2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[fifiyeo]

Teacher told parents that this is PSLE year and please do not to book or go on any vacations for Mar, Jun and Sep.


Question for previous PSLE mums or dads - Seriously, is it that bad during PSLE year?

Anyway, I’m planning to go away for CNY and one last long holiday in Mar before we gear up for PSLE. I think to start the lock down now my DS should be out of steam by the time the actual PSLE papers start.

[psle2011mum]

Hi fifiyeo


Thank you for paying me such nice compliments but really, I am like every other parent here in this forum - we want to do the best by our kids the best we can.

All the best to you!

I'll probably be soon lurking around the \" Life without Maids\" thread more often, so see you there too

[fifiyeo]

psle2011mum:

Hi fifiyeo


Thank you for paying me such nice compliments but really, I am like every other parent here in this forum - we want to do the best by our kids the best we can.

All the best to you!

I'll probably be soon lurking around the \" Life without Maids\" thread more often, so see you there too

See you there too!

[Fat Mama]

Essential:

Hi thanks I will place order and let him do the past year paper. But my poor boy will have to struggle between home work and exam paper

Hi Essential,

I was also worried DD no time to do the past yr papers so I hesitated in buying them which cost $65 full set.

I stumbled upon Mrs Wong Tuition's website offering free soft copies of 2011 P6 papers excluding answers. U can buy the full answers for a small sum $2.50. I downloaded the papers and bought the answers.

DD managed to do 1 paper last night. For $2.50, even if she cant finish full set, its OK. Cheap and good.

[Essential]

I just enquire full set 58 for 13 Sch, 70 for 15 Sch and 100 for 21 Sch. Not sure which one should buy

[Chenonceau]

Essential:

I just enquire full set 58 for 13 Sch, 70 for 15 Sch and 100 for 21 Sch. Not sure which one should buy

I got mine in soft copy from Examsutra at $20.

They will give you a link and a password. The set has 12 schools. My DS needs less practice for Science and even less for English. I didn't wanna have hard copies lying around that I might not use. So I have them in soft copy and I print whenever I need. Sometimes, for Math, I administer the same paper twice to train speed, so I can just print again for the 2nd trial.

I've been collecting P6 papers since P4. So now, I have 12 X 3 years worth of P6 papers to pick and choose from. Not all school papers are set well. Quantity does not equate quality. Better have fewer schools and multiple years of same good schools, than many schools from current year.

[HAPPYH]

Chenonceau:

Essential:

I just enquire full set 58 for 13 Sch, 70 for 15 Sch and 100 for 21 Sch. Not sure which one should buy

I got mine in soft copy from Examsutra at $20.

They will give you a link and a password. The set has 12 schools. My DS needs less practice for Science and even less for English. I didn't wanna have hard copies lying around that I might not use. So I have them in soft copy and I print whenever I need. Sometimes, for Math, I administer the same paper twice to train speed, so I can just print again for the 2nd trial.

I've been collecting P6 papers since P4. So now, I have 12 X 3 years worth of P6 papers to pick and choose from. Not all school papers are set well. Quantity does not equate quality. Better have fewer schools and multiple years of same good schools, than many schools from current year.

:goodpost: :thankyou: for sharing

[coast]

Chenonceau:

Essential:

I just enquire full set 58 for 13 Sch, 70 for 15 Sch and 100 for 21 Sch. Not sure which one should buy

I got mine in soft copy from Examsutra at $20.

They will give you a link and a password. The set has 12 schools. My DS needs less practice for Science and even less for English. I didn't wanna have hard copies lying around that I might not use. So I have them in soft copy and I print whenever I need. Sometimes, for Math, I administer the same paper twice to train speed, so I can just print again for the 2nd trial.

I've been collecting P6 papers since P4. So now, I have 12 X 3 years worth of P6 papers to pick and choose from. Not all school papers are set well. Quantity does not equate quality. Better have fewer schools and multiple years of same good schools, than many schools from current year.

Hi Chenonceau, appreciate if you can elaborate \"Not all school papers are set well\"? Too easy? Or ...?

[coast]

Hi parents,


Can share whether the top schools’ exam papers are more difficult or easy than PSLE past years’ papers (the published booklet that you can get from Popular)?

Thanks!

[Chenonceau]

Some papers have…

(1) spelling mistakes
(2) ambiguous questions

Schools like Nanyang, Tao Nan and Rosyth have very difficult Math questions. We do these FIRST and use them to learn with in a low stress context, way way way before exams. We leave the easy Math exams (e.g., MGS and CHIJ) for just before exams to build confidence and drill for speed.

ACS has very good English papers. One particular comprehension question and passage stood out for me in the subtlety of thought required for inference (and yet the question was not ambiguous). For English, we only do ACS and leave the rest. For Science, RGPS has highly thoughtful questions with multiple answers sometimes. Just this one paper alone teaches a lot about the thinking processes/skills required for Science. No need to do all.