2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[MummySTay]

Ms tay:

It was strange indeed !! :scratchhead: My ds told me that the hr Chinese in the psle was easier than normal chinese . However he score A* for Chinese and merit for hr Chinese .My ds was the 1st time score A*s in psle for both languages!!!( eng and Chinese ) :yikes:

Hi ms Tay, have you been away? Haven't seen you in a while.

Usually schools try to set higher standard for their exams, hoping their students can breeze through PSLE. Guess that's what happened to your DS.

[Ms tay]

MummySTay:

Ms tay:

It was strange indeed !! :scratchhead: My ds told me that the hr Chinese in the psle was easier than normal chinese . However he score A* for Chinese and merit for hr Chinese .My ds was the 1st time score A*s in psle for both languages!!!( eng and Chinese ) :yikes:

Hi ms Tay, have you been away? Haven't seen you in a while.

Usually schools try to set higher standard for their exams, hoping their students can breeze through PSLE. Guess that's what happened to your DS.

I m not away .. My very close uncle just passed away I was busy helping up .

[jtoh]

For languages, a school’s standard can be very different from the national standard. Some schools have very high standards for English or Chinese and it would be tough scoring A* in school papers. But compared against the nation, these kids would perform very well. Similarly, it could be that in a school where the standard of English or Chinese paper is average, it might be possible to score an A* consistently in a school paper but not at PSLE.

[Ms tay]

jtoh:

For languages, a school's standard can be very different from the national standard. Some schools have very high standards for English or Chinese and it would be tough scoring A* in school papers. But compared against the nation, these kids would perform very well. Similarly, it could be that in a school where the standard of English or Chinese paper is average, it might be possible to score an A* consistently in a school paper but not at PSLE.

OIC! Thks jtoh for the detail .

[ngbrdad]

jtoh:

For languages, a school's standard can be very different from the national standard. Some schools have very high standards for English or Chinese and it would be tough scoring A* in school papers. But compared against the nation, these kids would perform very well. Similarly, it could be that in a school where the standard of English or Chinese paper is average, it might be possible to score an A* consistently in a school paper but not at PSLE.

But is it usual for a kid to score a distinction for higher Chinese but only an A for Chinese ?

[Augmum]

Ms tay:

It was strange indeed !! :scratchhead: My ds told me that the hr Chinese paper in the psle was easier than normal chinese . However he score A* for Chinese and merit for hr Chinese .My ds was the 1st time score 4A*s in psle ,he also the 1st time score A*s for both languages!!!( eng and Chinese ) Usually he doesn't score more than 2A*s for all subjects :yikes:

jtoh:

For languages, a school's standard can be very different from the national standard. Some schools have very high standards for English or Chinese and it would be tough scoring A* in school papers. But compared against the nation, these kids would perform very well. Similarly, it could be that in a school where the standard of English or Chinese paper is average, it might be possible to score an A* consistently in a school paper but not at PSLE.

not only that........
the A* is fixed at 91 marks for schools exams whereas in PSLE,
it is not necessary at 91, depending on the bell curve.....
i clarified this with my gal's pri sch teacher......
becos in her sch, for levels P5 n 6, i observed that there werent a single A* pupil for Eng lang during sch exams,
but for psle.....quite a number of them could get A*

[Augmum]

ngbrdad:

But is it usual for a kid to score a distinction for higher Chinese but only an A for Chinese ?

hmm.....so far din hear of.... :scratchhead:

[MandyMummy]

ngbrdad:

jtoh:

For languages, a school's standard can be very different from the national standard. Some schools have very high standards for English or Chinese and it would be tough scoring A* in school papers. But compared against the nation, these kids would perform very well. Similarly, it could be that in a school where the standard of English or Chinese paper is average, it might be possible to score an A* consistently in a school paper but not at PSLE.

But is it usual for a kid to score a distinction for higher Chinese but only an A for Chinese ?

I think it is pretty unusual. Most of the kids I know got A* for CL and merit for HCL.

[MummySTay]

Augmum:

ngbrdad:

But is it usual for a kid to score a distinction for higher Chinese but only an A for Chinese ?

hmm.....so far din hear of.... :scratchhead:

But I did. An RGS year 1 girl whom I am very familiar with scored A for CL and Distinction for HCL last year.

[Michecplow]

MummySTay:

Augmum:

[quote=\"ngbrdad\"]
But is it usual for a kid to score a distinction for higher Chinese but only an A for Chinese ?

hmm.....so far din hear of.... :scratchhead:

But I did. An RGS year 1 girl whom I am very familiar with scored A for CL and Distinction for HCL last year.[/quote]bcos the requirement is different for both , e.g answering skill ?