2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Funx3]

koguma:

From what I know,
188 to 199 - you can choose between NA and Express
200 and above - Definitely Express

So 200 will not get the kid into the mentioned school as it is too low for the Express stream cutoff. Also 200 is not eligible for NA stream.

Perhaps you can approach MOE to see whether you can appeal to let the kid with 200 score to study NA instead of Express.

Btw, i am guessing which school you are referring to. Is it in the west? If my child get into that west school NA stream, i will ask my child to stay put and work hard to promote to Sec 2 express. I know the school has done alots to help the NA students to promote to Express. Also even if the child fail to promote to express, i still won't mind as there are now more options for students after GCE \"N\" level.

Errrrrrrrrr ....
Noe of a Case Last year of a Gal get into NA .... With 220 ....
Of Course the Express Cut Off is in the 24X region for that sch she wanted to get in ....

[Ms tay]

Funx3:

koguma:

From what I know,
188 to 199 - you can choose between NA and Express
200 and above - Definitely Express

So 200 will not get the kid into the mentioned school as it is too low for the Express stream cutoff. Also 200 is not eligible for NA stream.

Perhaps you can approach MOE to see whether you can appeal to let the kid with 200 score to study NA instead of Express.

Btw, i am guessing which school you are referring to. Is it in the west? If my child get into that west school NA stream, i will ask my child to stay put and work hard to promote to Sec 2 express. I know the school has done alots to help the NA students to promote to Express. Also even if the child fail to promote to express, i still won't mind as there are now more options for students after GCE \"N\" level.

Errrrrrrrrr ....
Noe of a Case Last year of a Gal get into NA .... With 220 ....
Of Course the Express Cut Off is in the 24X region for that sch she wanted to get in ....

thks for the info funx3 n kuguma

[sunflowermom]

Thank you vlim, Funx3, koguma, Just888 and other parents for sharing your experiences and advices.


Is there a different for NA students who gained admission to poly after the N Level exam as compared to O level, such as cannot choose ‘hot’ courses?

My friend visited BPGH and the teacher told her that it us extremely difficult for N student to promote to E stream, is it true?

[ngbrdad]

sunflowermom:

Thank you vlim, Funx3, koguma, Just888 and other parents for sharing your experiences and advices.


Is there a different for NA students who gained admission to poly after the N Level exam as compared to O level, such as cannot choose 'hot' courses?

My friend visited BPGH and the teacher told her that it us extremely difficult for N student to promote to E stream, is it true?

Are you sure one can get into poly with just N level and no O level ?
Then why are so many taking O levels for ?

[Funx3]

sunflowermom:

Thank you vlim, Funx3, koguma, Just888 and other parents for sharing your experiences and advices.


Is there a different for NA students who gained admission to poly after the N Level exam as compared to O level, such as cannot choose 'hot' courses?

My friend visited BPGH and the teacher told her that it us extremely difficult for N student to promote to E stream, is it true?

NA kids take N Lev at Year 4, O Lev at Year 5 (the Same Paper as the rest of the Express Stream Kids) ....
So their O Lev Cert is as \"Genuine-ly\" O Level as it comes, Ha Ha ....
And No Prev N Lev Experience is printed on the Cert!

If the kids score well, be it after 4, or 5 yr in Sec sch ....
No discrimination -la! Can Get into as Hoooooooooooooot a course as they can - All depends on their O Lev Results!

Not true. Some Kids R late Boomers. If they Score well, definitely can apply to transfer :lol: :lol:
And Vice-Versa ....
In My Boy's sch, a kid with very good PSLE score in the Express Stream is down-graded to NA stream after he done badly repeatedly .... And continue to perform badly in the NA stream as well ....

[stressedoutmummy]

ngbrdad:

sunflowermom:

Thank you vlim, Funx3, koguma, Just888 and other parents for sharing your experiences and advices.


Is there a different for NA students who gained admission to poly after the N Level exam as compared to O level, such as cannot choose 'hot' courses?

My friend visited BPGH and the teacher told her that it us extremely difficult for N student to promote to E stream, is it true?

Are you sure one can get into poly with just N level and no O level ?
Then why are so many taking O levels for ?

This is a new MOE's initiatitives, was announced in my elder DS sec sch also sometime this year. You can read this link. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1078499/1/.html

[curvette]

Essential:

Hi does anyone here attended Mindchamps?PSLE success?

The materials are good but trainers turnover rate is too high.
Lesson is 3hours each which is too long for most kids' absorption, i think.

[smartiemommy]

anyone know of any good tuition centres in east side? any good?


anyway, i'm also very worried of what sch my dd is going to.. she chose a sch that is 2 marks higher than her score, and her second choice is a sch with a score that is the same as hers. yet, her second choice's school banding is band 3, and first choice is band 6. she likes the first choice school very much but worried that her marks will be like the band 6 type. i am thinking of appealing if she gets into her first choice to the second choice. any suggestions??

[pinky]

finally managed to collect the PSLE cert from the school this afternoon. The office staff was giggling as she passed it to me (wondering why I took 3 years to collect it) :oops: I thanked her for the help and also the forummers here who brought up this issue THANK YOU :rahrah:

[koguma]

Newlykiasu:

I knw he wanted to choose NA right after psle result was out, and he did end up in the sch he had originally wanted, but i do not knw if it was by moe posting or thru appeal. Can u actually indicate if u r applying for express or NA during S1 posting exercise?

From what I know, you can only indicate Express or NA if your PSLE score is those in the borderline case (eg. 188 to 199). Few years back, my nephew has the choice to to choose from Express or NA. He needs to indicate the stream and the 6 schools during S1 posting exercise.

Hence if it is true that those who scored above 200 can choose to do NA, I wonder how the students do it? Do they still go through the normal S1 posting exercise, or they appeal seperately to MOE. I don't think the IT System is so flexible to allows student to indicate which stream they want. What if a NT student choose Express instead? There must be some checks in the system to ensure that students cannot choose any stream they want !