2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[MrsSeah]

piggybank:

Hi, my DS will be taking PSLE in 2013. We need early preparation because we DIY and hope to keep it this way. During holidays, we relax, read English fiction/non fiction casually. I am more concerned about his Chinese as he has slipped into band 2. I downloaded some China Chinese drama without English subtitles, read one Chinese article of 我报 daily, copy some Chinese essays. We speak Mandarin at home so Chinese is truly our mother tongue but sadly, my DS processes his thoughts in English then translate them into Chinese. I just hope that we are not too late.


I have also just printed the yr 2010 cut off aggregate scores of \"top\" secondary schools for my DS to set realistic target. Anyone knows how to get yr 2011 cut off aggregate?

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29857

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29763&start=50

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piggybank:

Any yes, I intend to attend open houses in yr 2012.

Oh, me too me too.

[piggybank]

Thanks Mrs Seah for those links. Anyone else intend DIY (without tuition) ?

[happyheart]

My DS too! PSLE in 2013!


Thankful that we have a common ground for support and advice here:)

[Lock]

I didnt know P5 can attend open house. I wld like to bring my dd to a few Schs to hv a look too. Then she can set her goals n use these 2 yrs to work towards it.:)

Let's keep each other updated on the open house dates in this thread.

[piggybank]

My plan for open house visits during P5, go for one last choice school (worst case scenario & for comparison) and go for 2/3 ideal "top" schools.

Do I sound too ambitious? And by P6 go for the most realistic school open house max 2.

[MrsSeah]

piggybank:

My plan for open house visits during P5, go for one last choice school (worst case scenario & for comparison) and go for 2/3 ideal \"top\" schools.

Do I sound too ambitious? And by P6 go for the most realistic school open house max 2.

That is my plan too leh.

As dd is my 1 child to take PSLE. So actually now I am very kancheong.

I keep thinking am I too kiasu. :scratchhead: :oops:

[piggybank]

Same same… choice of secondary sch is critical to a youth’s life path… I was never "kanchong" for primary sch, my DS is in a very low profile neighborhood school. Going by his school’s statistics, he has to be top 10 in standard to be in the running for those competitive sec schs.

[7788]

when are sec schools’ open house usually held? besides COP, the most important consideration is accessibilty to me since most sec schools have no school bus service. unfortunately there are not many choices near my place.

[piggybank]

I have been trying to read up the a few different discussion threads to estimate open house dates eg. River Valley High School - open house this year was on 26th Nov 2011. I do not know of any centralized website showing list of open houses dates. Anyone knows?


Accessibility was the BIGGEST concern when I selected pri school for my DS, so he is enrolled into school next door, we can crawl there from home. But for sec school, a bus or MRT journey of 30 - 45 mins is acceptable. Imagine if your DS / DD qualify for RI or RGS or HSI or NYGS
will you let distance ban you?