2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[WorryP]

Hi Everyone,


I’m new to this forum. I have been viewing it after introduced by my friend. I got quite a few tips from it, but still feel stress when seeing my girl results keep dropping…

Her CA is next week and still have no time for revision due to lots of homeworks, suppl class, tuition.

DD was not worried at all as school teachers told them do not bother about CA, but then why bother to have CA which make me very puzzle

[janet88]

WorryP:

DD was not worried at all as school teachers told them do not bother about CA, but then why bother to have CA which make me very puzzle

Yes, BIG PICTURE more important than anything...the CA thing is not that important esp since schools are going to set SUPER tough papers to wake kids and parents. Your daughter's teachers are very nice to set students for BIGGER target.

[pench]

my dd doesn't have time to revise weekly CN & EN spelling and no need to say the revision for coming CA1.

[underthesea]

pench:

anyone of you stop sending your kids to enrichment classes(like music/sports) to prepare for PSLE?

My dd is still having her piano lesson once a week. She used to practise 4-5 times a week now cut down to 2-3 times. She is not taking any piano exam this year.

[underthesea]

My dd also don’t have time to revise for next week CA. I just let it be. She has CCA twice a week and her school is participating in SYF this April. I will forsee more training in March.


DD only have tuition for CL & EL, and yet she is so busy. Some of her friends have tuition for 4 subjects plus CL & EL compo (total 6), I wonder how they manage. Don’t know should admire or pity them. One of my friend sends her dd for 2 science tuitions, she said her dd "enjoy" the lessons very much! Whether the child really enjoy, I don’t know.

[pench]

underthesea:

My dd also don't have time to revise for next week CA. I just let it be. She has CCA twice a week and her school is participating in SYF this April. I will forsee more training in March.


DD only have tuition for CL & EL, and yet she is so busy. Some of her friends have tuition for 4 subjects plus CL & EL compo (total 6), I wonder how they manage. Don't know should admire or pity them. One of my friend sends her dd for 2 science tuitions, she said her dd \"enjoy\" the lessons very much! Whether the child really enjoy, I don't know.

i also quite pity of my dd, she has few tasks to complete these few months..
1. music sch piano competition in Mar
2. piano practical exam in Mar
3. SYF in Apr
4. APMOPS in May

dh suggested that should stop her piano lesson and she can save 1 hour practising piano everyday and use it to do revision...

[Mayl]

Hi Everyone,


Thanks for the sharing and advised from Snow Crystal & Funx3.

I agreed w Funx3 Sec Kids, I help nothing except nagging at him whenever I see him slacking. Last week attend the school parent "O Level" preparation talk, very impression planning the school offered to all their "O Level" students and hope my DS can auto enrol and join them all.

For P6 DS maybe due to staying school too many days (he joined two CCA) thus making him too exhausted. Ever think of drop one of the CCA but thinking back still few months to go as he joined since P3 and it will be quite wasteful. I do let him rest 1~2 hours when he reached home and now persuding him used rest time to take a short nap instead of watching TV or computer / phonw stuff which is a wiser choice. I kana pity him do schoolwork till fall a sleep… really meaningless.

He has 1 tuition only per subject as one of the home tutors tutoring him 3 subjects - EL, Sci and Math. So he will be out home for tuition only Monday (CL), Wednesday and Satursday, Friday (Swimming lesson as a form of exercise and relax)… Actually my planned schedule isn’t reasonable or am I too much?

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My ds has started to bring home, practice papers and lots of homeworks. I can't squeeze in to coach him either. By the time he completes his homeworks he is exhausted. I wonder how these kids will be coping in Term 3. :imdrowning:

[Zekezachzoom]

I can’t hope much for my DS ca1 as he has been busy training for his track competition (dont understand why the compeition is being held in the week of ca). It is too hard for me to squeeze in time for real revision. I got him to do a math past paper and he got only 53/100… Due to carelessness & tiredness and couldn’t really concentrate to do the paper properly. ;(


Just keep my fingers crossed!

[Mayl]

[quote=\"Zekezachzoom\"] Due to carelessness & tiredness and couldn't really concentrate to do the paper properly. ;(


True and understand what you meant.. my DS if got enough sleep especially Sunday, you can feel the big difference in him Good mood, better attitude, minimum carelessness..etc I really wish everyday is Sunday At times, I even feel like keep him at home don't let him go school. :siao: