2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[kero]

Lock:

My idea of starting early is to instil good study habits, routines and discipline like getting my dd to pay attention in class, does her homework independently and complete at least 1 hr revision daily. If she does that religiously, PSLE year will be just another year albeit a little more time needed on revision than normal.


Subjects wise, it's always better to know what you kid is weak at early too. Eg. from P1, I can already sense dd is weak in maths and by P2 when I confirmed that she needed more help than the sch or myself can provide, I send her for tuition. Cos she will need the foundation to move on to higher level. Most of the time when a kid can't do P5/P6 maths, it's not that they don't know P5/P6 topics, it is he/she still can't grasp fully some topics in P3/P4.

DD's strength has always been on the languages and she enjoys reading but mostly fictional books. But, most cloze and comprehension passages are non fiction when in P5 and P6. In order to build her 'non-fictional' vocabulary, grammar and style (which differs greatly from fictional), I have slowly started her on reading non fiction bks (which she dislikes) this year. But I don't feel stressed out cos I know if I 'force' her to read 2 non-fiction books a mth, by the time P6, she would have read 72 non fiction bks.

Similarly for Chinese, I started her on writing journal this year but she is not very conscientious in doing that. Will have to enforce that a little more next year

My point is that when we start our kids early in preparation for PSLE, its more than
doing exam papers or assessment bks. And I don't encourage doing papers and assessment bks beyond their level or in excess either.

This one i like... I should start to look at his end year result next month to decide which area I should start to lay a better foundation for his future.

Side track, comprehension area how to improve? Composition can improve by reading more book or exposure, but comprehension I am clueless.

[Snow Crystal]

kero:

Start from P1? that's far too early..
Now start to get involve in my son education and 1st step is visiting the forum But I got scared off by the threads... and now wondering if I should send him for tuition too since particular everyone is doing so.

Haha prepare not in the sense of doing papers etc. Like what vks2010 said, it's building the foundation. Others include getting the handwriting right, oral skills etc

[verykiasu2010]

I would hazard to say that for compo, regular practice (very boring!) is needed because during exam time, you have only a limited amount of time and must get organised, the plot, intro, body, conclusion etc, logical sequence of thoughts etc etc and get it composed and written well to score the marks


All these need practice such that the kid can get used to the rhythm. It is boring but essential. As you practise, the style improves, the sentence structure improves, apply good vocab, learn new words and new terms, improve the plot, etc and gradually raise the standard … Pri 5 try to achieve Pri 6 standard, pri 6 will aim for sec 1/2 standard…guaranteed A* for EL at PSLE

A good EL coach would be able to do that. The aim is to exceed beyond PSLE standard, and the coach should not mind marking all the compo - that is what she/he is paid to do

reading through good model compo can help just a little. putting pen to paper would help a lot more, after the reading.

[aqeqiq]

Hi. My dd also doing psle in 2013. Glad to meet likeminded parents here.

[verykiasu2010]

aqeqiq:

Hi. My dd also doing psle in 2013. Glad to meet likeminded parents here.

2011 academic year is effectively over

[aqeqiq]

verykiasu2010:

aqeqiq:

Hi. My dd also doing psle in 2013. Glad to meet likeminded parents here.

2011 academic year is effectively over

Technically not quite yet for my dd's school. She hasn't started the written papers yet. 5 to go todate. They are really dragging the academic year.

[Verysuperkiasu]

aqeqiq:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"aqeqiq\"]Hi. My dd also doing psle in 2013. Glad to meet likeminded parents here.

2011 academic year is effectively over

Technically not quite yet for my dd's school. She hasn't started the written papers yet. 5 to go todate. They are really dragging the academic year.[/quote]My dd's sa2 already over. Just over last Friday. Now letting her enjoy herself b4 she starts tuition for P5 in Nov.

[Lock]

Verysuperkiasu:

My dd's sa2 already over. Just over last Friday. Now letting her enjoy herself b4 she starts tuition for P5 in Nov.

Mine has not even started. Paper 1 this Fri, the rest of d written papers starts on 28/11.

[MrsSeah]

Lock:

Verysuperkiasu:

My dd's sa2 already over. Just over last Friday. Now letting her enjoy herself b4 she starts tuition for P5 in Nov.

Mine has not even started. Paper 1 this Fri, the rest of d written papers starts on 28/11.

Mine had finish English paper 1. The rest will start next monday.

[sg.01632angel]

Hi,


My dd also doing psle in 2013. Thanks for starting the thread.

As my girl is not good at oral, i’m now looking for a tuition centre that covers English oral, compo, compre and grammer all in one. Any recommendations?
Thanks.