary school, we must plan for them, if we just sit back ,so will they

I was advised to let son plan his SA revision, but dare not...as it is, I needed close to 2 hours to do so, making sure every topic is included.
Yes, I am feeling the heat and stress and it's like still have 3 more torturous week to go. We cannot sit back bcos kids will follow suit.

Only primary school and yet I am stressed, what will happen when they go to sec school ??? Can't be planning for him until he goes to Sec 4 right ?

My Ds in Sec One is so relax now. He is able to cope better with the \"training\" he got from preparing his PSLE. My Dd in P5 is the the really stressed one, her homework took her so long, there is never time for revision. In fact she spent her whole day today just doing homework and nothing else, yet, she did not manage to finish ... to be continued tomorrow

I wonder how the children going to tuitions cope with school and tuition homework plus time to attend tuition?

[teh_oh]

cwc:

DS-P5 has been in Band1/high Band2/As cos in neighborhood sch, never see REAL world. So unless he hit lows, he would continue to think \"EASY LAH\". I too want a wake-up call for him....hence, searching for tough tough materials to 挫他的锐气 and make him realised he's in a small pond.

Hi cwc,
My P3 child is also in a neighbourhood school. For a gauge of how the child will perform, you should probably check out how many students in your child's school hit the PSLE score that you are aiming for. For my child's school only a handful score above 250 for PSLE every year. So based on class ranking, he can roughly see where he stand in the 'real world'.

[BeContented]

teh_oh:

Hi cwc,

My P3 child is also in a neighbourhood school. For a gauge of how the child will perform, you should probably check out how many students in your child's school hit the PSLE score that you are aiming for. For my child's school only a handful score above 250 for PSLE every year. So based on class ranking, he can roughly see where he stand in the 'real world'.

Sigh....his school also only a handful score >250. Guess, like I say - resources, time, tuition etc are all in place, the rest is up to him. He will have to choose to walk into OPEN doors or :stupid: on closed doors

[HappyFaye]

kaka:

My Ds in Sec One is so relax now. He is able to cope better with the \"training\" he got from preparing his PSLE. My Dd in P5 is the the really stressed one, her homework took her so long, there is never time for revision. In fact she spent her whole day today just doing homework and nothing else, yet, she did not manage to finish ... to be continued tomorrow

I wonder how the children going to tuitions cope with school and tuition homework plus time to attend tuition?

Hey, it's comforting to hear that! So I should stress him now what kind of training did you give your DS? Assume he had no tuition then? I'm still hanging on without tuition for them but sometime can be tough as dd1 will ask questions while I am coaching DS or dd2 will come asking for attention. Somehow the 3 of them will come to me at the same time even though my dh is a hands-on dad

[janet88]

Hi mummies,

My hubby is forced to be a hands-on dad bcos he feels he can teach them Maths and can’t afford math tuition. I plan revision, buy assessment books and coach whatever I can…but he is still better in some areas of science. This forum also has helpful ladies giving me advice how to gear up. Very grateful.

If kids attend many tuition classes, I really wonder why they find time to finish school hw & tuition hw. Getting school hw done alone means no revision…very scary bcos it is insufficient.

[kaka]

HappyFaye:

kaka:

My Ds in Sec One is so relax now. He is able to cope better with the \"training\" he got from preparing his PSLE. My Dd in P5 is the the really stressed one, her homework took her so long, there is never time for revision. In fact she spent her whole day today just doing homework and nothing else, yet, she did not manage to finish ... to be continued tomorrow

I wonder how the children going to tuitions cope with school and tuition homework plus time to attend tuition?

Hey, it's comforting to hear that! So I should stress him now what kind of training did you give your DS? Assume he had no tuition then? I'm still hanging on without tuition for them but sometime can be tough as dd1 will ask questions while I am coaching DS or dd2 will come asking for attention. Somehow the 3 of them will come to me at the same time even though my dh is a hands-on dad

I have the same problem with my 3 kids in the past. Now, I have dedicated time for each of them. Weekday mornings for my DD2 as she is in afternoon session, weekday nights are for my Dd1. Sat morning for Ds and hopefully if all of them can finish their school work, we will go out later in the afternoon. Sundays mornings are for revision with DD1 since she needs help most. Initially, my Dd2 always wants my attention, since she is the youngest, but I ignore her or tell her straight to hold her questions till morning. Not easy to enforce as many circumstances can lead to changes but the big direction is this. :grphug:

I didnt really stress my DS too much when he was doing his PSLE, he is already very stressed by the school and the whole process. I know his limitations, so I push a bit, pull a bit, stay away a bit ...

[janet88]

I set schedule for my p5 son and p1 daughter…both in morn session…morning I have peace and quiet to prepare work for day, surf net or prepare notes for son…but it is tough when both return at same time. Have to dedicate more time to p1 as she can’t do work on her own. If son has math hw, will hv to wait for hubby as I can’t help him at all. Constant struggle for time everyday.

[HappyFaye]

cwc


Hey, we are in the same boat for both ds n dd1

Sometime I do wander if neighbourhood schools are good choice but I can see that he gets lots of exposuse that builds his confidence.

Well, just went to popular to buy 1 assessment book for maths, chinese n science. Can't really bring myself to ignore SA1. I glanced through the Challenging Maths and was :!: both dh n I took quite a while to complete some of the questions, even though both of us from technical background. :oops: