2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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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. -
Pen88n:
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.
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.janet_lee88:
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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:
Er...you started on CA1 Science already ? :shock:
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. -
Good evening parents, anyone can help me? SA result is out . How to work out the T score based on the result ???/400 how I get the marks if now is PSLE
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Hi Essential
Think Chenoceau has helped with the link.
From my understanding, T score requires a few components namely :-
(i) National average mark - N
(ii) Your child's mark - YS
(iii) standard deviation - SD
The formula is 50 + [(10*(YS-N)]/SD for individual subjects.
Different subject has different N and different SD. you need to work them out first.
sum up the 4 subjects' individual T score you get the Total T score for 4subjects.
Eg
I have just worked out my son's T score for chinese.
His score was 54.5
His school average was 69.2
SD 13.5
= 50 + [10*(54.5-69.2)]/13.5
= 39.11
50 is the average and if your child gets marks lower than national level, he gets lower T score than 50. If he gets marks higher than national level, he gets higher T score than 50.
PS. If what I wrote is incorrect, please assist in explanation so I will have a better understanding too :oops: -
Coming to Singapore in 2012!
Our new program Literacy Leapfrog will offer workshops that will dramatically improve literacy skills in primary school students.
Great reading and writing skills are of absolute importance to PSLE Success. Most literacy programs focus on teaching students on how to write sentences. Literacy Leapfrog instead gives students strength where it matters more for PSLE: comprehension and thinking skills, motivating students to want to write stories and reports, which translate into better sentence writing and improved test results.
Led by internationally known author Sigmund Brouwer, Literacy Leapfrog will offer day-long workshops to students, followed by short evening seminars to the parents of students, so that parents and students work together to accomplish their goals.
The foundational premises of Literacy Leapfrog apply to all school curriculums, and are effective for students at any level of learning.
Interested students will need to submit a sample of writing, and parents will need to review a contract promising a minimum commitment to helping students over the course of a year. -
Essential:
Hi my DS did not do well for his sa2. Wat is t score abt
There is a thread on \"All about T score\" , you may want to read up on it? -
annamom:
How do you get SD?Hi Essential
Think Chenoceau has helped with the link.
From my understanding, T score requires a few components namely :-
(i) National average mark - N
(ii) Your child's mark - YS
(iii) standard deviation - SD
The formula is 50 + [(10*(YS-N)]/SD for individual subjects.
Different subject has different N and different SD. you need to work them out first.
sum up the 4 subjects' individual T score you get the Total T score for 4subjects.
Eg
I have just worked out my son's T score for chinese.
His score was 54.5
His school average was 69.2
SD 13.5
= 50 + [10*(54.5-69.2)]/13.5
= 39.11
50 is the average and if your child gets marks lower than national level, he gets lower T score than 50. If he gets marks higher than national level, he gets higher T score than 50.
PS. If what I wrote is incorrect, please assist in explanation so I will have a better understanding too :oops: -
To calculate SD
(1) Calculate average score for all people who took exam
(2) Take each individual student’s score MINUS the average
(3) Calculate the square of (each individual student’s score MINUS the average)
(4) Sum up the squares in Step 3
(5) Divide the sum of squares in Step 4 by the # of people who took exam
(6) Calculate the square root of the answer in Step 5 -
I was shocked when My DD had 62 for math in SA1 as her results for P4 is 90plus. Quickly get her a tutor for math. Finally she score full marks for CA2 and 97 for SA2. Later I found out from her that she did not understand the school teacher ways of teaching math properly too fast for her and she is those very quite type with no question asked during lesson. The teacher only explain to the student when they raise up they don't understand or else he will just skip questions.
As such I think 1-1 tutor benefit children who are shy to raise question.
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Agree that it’s really important to understand how your child is faring in school before getting a tutor…this will help the tutor with his/her job too. Sometimes your child may just have a different learning style. And yes, it’s important to practice and make sure they get the fundamentals before just practicing questions blindly.
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