2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[janet88]

mn:

My ds will be taking his PSLE in 2012 too. He is doing some work at home but have not started revising in depth yet. Going to start in Nov/Dec holidays. Good luck to all taking PSLE in 2012.

I'm getting mine here to finish up P5 assessment books. In a way, it's revision since P6 is compilation of everything. Want him to start on synthesis assessment for P6.
Good luck to all the kids and also parents for next year.

[janet88]

Hi mummies,

A tutor comes just once or twice a week. We can't expect miracles to happen just based in that. A friend of mine went all the way to coach her son in science even though he attends enrichment. Her son did very well for that subject. :salute: she will take out the past year papers, fill up the answers and test her son in the OE section. That's what I have decided to do with my son from now.

[Mamo]

janet_lee88:

Hi mummies,

A tutor comes just once or twice a week. We can't expect miracles to happen just based in that. A friend of mine went all the way to coach her son in science even though he attends enrichment. Her son did very well for that subject. :salute: she will take out the past year papers, fill up the answers and test her son in the OE section. That's what I have decided to do with my son from now.

Yup, you can't rely on tutor. For Math, the tutor is basically giving assessment work to your kid and clear some doubts. The kid still needs home support. Mummy or daddy has to be involved in checking and drilling the kids. For Science, it's better to go tuition centre than 1 -1. In tuition centre, tuition centre provides more comprehensive notes and the kids get to do experiments at times. However, mummy or daddy will need to guide them on answering techniques.

[janet88]

Mamo:

janet_lee88:

Hi mummies,

A tutor comes just once or twice a week. We can't expect miracles to happen just based in that. A friend of mine went all the way to coach her son in science even though he attends enrichment. Her son did very well for that subject.

For Math, the tutor is basically giving assessment work to your kid and clear some doubts. The kid still needs home support. Mummy or daddy has to be involved in checking and drilling the kids. For Science, it's better to go tuition centre than 1 -1. In tuition centre, tuition centre provides more comprehensive notes and the kids get to do experiments at times. However, mummy or daddy will need to guide them on answering techniques.

Same goes for CL. Tutor can't do miracles. I've been advised to speak to my kids in Mandarin, but after 2 sentences it's back to square 1.
Regarding Science, perhaps an enrichment centre would be more interesting because it's not so dry.

[funkymonkey]

Pen88n:

funkymonkey:

Hi All,

My DS will be sitting for PSLE in 2012 too....
We've started last week on his weaker topics on math...we don't have tuition except for chinese and i'm worried that i may not know all the answers to his questions....too late to get a tutor now... and i'm not sure tuition centres are any good...any advice?

Funkymonkey,
Nice to \"see\" u again
Suggest you try out the Maths topic with your son on your own. For questions you cannot answer, you can post in the Maths thread of this forum. There are forummers like Tianzhu & MathIzzzFun who are fantastic in solving Maths problems with very clearly explained solutions. I've learnt much from them.
Hope this helps.

Hi Penn88!,
nice to see u too!!!
Thanks for the tip!! :salute:
We are already revising the P5 math topics and I'm sure i'll be checking out Tianzhu and MathIzzfun soooon

[funkymonkey]

janet_lee88:

mn:

My ds will be taking his PSLE in 2012 too. He is doing some work at home but have not started revising in depth yet. Going to start in Nov/Dec holidays. Good luck to all taking PSLE in 2012.

I'm getting mine here to finish up P5 assessment books. In a way, it's revision since P6 is compilation of everything. Want him to start on synthesis assessment for P6.
Good luck to all the kids and also parents for next year.

Hi Janet and mn,
good luck to all of us its no fun studying during the holidays ya?
But i know its now or we'll be too late!!
We've started on synthesis on top of revising P5 math; and doing some \"top schools\" CA1 Science papers....so far no complains from my DS yet...
:rahrah: :rahrah:

[janet88]

funkymonkey:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"mn\"]Going to start in Nov/Dec holidays. Good luck to all taking PSLE in 2012.

