2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[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.

[Mdm Koh]

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!

Hi coast, I'm not a parent, but I've used both. The PSLE papers includes questions of varying levels so that they can be done by students of different abilities in Singapore. In that sense, they are \"easier\" as they have fewer high-level questions compared to the papers from the top schools.

It's still important, however, to practise the PSLE papers. The school teachers may not always set questions that are in line with the types of questions found in the PSLE. The bombastic vocab words that some top schools test may also not show up in the PSLE. Instead, the PSLE will test words that are slightly easier, and it would be a great pity if the student who knows all his bombastic words doesn't know the easier words.

[Chenonceau]

Mdm Koh:

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!

Hi coast, I'm not a parent, but I've used both. The PSLE papers includes questions of varying levels so that they can be done by students of different abilities in Singapore. In that sense, they are \"easier\" as they have fewer high-level questions compared to the papers from the top schools.

It's still important, however, to practise the PSLE papers. The school teachers may not always set questions that are in line with the types of questions found in the PSLE. The bombastic vocab words that some top schools test may also not show up in the PSLE. Instead, the PSLE will test words that are slightly easier, and it would be a great pity if the student who knows all his bombastic words doesn't know the easier words.

:thankyou: You are actually able to get PSLE papers? The full unadulterated and un-reorganized papers? How?

[coast]

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.

:thankyou:

Good strategy

Perhaps it's because MGS and CHIJ have affiliated sec schools

[coast]

Mdm Koh:

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!

Hi coast, I'm not a parent, but I've used both. The PSLE papers includes questions of varying levels so that they can be done by students of different abilities in Singapore. In that sense, they are \"easier\" as they have fewer high-level questions compared to the papers from the top schools.

It's still important, however, to practise the PSLE papers. The school teachers may not always set questions that are in line with the types of questions found in the PSLE. The bombastic vocab words that some top schools test may also not show up in the PSLE. Instead, the PSLE will test words that are slightly easier, and it would be a great pity if the student who knows all his bombastic words doesn't know the easier words.

:thankyou:

Are your comments for English papers only? How about Maths or Science? I was just sharing in another thread that I heard of a top school raised its internal standard so high that its students did not do well in PSLE Maths for a particular year.

[coast]

Chenonceau:

Mdm Koh:

[quote=\"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!

Hi coast, I'm not a parent, but I've used both. The PSLE papers includes questions of varying levels so that they can be done by students of different abilities in Singapore. In that sense, they are \"easier\" as they have fewer high-level questions compared to the papers from the top schools.

It's still important, however, to practise the PSLE papers. The school teachers may not always set questions that are in line with the types of questions found in the PSLE. The bombastic vocab words that some top schools test may also not show up in the PSLE. Instead, the PSLE will test words that are slightly easier, and it would be a great pity if the student who knows all his bombastic words doesn't know the easier words.

:thankyou: You are actually able to get PSLE papers? The full unadulterated and un-reorganized papers? How?[/quote]You wait long long ... I believe she is referring to the PSLE past years' booklet you can buy from Popular

You never ask the MOE official why they do not release the actual papers?