2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[alng]

James Ang:

2012 is dragon year. Competition is stiff.

This stiff competition started at p1 registration, p3 Gep screening and now p6 psle and this continues to o levels, a levels, uni entrance and first class honors, jobs, promotion and bonus! Lol

[8228]

verykiasu2010:

8228:

Thank you for this new thread. My ds will take his PSLE next year. His weaker subjects are English and Chinese. The biggest challenge for me is his bochap attitude. I am worried but he does not seem to care. :mad:

so your priority task is how to motivate him and sustain it

sigh, yet to find an effective way to motivate him.

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2DMommy:

Thank you for starting this thread ! My DS1 will be P6 next year and am now very worried. I have been telling him to work hard now if he wants to get into his \"dream school\".

When I asked my ds which school he wanted to go to, he just kept quiet. It would be easier if he has a target.

[pslemum]

Thank you for this thread… my dd will sit for PSLE next year … btw anyone have tried the approved chinese e-dictionary ? Which is better, Besta or Hans and if Hans- which model ? Anywhere to get it cheaper other than online? Appreciate advice…

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pslemum:

Thank you for this thread.. my dd will sit for PSLE next year ... btw anyone have tried the approved chinese e-dictionary ? Which is better, Besta or Hans and if Hans- which model ? Anywhere to get it cheaper other than online? Appreciate advice...

I bought the one by Creative for my ds last year. This is the only one he has, so don't know which is better.

[hoylj]

Hi all, I am new to this forum. My DS is P5 in DLS. So many CCA, camps and endless homework. Sometimes he stays up late just to finish his many homework…


One suggestion which works for us (erm…to my DS) is to retype all the questions which your child made mistakes in the CA, SA exams and let him/her redo them every day. We have seen vast improvement since started in SA1 last year when he was P4. Sometimes, past year school papers from elite schools may not help as much as to understand why your child is not understanding a particular concept. You can pick that up when you see him/her making same mistake.

Elite schools papers can be done after you see improvement or in parallel (if your child has the time). Also, do the same for all papers: not just Maths, English (synthesis transformation), Chinese compre (HCL) and Science papers.

Try it!

[care07]

My DS’s school will be having a motivating talk on next Monday, hopefully this talk can really motivate him.


Will share here if they have notes for this talk. Parents & kids, jia you, jia you.

[fifiyeo]

My DS will be in P6 next year. This year his grades in school has slided quite a fair bit. Can’t imagine the school actually telling parents that it is normal to drop 10-20 marks! Very worrying indeed…makes us feel that by next year, my DS will fail his PSLE and never move onto a sec school.

[kaka]

2DMommy:

Oh yes, I read that book too. My boy find the book amusing maybe he finds some similarity between him and the boy.
Same here, my DS1 is so busy with his school work that we also find it difficult to do revision. We have came to an agreement to start PSLE preparation this year end holidays.

Can share the name of the book?

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kaka:

2DMommy:

Oh yes, I read that book too. My boy find the book amusing maybe he finds some similarity between him and the boy.
Same here, my DS1 is so busy with his school work that we also find it difficult to do revision. We have came to an agreement to start PSLE preparation this year end holidays.

Can share the name of the book?

PSLE Survival Guide for the Family by Ng Pan Wei. I just borrowed a copy from National Library but yet to read it though.