Preparing kids for P5 in 2011
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Peony:
Janet, need not be a teacher actually. My DD's compo tutor is someone who has a flair for the language and likes children. I can see the difference in the way DD writes already...
If my son doesn't write a compo which starts on a high and ends abruptly...I would be very happy. In any case, I always remind him NEVER write situational type as it is easy for him to go out of point...safer to follow a pic. -
janet_lee88:
Janet, you are referring to continuous compo. Situation compo all kids will have to write - it is those emails, announcement, report, etc. The compo component has a picture / continuous compo (choose one), as well as a situation one (fixed - no choice).Peony:
Janet, need not be a teacher actually. My DD's compo tutor is someone who has a flair for the language and likes children. I can see the difference in the way DD writes already...
If my son doesn't write a compo which starts on a high and ends abruptly...I would be very happy. In any case, I always remind him NEVER write situational type as it is easy for him to go out of point...safer to follow a pic. -
janet_lee88:
Janet, you are referring to continuous compo. Situation compo all kids will have to write - it is those emails, announcement, report, etc. The compo component has a picture / continuous compo (choose one), as well as a situation one (fixed - no choice).[/quote]Peony:
Janet, need not be a teacher actually. My DD's compo tutor is someone who has a flair for the language and likes children. I can see the difference in the way DD writes already...
In any case, I always remind him NEVER write situational type as it is easy for him to go out of point...safer to follow a pic.
The situation compo - email, announcement, diary stuff is compulsory. Was referring to the continuous type which has no pic that he has to stay away from. For the SA1, he had to write 'diary' for situation compo. -
Hi
I am looking for some good Maths tuition centre or home tutor for my P5 daughter. She need some help on the problem sums. If anyone know some good place for Maths please PM me. I stay at east side of singapore near Katong/Marine Parade.
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Dear fellow parents of P5-ers,
It's just a few more days till the start of the new semester and I thought I'd share my thoughts and feelings.
Most of us here felt the pressure of the \"big jump\" and for some of us, it was big enough to cause a \"paradigm shift\"... where we took a step back and re-evaluated everything, from our expectations, to the path our kids are treading on.
We'd planned to use the June hols to regain momentum and help overcome weaknesses.
Now, if it goes according to predictions by others who'd taken this path, our kids should have gotten a better footing and we parents may start feeling less jumpy.
Am so hoping for that!!
Whatever your situation is, I hope that we will be able to breathe and let our kids have balance in their lives, for as I said to DD, if they are not able to balance at age 10/11, how are they going to as they get older and their plates get more and more full? The \"price\" to pay for a stressed out child is too great - if you get my drift...
So fellow parents, let's keep one another as well as our kids sane and happy.
All the best folks! -
all of us are in this pressure cooker environment on this small island. Ourselves, our kids and even our maids who have to slog for English exams.
Well, the June holidays will be behind us soon, and the school term and stress will start again next week. -
Peony:
Yes, this June holidays is to strengthen those weak areas...with time for fun as well. I've never been so eager for school holidays until this year. Our kids in primary school have a LONG way to go...including ourselves. We have to stay sane at least for the next 6 years (I have a daughter in P1).Dear fellow parents of P5-ers,
It's just a few more days till the start of the new semester and I thought I'd share my thoughts and feelings.
Most of us here felt the pressure of the \"big jump\" and for some of us, it was big enough to cause a \"paradigm shift\"... where we took a step back and re-evaluated everything, from our expectations, to the path our kids are treading on.
Hubby transferred to another dept...which means he has to go to office everyday. Anyway, he has given up coaching son in his Maths. Hubby felt negative when SA1 results dipped. Usually I am the one feeling lousy, but this time I have to be positive. If other P5 kids are also feeling the \"big jump\", that means it's 'normal'
:scratchhead: We just have to re-evaluate and see what can be done to improve. Feeling negative is not going to help.
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cimman:
A good reminder that lives are more valuable than exams.all of us are in this pressure cooker environment on this small island. Ourselves, our kids and even our maids who have to slog for English exams.
Well, the June holidays will be behind us soon, and the school term and stress will start again next week.
Pressure cooker? so apt.. but I'd want my DD to be in a \"bubble\" that protects her from the heat while she's in the same pot as the rest. I can't change the circumstances but I can change how we (her and her cheerleaders) can respond to it so that she (and us) can keep cool. -
Janet,
Just keep at it, am sure your son will improve by the time he hits the exams that really matter - PSLE. All these CA and SAs are absurdly difficult to ensure the kids exceed expectations.
The strategy sucks but schools have been doing it for years.
OK, bitter sceptic alert…
School sets absurdly difficult papers…
- parents of kids who have been doing very well (what more of those who have not!), freak out…
- pushes kids, enroll in classes etc. do all we can to ensure "improve"
- teaches continue to give tough class tests etc.
- parents continue to ensure kids meet these ridiculous levels…
PSLE dawns… kids are fully prepared and hence do well.
Who gets the credit?
We are just pawns.
Sigh… what has P5 done to me? Awaken the bitter in me.
My apologies to teachers. I come from a family filled with them and know like us, they feel like pawns in a big game too.
And sadly, PSLE just gets tougher as kids perform better, no thanks this "system"… -
While we are in this system now and we do not foresee any possible better changes in the near future, we make do with what we have and do our best to help our kids achieve work-life (aka study-play) balance.
Just remind ourselves - we are luckier than many people in the other countries.
Have faith! Our kids will turn out well, with the support of us, the kiasuparents
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