2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Tinkerbelle]

ms_lim:

just wondering if today's topic likely to be repeated at other school's oral?

Hi ms_lim,

All schs will have the same passage/picture/conversation topic today for EL and CL respectively. Tomorrow will be a different picture.

[Augmum]

ms_lim:

Augmum:

[quote=\"ms_lim\"]just wondering if today's topic likely to be repeated at other school's oral?

u mean other schools using it/them for SA1 or prelims orals.....
hmm unlikely...becos usually the teachers will use them for practices....
esp when they can get hold of the CL PSLE booklet which will be avail next yr.....

sorry i meant today's psle topic will be repeated tommorrow for those who have not taken.[/quote]oh...won't....MOE is not that silly......haha

btw, juz for sharing....
as for my gal 's yr (2009),
the 1 st day oral pic and Q, regardless of EL or CL was much easier than the second day's one......
as feedback fr the pupils when they discussed abt it....

[Zann]

Vanilla Cake:

J


There was also a sign saying that no food and drink were allowed. Under the sign for \"Students' corner\" were some bookshelves

VC's mum, was the label \"Student Corner\" in English or Chinese, for Chinese Oral ?

[Pen88n]

Zann:

Vanilla Cake:

J


There was also a sign saying that no food and drink were allowed. Under the sign for \"Students' corner\" were some bookshelves

VC's mum, was the label \"Student Corner\" in English or Chinese, for Chinese Oral ?

In English.

[Eddow]

:thankyou: Vanilla Cake for the effort to type it out. After reading, realised that my DS miss out quite a few item not mentioned...:( But hope it won't affect too badly.

[Funx3]

ttlkbs:

So can we anticipate that this year PSLE is going to be easier than last year?

Posed the Q to My Gal, And She Go Matter-of-Fact-ly ....
\"No -la. Probably a Disguise .... To Catch us ALL in the Written Paper later ....\"
Different Point of View, hor?

Coz she believes ....
Since Last Year Paper Deemed to Be Easy, So This Year will be Tough ....
Alternate years .... Prophecy ....

[Brenda10]

Augmum:

oh...won't....MOE is not that silly......haha

btw, juz for sharing....
as for my gal 's yr (2009),
the 1 st day oral pic and Q, regardless of EL or CL was much easier than the second day's one......
as feedback fr the pupils when they discussed abt it....

Hi augmum,

Heard from dd this too! May be they heard from some senior last year!

Also they prefer 1st day CL!

[Tinkerbelle]

Augmum:

oh...won't....MOE is not that silly......haha


btw, juz for sharing....
as for my gal 's yr (2009),
the 1 st day oral pic and Q, regardless of EL or CL was much easier than the second day's one......
as feedback fr the pupils when they discussed abt it....

Hi Augmum,
Ya....DD ever commented that the students noticed this pattern in their sch oral exams over the years too.

[Funx3]

Vanilla Cake:

Just to share feedback from DD2 on today's PSLE 2011 Oral (1st day) on CL:


Reading passage
Passage about a man who was gloomy and wanted to seek happiness. He went to a village chief who was full of wisdom for help. The village chief told him to build a wooden ship. One month later, he completed the construction of the wooden ship and he went to see the village chief again. Together, both of them set sail on this newly built wooden ship. The village then asked this man about his current state of mind and he replied that he felt very happy. Last statement was something like if you want to be happy then do some work.

Picture conversation
The setting in the picture was a place where there was a label sign named as \"Students' corner\". There was also a sign saying that no food and drink were allowed. Under the sign for \"Students' corner\" were some bookshelves and something like a table where there were unfinished drinks and food. A student (could not remember whether boy or girl) was reading a book beside this table. In the front of him/her, two girls were sitting on a mat and doing some art & craft work. A pair of scissors was spotted together with some papers. A girl was about to use a rolled-up newspaper and hit her female classmate/schoolmate's shoulder. To the right hand of the picture, there were two boys and 1 girl sitting round a table. The boy and girl were sitting side by side and doing some reading while the other boy sitting at another end was using his laptop. There was an empty seat but this was reserved by someone using his/her schoolbag. There was also a notice board where one notice was hanging with only one pin and the other notice was torn possibly by someone. Finally, there are three pictures hanging on the wall in this setting. All the signs labelled in this setting were in English language.

Conversation
Talk about an unforgettable small class group activity that you had been involved.

VC's mum

Wow! Your Gal's Power of Observation on Small Details (in the Pic Discussion) is Amazing!
:salute: :salute:
And thanks for sharing!
:celebrate: :celebrate:

[Tinkerbelle]

Eddow:

:thankyou: Vanilla Cake for the effort to type it out. After reading, realised that my DS miss out quite a few item not mentioned...:( But hope it won't affect too badly.

Try not to worry too much, Eddow. Continue to support your DS & encourage him to focus on his EL oral tomorrow. All the best to your DS. :rahrah: