2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Leanne]

Tinkerbelle:

Leanne:

Hi,


I finally get to log in.This thread is hot hot hot.
Hi Tinkerbelle,

Yes, this thread is very fast and I hardly can catch up.

Still not decided to join you in year five and six or not.You bought your uniform already?Taking 3rd language?


Cheers,
Leanne
Congrats to everyone that has done well.I believe everyone is a winner for the race.

Here to report, ds manage a 270 +, plus 3 for the psle.

Cheers,
Leanne
Leanne

Hi Leanne,
:congrats: to you & DS. This thread is moving too fast...can't keep up.

Which sch will your DS choose?

[Snow Crystal]

oliveminx:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"oliveminx\"]
I believe so too. It's on MOE website.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/funds-grants-awards/eesis/

Yes both of you are correct. And some senior expert KSPs have worked out that it also translates to roughly top 3% of PSLE cohort.

Oh, is that based on the assumption that top 10% goes to independent sch?[/quote]Not too sure but probably. When I started reading KSP forum, everyone says EESIS is top 3%.

[Snow Crystal]

Dr.K:

Snow crystal, I attended RI open house and the principal had this to say;STUDENTS admitted from non-GEP schools will be placed in separate classes for year 1 &2. ONLY in year 3 will GEP and non-GEP students will be allowed to be mixed according to their results.

Generally yes for Years 1 and 2 ie GEP classes left intact with some top mainstream boys placed together with them. These mainstreamers are usually very high scorers. GEP vs non GEP will no longer important in most IPs from Year 3 ie all merged from Year 3 depending on their subject combinations.

[jasmineyak]

One more question here, anyone can help?

Is the COP for every school also inclusive of the score fm DSA candidates? If that’s the case, we cannot use the COP as a reference. Or is it solely fm non-DSA applicants? Am confused.
Thanks.

[lizawa]

Snow Crystal:

kitcat:

Hi I was thinking EESIS is given to the top 1/3 of cohort entering Independent School, no so?

Yes yes you are right. From the KSP forum, some guru has also worked out it translates to roughly top 3% of cohort.

The Essis is given to the top 1/3 of Singaporean mainstream students who got a place in independent schools. MOE already calculated that cop when results are released and before posting is done. From observation the past few years, this cop correlates to the tops score each year. The year when top score was 294, I think the cop for Essis was 265. Last yr and this yr when the top score was 282 and 283 respectively, the cop is 260.
This Essis cop somewhat serves as an indicator for the cop of schools like ri,hci, rgs, nygh. The girls schools normally have a higher cop than the boys s schools because the girls generally do better in psle.

[lizawa]

jasmineyak:

One more question here, anyone can help?

Is the COP for every school also inclusive of the score fm DSA candidates? If that's the case, we cannot use the COP as a reference. Or is it solely fm non-DSA applicants? Am confused.
Thanks.

The cop is the score of the last candidate that each school accepts through the sec 1 posting exercise. It does not include the Dsa applicants.

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Mama_ita:

Hi there..I'm new here but I hope you all can help. My son scored 226 for his psle. What schools would you recommend? We're staying near the east coast. Would really appreciate all the help I can get. Thanks.

Hi Ita, same situation. don't really know what sch to choose? just to share with you. Beside Hai Sing, Pasir Ris, we've also look into Bedok area which I stay in Tampines & may even choose those that's score below 210 cos with their this result not up or down is the MOST difficult.

[lizawa]

oliveminx:

Kid:

Can anyone advise on third languages? Should I choose French or Japanese? Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of learning these two languages? I'm still deciding which language should I learn as I'm totally foreign to these two languages though I know some basic Japanese (not much).

Just choose whichever interests you. You should know the dropout rate is pretty high because of the curriculum and time demands, which is why interest and self-motivation are impt.

You know the children need to travel to moe LC for the third Lang. French n Japanese are available in both centers and german only in bishan. Most school far away from the centers will charter bus to send the children there but they need to go home themselves. Every week, it is a 3h+ classroom lesson and some assigned online work which you are expected to do during weekends.

Japanese has the largest drop out rate followed by French and German. Japanese pace is very fast and from they need to learn the three writing scripts from the beginning. Some children are put off by this. However, there are many more Japanese resources such as books, movies, music etc. for French and German, not as much resources.

My son takes German and he and his few friends are still doing it at sec 3 this year. Many of his friends who started with jap and French have already quited. He is the only one in his class doing a third Lang after 3 years.

[jtoh]

jasmineyak:

One more question here, anyone can help?

Is the COP for every school also inclusive of the score fm DSA candidates? If that's the case, we cannot use the COP as a reference. Or is it solely fm non-DSA applicants? Am confused.
Thanks.

No, the COP is the T-score of the last student taken in by the school during the S1 Central Posting Exercise. For SAP schools, this COP includes the HMT bonus points if any.

Students who got in via DSA sports and academic etc are not included. So although MOE may list the median of a school as 265, this is just the median of students accepted during S1 Posting. Take into account the 400 students who DSA'd in via academics, especially those under Academic domain, and the median is very much higher.

[jtoh]

VALyap:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"VALyap\"]phankao, my sincere feedback, 258 need not appeal, RGS will reject, you can imagine the long Q. My DD is in RGS. Last year, S1 posting, her best friend got 266, she made a mistake & chose DHS as 1st choice. Of course she got DHS, guess what? After posting results confirmed, she immediately went to RGS to appeal. It was not successful. My sincere sharing, please make sure the choice is right, there is no room for error! Don't waste the 1st choice,

:yikes: Make a mistake as in key in wrong code in system? Aiyo, the mum and dad never do four eye check?! :stupid: :slapshead: what a twist of fate!

Not that keyed-in wrong code, she wanted & chose DHS nearer to her home . While my DD & DW advised her parents repeatedly (not to let her decide). Posting day,all her top classmates 266 & above went RGS & NYG , she changed her mind during reporting day at DHS . The boys went RI & HCI, She cried buckets, her parents & she appealed but still got rejected! :stupid: That's the price of some parents being too democratic , quote RGS's sch authority! :?[/quote]That's so sad. I hope she's happy in DHS now.