2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Champion]

vlim:

please start a thread on 2014 psle...it will be my dd turn

:shock: :yikes: vlim, scary but this is the fact!

We are in the same boat! :hi5:

[corneyAmber]

Champion:

vlim:

please start a thread on 2014 psle...it will be my dd turn

:shock: :yikes: vlim, scary but this is the fact!

We are in the same boat! :hi5:

Sorry to say, my 2 cents worth is it is not wise to embark on this, even for the 2013 thread. We are guilty of pushing everything too hard. I have enough horror stories to know that we are barking up the wrong tree.

[zeemimi]

P4 SA2 not over yet leh .... :? :siao:

Should have started this thread later. let me enjoy a break after the SA2 first mah .... :slapshead:
stress ... i will have a PSLE and a O level kid in 2013 ....

[Augmum]

verykiasu2010:

okay this is sounding like madly kiasu to the extreme, the 2011 PSLE has just collected the last script from the kids and now talk about 2013 PSLE ?

Harlow vks2010
before i clicked on this thread from the front page, am thinking.....
hmm....who is the tutor who had started this thread :lol:
but was seriously astonished to see yr big name......

heng arhh......i am already done with PSLE.........

[verykiasu2010]

Augmum:

verykiasu2010:

okay this is sounding like madly kiasu to the extreme, the 2011 PSLE has just collected the last script from the kids and now talk about 2013 PSLE ?

Harlow vks2010
before i clicked on this thread from the front page, am thinking.....
hmm....who is the tutor who had started this thread :lol:
and was seriously astonished to see yr big name......

heng arhh......i am already done with PSLE.........

i honestly seriously thought that every one reading my posting would have a jar of salt next to the computer mouse and also has the tongue sticking out from the cheek :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Augmum]

verykiasu2010:

Augmum:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]okay this is sounding like madly kiasu to the extreme, the 2011 PSLE has just collected the last script from the kids and now talk about 2013 PSLE ?

Harlow vks2010
before i clicked on this thread from the front page, am thinking.....
hmm....who is the tutor who had started this thread :lol:
but was seriously astonished to see yr big name......

heng arhh......i am already done with PSLE.........

i honestly seriously thought that every one reading my posting would have a jar of salt next to the computer mouse and also has the tongue sticking out from the cheek :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:[/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
besides, a reminder to potential readers to measure her/his blood pressure and heart rate after reading.... :shock:

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

Augmum:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]okay this is sounding like madly kiasu to the extreme, the 2011 PSLE has just collected the last script from the kids and now talk about 2013 PSLE ?

Harlow vks2010
before i clicked on this thread from the front page, am thinking.....
hmm....who is the tutor who had started this thread :lol:
and was seriously astonished to see yr big name......

heng arhh......i am already done with PSLE.........

i honestly seriously thought that every one reading my posting would have a jar of salt next to the computer mouse and also has the tongue sticking out from the cheek :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:[/quote]That's so true. :rotflmao: But sometimes the innate kiasu cells cannot help but surface. So if you start an extreme kiasu thread, people will come. :evil:

[verykiasu2010]

kiasu means different thing to different people


I started the 2012 PSLE thread in July 2011. Looking back I think it was a bit late because Pri 5 is already half way through. For some, especially those aiming for DSA in Pri 6, it may be quite rush to buck up in pri 5 over the last few months, having some regrets perhaps.

I agree completely with the previous principal of NYPS (now principal of NYGH) when she said during the year-end briefing for pri 4 parents going pri 5 the next year : "PSLE preparation starts in pri 5, not pri 6".

Hence I thought parents need to take a slightly longer term view of PSLE preparation. It is a journey, not a ‘quick lunch over burgers’. Make an assessment after the pri 4 results are in and plan accordingly what need to be implemented in pri 5 : enrichment classes, tuition, cut back CCA commitment, step up supervision and monitoring…etc etc and avoid burn out. The target is to peak at PSLE, not before or after. There is a book on "Peak Performance" or something like that, some parents may be familiar with. A friend of mine called up in july desperate for CL tuition because it dawned upon him that the kid needs help.

Also, end of year holiday for pri 4 will be like a "last fling" before settling down to serious work stretching all the way to PSLE, with short breaks in between perhaps, instead of long vacation at end of pri 5 which is not recommended.

[schweppes]

verykiasu2010:

Also, end of year holiday for pri 4 will be like a \"last fling\" before settling down to serious work stretching all the way to PSLE, with short breaks in between perhaps, instead of long vacation at end of pri 5 which is not recommended.

Guess different strokes for different folks. We actually went for a 2 week holiday at end of P5 and a shorter break in June during PSLE year.

Felt that the break was good for my kids to recharge. The hols were a way to reward them for working so hard throughout the year and the short break in June was a breather from studying.

Aim is not to push our kids so hard that they burn out. Kids (and us parents) were grateful for the break and came back more refreshed.

[schweppes]

jtoh:

That's so true. :rotflmao: But sometimes the innate kiasu cells cannot help but surface. So if you start an extreme kiasu thread, people will come. :evil:

herd mentality?