Preparing kids for P5 in 2011

[Herbie]

It is impossible to find a ‘perfect’ sch with good teachers throughout the kids learning journey in sec/jc.


It would be better to inculcate the child to have the right learning attitude and be hungry for knowledge and the passion in learning…

[janet88]

Hi mummies,

Last year this time, I was still very relaxed - daughter was still in K2. Fast forward to end Sep 2011, both the kids are having SA2, except my daughter's school calls it summative test :faint:
Just revised the time-table for this week...decided to KIV everything else and just prepare for orals. Can't go green bcos I've been crushing lots of paper of late :oops:

All the best mummies, and hope this craziness will be over soon. But Nov/Dec will not be easy. For working mummies, do start popping vitamin C to prep up.

[Chenonceau]

We started on CL oral on the day after the CA2 last test. Grandma recorded the text from 2 books I found at Popular. Both books were too easy, I thought… so Grandma inserted some phrases in the text to up the level of difficulty. My son listened to Grandma’s recording, then he recorded his own performance. I made him listen to himself… and then we discussed areas of improvement. We did the same picture again and again. The next day, we did another picture.


Then my son got impatient and said "I now can read Chinese Mom, I’ll just read… dun need Grandma’s recording." So we worked straight from the script thereafter. He recorded directly after reading the script few times. We focused on this for 6 days before he said he was confident.

We’re now 2 weeks before SA2, so we’re cutting back to half load everyday, and upping the playtime. By next week, we’ll be down to quarter load… and during exams, it’ll be all play at home. This way, he is rested enough that once exams end and we have the gap analysis, we can plunge deep back into work again.

DS likes this very much. He likes exams because exams mean all day play after school. It’s quite funny because DS gives his friends the impression that he doesn’t study. This impression is salient because during exams when all his friends are frenziedly doing assessments, he is reading books on Pirates and the Lost Incas. Once, his friend asked him how come he doesn’t have to study. My son was lost for words before he said "Ummmm… I dun feel like." He was too embarrassed to say "My Mom won’t studying during exams."

So I told my son that he is a duck. He LOOKS so calm and relaxed on the surface but is really paddling hard under water.

[Peony]

Chenonceau,


I LOVE your strategy. I was aiming for that... but I was kinda delusional!

I read DD's most recent compo and :stupid: :slapshead:

Sighz, she's not applying anything I taught her.

Lost my cool :rant:

Sighz... me :imdrowning:

[Chenonceau]

Peony:

Chenonceau,


I LOVE your strategy. I was aiming for that... but I was kinda delusional!

I read DD's most recent compo and :stupid: :slapshead:

Sighz, she's not applying anything I taught her.

Lost my cool :rant:

Sighz... me :imdrowning:

Oh dear!! Hang in there!! :snuggles:

[ASLMUM]

Everyone ready for SA2? So much to revise for Science, not sure how to tackle it. Any ideas?

[comfy]

ASLMUM:

Everyone ready for SA2? So much to revise for Science, not sure how to tackle it. Any ideas?

How about revise the most recent topics first, then work backward, ending at P3 topics. I think this way, your kid can go thru' faster as the most recent topic is still fresh in his/her memory.

[janet88]

comfy:

ASLMUM:

Everyone ready for SA2? So much to revise for Science, not sure how to tackle it. Any ideas?

How about revise the most recent topics first, then work backward, ending at P3 topics. I think this way, your kid can go thru' faster as the most recent topic is still fresh in his/her memory.

Thanks for your valuable tip comfy :snuggles: Getting my son to tackle this year's topics first and get concepts firmly in the head. Then work backwards. Some topics in lower block like magnets, energy and life cycles are linked to topics taught this year. Lots of total recall and linking. Not easy especially with more keywords.

[comfy]

janet_lee88:

comfy:

[quote=\"ASLMUM\"]Everyone ready for SA2? So much to revise for Science, not sure how to tackle it. Any ideas?

How about revise the most recent topics first, then work backward, ending at P3 topics. I think this way, your kid can go thru' faster as the most recent topic is still fresh in his/her memory.

Thanks for your valuable tip comfy :snuggles: Getting my son to tackle this year's topics first and get concepts firmly in the head. Then work backwards. Some topics in lower block like magnets, energy and life cycles are linked to topics taught this year. Lots of total recall and linking. Not easy especially with more keywords.[/quote]You are most welcome Janet_lee88. If school notes are not sufficient, like in my case, I use Science companion by Renee Chong. I find this book easy to use and can at least let the kid get the foundation/concept right. If still not enough or can master this book, then proceed to other more challenging one. And of course, follow by lot of practices of exam papers and most important --> let the kid has plenty of rest to absorb all the information.

[janet88]

Hi Comfy,

Next week Mon EL/Tue CL Orals.
This week other than school hw, we've been practising Oral.
Have been reminding son to memorize some 道理 like 公德心，优雅社会 blah blah blah. Hope he can remember and to say the right thing for the right situation :xedfingers: