2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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My DS school set killer papers for this p6 ca1. I think is to serve as a wake up call for the kids ( or rather for the parents :)) the compo paper came back yesterday and his score was his lowest ever (25/40). Though English is not his strength, but he normally pulls in around 30 for his compo. He is pretty strong in math and science but he told me that he was spending 1/2hr for a math sum and hardly have time to check through the paper. HMT was a killer paper too. Sigh... I pray hard that he will not be too devastated when papers are marked and returned!
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Zekezachzoom:
My DS school set killer papers for this p6 ca1. I think is to serve as a wake up call for the kids ( or rather for the parents :)) the compo paper came back yesterday and his score was his lowest ever (25/40). Though English is not his strength, but he normally pulls in around 30 for his compo. He is pretty strong in math and science but he told me that he was spending 1/2hr for a math sum and hardly have time to check through the paper. HMT was a killer paper too. Sigh... I pray hard that he will not be too devastated when papers are marked and returned!
Yeah...first Eng paper was already a killer. Dare not imagine the rest.
It is more of a wake-up call to parents. It's really pointless to be upset over this CA1...there is another SA1 to come and that will be another killer. -
janet_lee88:
Usually the schools will try to scare the hell out of us. So CA1 is usually not easy....maybe even killers. Agree with Janet that it is pointless getting upset. Not everything is in our hands.Zekezachzoom:
My DS school set killer papers for this p6 ca1. I think is to serve as a wake up call for the kids ( or rather for the parents :)) the compo paper came back yesterday and his score was his lowest ever (25/40). Though English is not his strength, but he normally pulls in around 30 for his compo. He is pretty strong in math and science but he told me that he was spending 1/2hr for a math sum and hardly have time to check through the paper. HMT was a killer paper too. Sigh... I pray hard that he will not be too devastated when papers are marked and returned!
Yeah...first Eng paper was already a killer. Dare not imagine the rest.
It is more of a wake-up call to parents. It's really pointless to be upset over this CA1...there is another SA1 to come and that will be another killer.
Counting down...CL tomorrow. -
Easy papers have their downsides too - in 2009 the Math CA1 paper for DD1 was set at an \"easy\" [actually to me it was \"sane\"] standard and 90% of the cohort did 85 and above - parents then worried that their kids would turn overly confident. SA1 was set harder and burst a few egos, but the mother of all papers came at the PSLE - 2009 PSLE Math had the kids in tears and parents running to the press. So, easy or hard and all the variants in between, you could say that from both my experiences, CA1 is not a predictor of anything at the PSLE.
Perhaps it would be more helpful to analyse CA1 results not by their absolute marks but by (a) how your DC has grown in this experience - effort, maturity, understanding, perserverance, diligence, patience - these he/she will take with him/her for the rest of their lives (b) how much he/she is translating into the exam papers from what you have been reinforcing at home.
Compo papers are never returned for keeps - not even brought home for parents to sight but that did not stop me from making an appointment to see the teachers for a review of the paper. My aim - to ensure that DD was translating the strategies I had reinforced at home at the exams. A little troublesome but the teachers always obliged - bless them - and I always had a chance to chat with them about DD's work then as the appointments were typically after school hours when they were less rushed.
When the CA1 results are out, no matter what they may be, the journey is not yet at an end. DD liked this quote especially as she returned to the grindstone after CA1....
Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -
psle2011mum:
Hi psle2011mum,Perhaps it would be more helpful to analyse CA1 results not by their absolute marks but by (a) how your DC has grown in this experience - effort, maturity, understanding, perserverance, diligence, patience - these he/she will take with him/her for the rest of their lives (b) how much he/she is translating into the exam papers from what you have been reinforcing at home.
When the CA1 results are out, no matter what they may be, the journey is not yet at an end. DD liked this quote especially as she returned to the grindstone after CA1....
Whether the CA1 papers are set easy or hard, the journey has just started. Like I have been reminding my son, now is the time to start exercising his maturity (if he hasn't), tolerance, building stamina, diligence and perserverance all the way to Oct 2.
PSLE dates are released.
Thanks for your little tips and advice. They are definitely wise words from you. Now, I am going to sweat it out by doing some housework. :rotflmao: -
DD’s CA1 ended yesterday with the Math paper. I asked her how was it and she said ok. When I asked her how many marks does she think she can get, she said 50 marks; and smiling some more. The mother wants to ‘pengsan’ already! She’s just so happy that CA1 is over and asked if she can play the whole day. Let her play and did not disturb her for the rest of yesterday, but told her that work will start again today.
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psle2011mum, lovely lovely quote there ! Thanks for coming back in here. We really need you !
Peony, maybe the girl is stressing herself and putting too much pressure on herself. Hope today will be a better day for you at work and for your girl in school too.
The FT already warned all parents to expect slid in marks for P6 CA1 so I guess the papers will not be too easy.
Yes, I am also trying very hard not to pass my anxiety to my son but I think the kids are stressed no matter how, everyone around them keeps reminding it is P*S*L*E year ! Like a death sentence kind of thing......
We are going cycling this afternoon ! Last minute cramping doesn't work for ds.... -
Chenonceau:
Peony... you are so brave a Mommy to have to fight your own battles and help her to fight hers.
It's tough when you get thru a rough day at work and fetch a forlorn-looking child.Peony:
[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Hi Peony,
I have to be cool this time...10% for CA1 was important then.
Don't want to burn myself over this CA. Still have SA1.
Since the Eng paper was tough, I can expect Math today to be equally tough. But taking it easy makes a lot of difference.
I still need to learn. The more down she is, the more I need to :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:
The hardest part is for me to smile brightly at him and keep the panic out of my voice. This is part of the reason I don't assign him any work DURING the exam period. If I have to coach him right through exams, I don't think I can hide my anxiety so well. This way, whilst he is playing through the exam period, I am doing my own thing and we don't talk much about exams.[/quote]Perhaps it's the 1st exam this year... am so glad for the supportive mums here!!! :lovesite: -
pixiedust:
YES, she is very hard on herself. And I find myself torn between supporting, encouraging and.... cushioning.psle2011mum, lovely lovely quote there ! Thanks for coming back in here. We really need you !
Peony, maybe the girl is stressing herself and putting too much pressure on herself. Hope today will be a better day for you at work and for your girl in school too.
The FT already warned all parents to expect slid in marks for P6 CA1 so I guess the papers will not be too easy.
Yes, I am also trying very hard not to pass my anxiety to my son but I think the kids are stressed no matter how, everyone around them keeps reminding it is P*S*L*E year ! Like a death sentence kind of thing......
We are going cycling this afternoon ! Last minute cramping doesn't work for ds....
And having to battle my personal ideals - I want her to achieve her goals but I do not believe a child needs to study all the time. If a child is studying 6 hours a day or more at primary school, then what more in secondary school when there are much more subjects? I also want her to achieve more with less (not to be confused with teach less, learn more) - hence I want effective strategies & methods (am so demanding :scared: )
Hence, I need to find a balance, in order to be balanced...
Awesome that you're going cycling!! -
junrahmat:
DD's CA1 ended yesterday with the Math paper. I asked her how was it and she said ok. When I asked her how many marks does she think she can get, she said 50 marks; and smiling some more. The mother wants to 'pengsan' already! She's just so happy that CA1 is over and asked if she can play the whole day. Let her play and did not disturb her for the rest of yesterday, but told her that work will start again today.
yes, let her play!
My dad looked me straight in the eye one day and said, \"make sure she plays and not just studies\".
My reply, \"Whenever I'm screaming at her, it's because she's not budging when I tell her to go down and play!!\"
My neighbours must think I'm :siao: when they hear \"Go down and play, NOW!!!\"
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