2010 PSLE Discussion

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mrswongtuition:

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?

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.

Yes, agree with MrsWongTuition.
Continue with light daily work while taking a week or two's break.

[YJL]

mrswongtuition:

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.

Meaning have to revise on their textbooks/workbooks from P3 onwards?

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YJL:

Meaning have to revise on their textbooks/workbooks from P3 onwards?

Mainly for science coz the topics are different. In fact, the kid also need to revise his P3/4 science for P5 exams!!

[mrswongtuition]

YJL:

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.

Meaning have to revise on their textbooks/workbooks from P3 onwards?

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.

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.

[lizawa]

Hi YJL,


The only subject that I think I will revise from P3 onwards is Science,

[mrswongtuition]

lizawa:

Hi YJL,


The only subject that I think I will revise from P3 onwards is Science,

It's also good to revise for English, Maths & Mother Tongue too.

English:
- Revise through basic grammar, sentence structure, synthesis & transformation, spelling lists

Maths:
- Practise on models, basic concepts, multiplication, division

Mother Tongue:
- Revise spelling lists, sentence structure, comprehension

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I'll be getting her to revise both Science and Math, her two problem subjects.


Ideally, 4 hours daily is good. The only issue with dd is she will not do it if I'm not there. Need to spend 4 hours at night after a hard day of work is scary.

She's the type who doesn't care if I take her privileges away either. She only wants her mummy to be beside her, cheering her to study, assisting her when she is stuck. The very reason why I start PSLE preparation early.

How do you handle kids that are not independent and unmotivated learner to prepare for PSLE? Anyone

[mrswongtuition]

EN:

I'll be getting her to revise both Science and Math, her two problem subjects.


Ideally, 4 hours daily is good. The only issue with dd is she will not do it if I'm not there. Need to spend 4 hours at night after a hard day of work is scary.

She's the type who doesn't care if I take her privileges away either. She only wants her mummy to be beside her, cheering her to study, assisting her when she is stuck. The very reason why I start PSLE preparation early.

How do you handle kids that are not independent and unmotivated learner to prepare for PSLE? Anyone

My student's parents send them to me because they need to work & there's no adult supervision. They come to my house from morning till afternoon to study.

Possible to send your girl to a relative's house during the day?

[Herbie]

Do we need to buy the PSLE paper ourself so as to get the kids to practise for PSLE?


Or shld we just use the top school exam paper for their practise/revision?

Can someone advise please?

[James Ang]

Herbie:

Do we need to buy the PSLE paper ourself so as to get the kids to practise for PSLE?


Or shld we just use the top school exam paper for their practise/revision?

Can someone advise please?

Both.

The PSLE TYS will be out only next year around March. I have extra copies of current year's PSLE TYS for my students to do now and during the year end holidays.

The Top school exams papers for P6 (2009) are already available because my students practise the prelims papers (2009) of other top schools before this year's PSLE.

There is no limit to what students can do and practise (maybe there are more than 1000 titles of assessment books available!), but careful selection and moderation in doing practices with proper supervision is key to success in their studies.