I'm getting mine here to finish up P5 assessment books. In a way, it's revision since P6 is compilation of everything. Want him to start on synthesis assessment for P6.
Good luck to all the kids and also parents for next year.

Hi Janet and mn,
good luck to all of us its no fun studying during the holidays ya?
But i know its now or we'll be too late!!
We've started on synthesis on top of revising P5 math; and doing some \"top schools\" CA1 Science papers....so far no complains from my DS yet...
:rahrah: :rahrah:[/quote]This Nov/Dec is not exactly a holiday for the P5 going to P6 next year. Start now or it will be too late and busy when school reopens. I am anticipating a very busy year ahead.
Er...you started on CA1 Science already ? :shock:

[Pen88n]

janet_lee88:

funkymonkey:

Hi Janet and mn,
good luck to all of us its no fun studying during the holidays ya?
But i know its now or we'll be too late!!
We've started on synthesis on top of revising P5 math; and doing some \"top schools\" CA1 Science papers....so far no complains from my DS yet...
:rahrah: :rahrah:

This Nov/Dec is not exactly a holiday for the P5 going to P6 next year. Start now or it will be too late and busy when school reopens. I am anticipating a very busy year ahead.
Er...you started on CA1 Science already ? :shock:

It's true, this Nov / Dec holiday is good to build up solid foundation for P5 work, in order to move to P6 work more confidently when school reopens. Anyway, most of PSLE syllabus are covered in P5 rather than P6, so ensuring all P5 topics are ok is key to PSLE success.

Last year for Nov / Dec holiday, we negotiated with DS to go for a short break to Malaysia only so that there is flexibility to slot him for holiday classes and do revision to beef up his weak areas. This year, after PSLE, we will be bringing him for a longer trip to reward his \"hard work\"!

[Mamo]

Well, for CL, my son’s tutor did help him a lot. He doesn’t like his school teacher, not motivating and yelling at them all the times. Lucky for him, this tutor is stern but motivating. Somehow my son was able to memorise lengthy passages for his oral and compo and he did pretty well for his oral in his SA.


Speaking to the kids in Mandarin has to start from very young. It will be too late if you only start when they go to school. My older one was taken care by a maid when he was small. He was not exposed to Chinese and resisted it in Primary 1. Hence, his weakest subject is Chinese.

For my younger one, I became a SAHM after he was born and started talking to him in Chinese at times since he was 2 years old. He can now understand and speak Mandarin pretty well and he doesn’t resist it. However, to be kiasu, I still send him for Chinese enrichment class, not wanting him to struggle like his brother.

[janet88]

Pen88n:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"funkymonkey\"]
But i know its now or we'll be too late!!
We've started on synthesis on top of revising P5 math; and doing some \"top schools\" CA1 Science papers....so far no complains from my DS yet...
:rahrah: :rahrah:

This Nov/Dec is not exactly a holiday for the P5 going to P6 next year. Start now or it will be too late and busy when school reopens. I am anticipating a very busy year ahead.
Er...you started on CA1 Science already ? :shock:

It's true, this Nov / Dec holiday is good to build up solid foundation for P5 work, in order to move to P6 work more confidently when school reopens. Anyway, most of PSLE syllabus are covered in P5 rather than P6, so ensuring all P5 topics are ok is key to PSLE success.

Last year for Nov / Dec holiday, we negotiated with DS to go for a short break to Malaysia only so that there is flexibility to slot him for holiday classes and do revision to beef up his weak areas. This year, after PSLE, we will be bringing him for a longer trip to reward his \"hard work\"![/quote]I guess that's the reason why P5 is so tough...basically preparation for PSLE. As I was stapling & filing the 2011 past year papers, I see new connectors for P6 in some schools...they are not easy :frustrated:

Thanks for your advice...will make sure he covers all the topics this Nov/Dec.