2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[psle2011mum]

Hey fifyeo


Don't give up yet - yup, DD was often all over the table/bed initially and yes, too easy to lose our cool about it. DD also started with a lot of \"uh\"s and \"don't know\" replies to my early questions, but there was light at the end of the tunnel so don't give up on your DS just yet.

Let commonsense prevail - if you have tried for a reasonable period and find that the annotations are turning him off, then look for another way to help him. The best part of this forum are the many different sharings parents post - be empowered to take what works best for your child and ditch the rest - different strokes for different folks.

I'm not sure what motivates your DS, but I heard this from 2 parents who have boys who were in P5 in 2011-- one was \"enlightened\" enough to bring his DS to the hall to witness for himself the 2011 PSLE results release and the other went to the see the session for herself.

The feedback was that the child came back subdued because he saw the real fear/worry/regret in some of his seniors before they got their results, and then he also saw some of his seniors cry in disappointment --- he really did not want that to happen to him.

The other friend related what she saw to her DS and he sits down for longer now when he is reminded about the \"what if\".

I'm not advocating scare tactics - but I did paint for DD what to expect that day; I left the choice to her, telling her that I was willing to do whatever it took to support her, so long as she led in wanting to work for it. I do think the kids need to \"own\" this idea that it's their PSLE

\"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying. \"Here comes number seventy-one!\" Richard M. Devos

[underthesea]

janet_lee88:

underthesea:

Will start today! Just told dd this morning, CA1 & SA1 are very important for her as she needs the result for DSA.

So, you're going to start her on CA1 past year exam papers ?
I'm thinking of ramping son up on individual components like synthesis, comprehension cloze for eg but don't know if I should do that or get CA1 papers done instead. How does DSA work ?

Yes, will start on CA1 papers but not for science. Thinking to let her do P5 papers as revision for P3-P5 work.

[beanbear]

I’m trying the "open book" exam strategy for science with DS for the open-ended questions. We aim to do 6 past CA1 papers. Basically I ask DS to read each test question and he needs to ask himself what scientific concept/principle is being tested - ie question the question. Highlight key words in the question to fully understand the question and recognize what is being tested. Then he attempts to answer the question verbally followed by referring to the answer key and if the answer key is unsatisfactory, he would then refer to the science guide books or school notes and then write in the answer consciously and neatly.


After doing one paper, I asked DS for his feedback on this method of revising. He said that it helped him to be more critical and he was more aware of what he is clear about and what areas he needs more help in.

My plan is to do intensive science revision in these 2 weeks to build memory and reinforce the critical thinking skills so that when he eventually sits for his CA at school, he would be able to activate his process thinking skills.

[peterch]

Helping psle2011mum to upload.....


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Big thank you for psle2011mum.....

[linden2000]

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[psle2011mum]

Thanks so much peterch!

[mother777]

peterch:

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Big thank you for psle2011mum.....

Hi peterch,

request you to help upload the pictures and send us the link to download it.
its bit difficult to read the annotations in the webpage and comprehend.

Thank you in advance and apologize if cause any inconvenience with this request

[2ppaamm]

Thanks!!!

My son (and I) had a difficult time deciphering this 16 page article "On the uses of Liberal Education" by Mark Edmundson. I remembered this method, guided him along and broke the piece down, then he did his summary assignment and submitted on time. How timely is your post!

Thank you both! Now that it is done, I can go and sleep…