2010 PSLE Discussion
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Hi All PSLE 2010 mamas,
:lovesite:
Yes, let the kids take a break! My students are taking their break now.
Restart end Nov or Dec.
My girl is only in P1. But, my tuition students are only going to P5 next year. But not sure if any P6 new students joining next year. So good to join and discuss PSLE prep.
Had taken PSLE students in 2008 though.
Good assessments for PSLE I used includes:
Science: Science PSLE Revision Guide by Marshall Cavendish
(use together with the Test papers by the same publisher)
Math: Andrew Er's Worksheets P6
(onethick book for whole year, 3 difficulty levels, with CA/SA papers)
Math: Problems Solving Process by Fabian Ng
(Also very thick one book for whole year, must do small portion everyday, otherwise cannot finish)
I will update somemore next round. And since Chinese going to change
format, need to find out more info and scout around. Then come back
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By the way, important to complete entire P6 syllabus before June holidays 2010, even if school has not finish. Otherwise, after June holidays, no more time to digest.
June Holidays will be a time to review whatever P3 to P5’s stuff as well
as tackle other school papers and PSLE past papers.
For EL and Chinese, best to start practicing papers right from the start
of the year.
Hope this helps! -
all.in.one. Thanks for the tips. My dd will be in P5 next year. Thinking of starting her revision in December. Whole of November, mummy and kids resting period. It’s also time for planning, reviewing and fine tuning.
Not very sure how to schedule. Would you recommend, revision to be on weekends (start from which level) and existing P5 work on weekdays? -
EN:
I personally prefer weekdays to be spent revising & weekends to be spent with parents relaxing.all.in.one. Thanks for the tips. My dd will be in P5 next year. Thinking of starting her revision in December. Whole of November, mummy and kids resting period. It's also time for planning, reviewing and fine tuning.
Not very sure how to schedule. Would you recommend, revision to be on weekends (start from which level) and existing P5 work on weekdays?
It's also to keep them on schedule so that they don't get 'holiday blues' when school starts.
My revision schedule for my students:
Nov - Revise & practise questions on P3-P4 work.
Dec - Revist & practise questions on P5 work, start on simple P6 work.
I advise them to do 4 hours of work a day. 1 hour per subject. How they space out the 4 hours is up to them. Some of the parents break them into 1 hour of study, 30min of break. And once they are done with studying for the day, they are free to play or watch TV.
I set enough work for them for 1 hour per day. Some are fast workers, so I'll give additional worksheets. Revision will be done during tuition & they will need to do some self-revision at home too (especially for Science).
Based on my experience with students, those who took a month long break and did not even do some simple work on daily basis usually have a very hard time readjusting when school starts. It's alright to stop tuition to give the kids a break, but they should still be doing at least a few pages of work everyday. It could be simple work like some grammar worksheets or 1 comprehension a day. It's to keep their brains alive. -
My students resume class this week, so that I can go through their P5 exam results with them. My students ask me to resume class as they want to learn the new P6 topics early. What are the 3 P6 topics? The rest are taught before, namely; Fractions, decimals, percentage, ratio, volume, geometry, patterns, etc
The new P6 topics are;
Algebra
Speed
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mrswongtuition:
Yes, agree with MrsWongTuition.
those who took a month long break and did not even do some simple work on daily basis usually have a very hard time readjusting when school starts. It's alright to stop tuition to give the kids a break, but they should still be doing at least a few pages of work everyday.EN:
all.in.one. Thanks for the tips. My dd will be in P5 next year. Thinking of starting her revision in December. Whole of November, mummy and kids resting period. It's also time for planning, reviewing and fine tuning.
Not very sure how to schedule. Would you recommend, revision to be on weekends (start from which level) and existing P5 work on weekdays?
Continue with light daily work while taking a week or two's break. -
mrswongtuition:
Meaning have to revise on their textbooks/workbooks from P3 onwards?EN:
My revision schedule for my students:
Nov - Revise & practise questions on P3-P4 work.
Dec - Revist & practise questions on P5 work, start on simple P6 work. -
YJL:
Mainly for science coz the topics are different. In fact, the kid also need to revise his P3/4 science for P5 exams!!
Meaning have to revise on their textbooks/workbooks from P3 onwards?
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YJL:
I give notes & use PPT for my students. For those who stop tuition to take a break & are doing self-revision at home, I did pass them a copy of notes to revise.
Meaning have to revise on their textbooks/workbooks from P3 onwards?mrswongtuition:
My revision schedule for my students:
Nov - Revise & practise questions on P3-P4 work.
Dec - Revist & practise questions on P5 work, start on simple P6 work.
Most parents have thrown/given away the textbooks/workbooks. I don't expect them to buy again.
For practise questions, I print worksheets & exam papers for them. -
Hi YJL,
The only subject that I think I will revise from P3 onwards is Science,
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