2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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phankao:
Cannot compare kids like that. Some are stronger in certain subjects. More important is to know where are his weak areas and work from there. Good to sit with him to go thru' together and come up with game plan. At least he will feel \"ownership\" of area he wants to improve.
Apparently this math paper not very difficult leh. My elder boy in p6 had 80+ for SA1. At least not so scary.Pen88n:
Phankao,
Your DS school Maths standard quite high - I know becos I usually pull out their CA / SA Maths paper for my DS to practise. They usually push the kids hard before PSLE and hope they all make it to the COP for affiliation. See how you can help him this Jun hols - revision class? work thru' certain Maths topics he is weak in? -
ppnqq:
You guys considered good already. Mine failed.
ppnqq,
Check the Maths paper to list out the weak area. You may want to see if you are capable to address these yourself or source for an intensive course / tutor to work at this. There is still time before PSLE! -
Mum1113:
phankao, yours must be super duper high standard school. Fast track than most schools, and high marks too
Already said way below even level average... so how difficult can that paper be? And the bulk of the questions that he got wrong, he's done that type of questions and revised quite a number of times.... *sigh*. -
Pen88n:
Cannot compare kids like that. Some are stronger in certain subjects. More important is to know where are his weak areas and work from there. Good to sit with him to go thru' together and come up with game plan. At least he will feel \"ownership\" of area he wants to improve.[/quote]Can compare, bc same teacher, similar papers. And older boy was in a much worser class than this boy.
Apparently this math paper not very difficult leh. My elder boy in p6 had 80+ for SA1. At least not so scary.phankao:
[quote=\"Pen88n\"]
Phankao,
Your DS school Maths standard quite high - I know becos I usually pull out their CA / SA Maths paper for my DS to practise. They usually push the kids hard before PSLE and hope they all make it to the COP for affiliation. See how you can help him this Jun hols - revision class? work thru' certain Maths topics he is weak in?
Already went thru with him....generally all he cannot \"see the light\" even though done many times before (similar type of questions). Some are even p5 standard questions. :slapshead: -
phankao:
Aiyo, Phankao, like that compare no end state - there is always another higher mountain! Why all the kids not scoring 99.5 since they are all having same teacher, same paper, same class? Same teacher, same paper, same class, kids also score a range of different marks. Each kid has his own \"capability\"/\"ability\"/\"standard\". (maybe 2 kids may have similar standard, but still they are different and should not compare!)
Can compare, bc same teacher, similar papers. And older boy was in a much worser class than this boy.Pen88n:
Cannot compare kids like that. Some are stronger in certain subjects. More important is to know where are his weak areas and work from there. Good to sit with him to go thru' together and come up with game plan. At least he will feel \"ownership\" of area he wants to improve.
Already went thru with him....generally all he cannot \"see the light\" even though done many times before (similar type of questions). Some are even p5 standard questions. :slapshead:
I never like to compare 1 kid with another. I think it is fairer to measure a kid based on his \"capability\"/\"ability\"/\"standard\". Based on past score, your kid's past standard and your understanding of your kid (and you may also want to get teacher's feedback as well), go thru' his weaknesses and work with him on what he (and you) think is achievable. As long as he tries and perform his best, he will be proud of his work and you should celebrate his effort.
I've seen smart kids \"turn-off\" becos parents compare them with siblings, frens, etc. They \"retaliate\" with the mentality that \"fine, I'm not as good / smart as xxx\" and go on to prove it so by not putting in more effort to reach their best. This is a very common thing happening esp. when they are reaching / in their teens whereby the rebellious nature come into play and then they change their attitude.
Sorry if this sounds a little too serious, but do tread on this topic of comparison carefully as it does hurt the confidence of a kid. Hope you find a way to work with your son soon and all the best! -
Hi,
Next Thursday will be the last day of term 2. Friday will be the parent-teacher meeting session and tentatively heard from dd that P6 is required to come back in the 1st week after term 2. -
Pen88n:
[/quote]Not really comparing kids. But using their grades all throughout primary school and esp in p5/p6 to gauge what how their eventual PSLE score will turn out. I have 2 previous examples, mah.... I think the gauge based on their relative grades in p5/p6 can be quite indicative. It is \"solid\" evidence to my no.3 as to how much more work he has to put in, that's all.phankao:
[quote=\"Pen88n\"]
Cannot compare kids like that. Some are stronger in certain subjects. More important is to know where are his weak areas and work from there. Good to sit with him to go thru' together and come up with game plan. At least he will feel \"ownership\" of area he wants to improve. -
Brenda10:
My DS going back to sch during June holidays too.. 1st week as well as last week of June holidays.Hi,
Next Thursday will be the last day of term 2. Friday will be the parent-teacher meeting session and tentatively heard from dd that P6 is required to come back in the 1st week after term 2. -
wkong:
So far only know dd needs to go back next week. As such the remaining 3 weeks have to DIY.
My DS going back to sch during June holidays too.. 1st week as well as last week of June holidays.Brenda10:
Hi,
Next Thursday will be the last day of term 2. Friday will be the parent-teacher meeting session and tentatively heard from dd that P6 is required to come back in the 1st week after term 2.
Perhaps the school will give them more past year exam papers for doing during the 3 weeks. -
where we get the past year exam papers
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