2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[pixiedust]

ridcully:

...but I would share with you that as an English private tutor I teach a lot of secondary school students one-to-one when such students get into a 'dream' school and then the parents find that their children cannot cope. The period after the mid-year exams in Secondary 1 is a highlight of my year...

....I guess my message is that parents at the primary school phase should think more realistically about the capabilities of their children. Yes, if you really push you might get your child into a 'dream' secondary school, but what's the point if that child then spends several miserable years constantly struggling and gets turned off learning for life? Although many successful people come from dream schools, a far greater number of people exit their dream schools and carry on dreaming...

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Ridcully, thanks for sharing the above. It is indeed an important food for thought. I guess for most parents, there is this hope that the child will mature and bloom in a 'dream' secondary school hence all the pushing and hand-holding just to squeeze through the gates. However, I have heard \"stories\" of IP kids (PSLE >260) being asked to leave the IP programme/school at Secondary 1/2 due to unsatisfactory results and it was really deterimental on their self-esteem.

From your experience, are these \"dream\" schools the COP range >250 ?

[Edureach]

Brenda10:

Pen88n:

As the date of PSLE draws nearer, I am of the opinion that as parent, we should just be around to support the kid. We will point the direction, and help when help is needed. But the actual effort has to come from the kid thru' his / her own motivation.


Come secondary school and they are on their own - we can't continuously monitor and \"push\" for every subject by then. So, they have to realise the \"push\" has to come from internal.

In fact we can observe from the forum that most of the discussions are on primary school matter compare to secondary school. Think the most the parent can help is up to P6 and the secondary may quite beyond our reach as the children will be busier and also have their own thinking as they have turned into teenager.

The next 3 months are more on their own effort.

Yeah! At sec level, is more on subject combi, alternative path and career guidance.

[Brenda10]

Hi pixiedust


I also heard that if the child unable to meet the requirement in the school only offer 'Express stream", they also have to transfer out as their school don’t cater for "Normal stream".

As such, we have to take in all these factors as consideration when choosing Secondary school.

[Edureach]

Brenda10:

Hi pixiedust


I also heard that if the child unable to meet the requirement in the school only offer 'Express stream\", they also have to transfer out as their school don't cater for \"Normal stream\".

As such, we have to take in all these factors as consideration when choosing Secondary school.

Normally no transfer, but sadly ask to retain.

[Brenda10]

Edureach:

Brenda10:

Hi pixiedust


I also heard that if the child unable to meet the requirement in the school only offer 'Express stream\", they also have to transfer out as their school don't cater for \"Normal stream\".

As such, we have to take in all these factors as consideration when choosing Secondary school.

Normally no transfer, but sadly ask to retain.

That's really sad :sad: and the child must be able to take it!

[Edureach]

Brenda 10


That’s why cannot anyhow send a kid via dsa to a renown school especially if his/her score is more than 30 pts away. Especially for boys, totally no room for error.

[Brenda10]

Edureach:

Brenda 10


That's why cannot anyhow send a kid via dsa to a renown school especially if his/her score is more than 30 pts away. Especially for boys, totally no room for error.

Hi Edureach

Thank you for your advice.

In fact if we use the formula range from 0.70, 0.712 up to 0.75 we can ahka ahka know about out child standard.

[Brenda10]

Hi mummies


Supplementary class kick off tomorrow and new time table has shown the CCA is replaced by other lesson.

[Publica]

Brenda10:

Edureach:

Brenda 10


That's why cannot anyhow send a kid via dsa to a renown school especially if his/her score is more than 30 pts away. Especially for boys, totally no room for error.

Hi Edureach

Thank you for your advice.

In fact if we use the formula range from 0.70, 0.712 up to 0.75 we can ahka ahka know about out child standard.

Hi Brenda10,

Are you referring to using the formula range to estimate the T-score? In fact, we have totally no idea how DS's result will turn out although the school provided the simulated T-score based on SA1 results.

[Pen88n]

Publica:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"Edureach\"]Brenda 10


That's why cannot anyhow send a kid via dsa to a renown school especially if his/her score is more than 30 pts away. Especially for boys, totally no room for error.

Hi Edureach

Thank you for your advice.

In fact if we use the formula range from 0.70, 0.712 up to 0.75 we can ahka ahka know about out child standard.

Hi Brenda10,

Are you referring to using the formula range to estimate the T-score? In fact, we have totally no idea how DS's result will turn out although the school provided the simulated T-score based on SA1 results.[/quote]If school provide the level mean and standard deviation of each individual subject, you can calculate the T-score using the standard formula easily. That's where you know how your kid in relation to the school cohort (which can act as a representation of the national cohort though not absolutely accurate).