2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[peterch]

Chenonceau:

psle2011mum:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]

(4) Self ting xie of the yummy compo words from the previous day.

Chenonceau

Just to share about the above.

We kind of abandoned \"ting xie\" in P6 because we found that the structure of the paper was that the kids don't really need to write the words from the textbook in the MT written paper. So DD stopped writing all the ting xie words 10 times each as practice.

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So don't write off MT just based on the results for this SA1 - there is much hope yet.

Heyyyyy... thanks for weighing in. We're not doing school ting xie at all. He draws out phrases from the China compos he reads daily and puts them in his book. Since he has seen these phrases in context, he knows how they are used and he does ting xie in order to learn to write them for use in compos.

It's also good at keeping the brain synapses (specifically used for remembering how to write Chinese characters) firing. Keep those synapses well-toned so they don't get flabby. Even without the PSLE, I think this is worth doing. I do want him to achieve some degree of true competence in Chinese... and this is a nice stress-free way of doing it. It doesn't take much time. Only 15 minutes to ting xie his list and certainly no need to copy 10 times. Quick and daily.

I'm willing myself not to worry about his PSLE Chinese.

I know he has improved. In end P4, he needed 7 hours to memorize a model composition written by PRC 12 year olds well enough to READ it to me. Now, he doesn't need to memorize these compos anymore to read to me. He needs to only listen to the audio tape once and he can read the whole piece fluently to me (all done in 20 minutes instead of 7 hours). His marks in Chinese have definitely improved a great deal.

Hence, I am not in despair. I am actually quite hopeful. He has come a long way and I am proud of him even though he is still nowhere near the top of the class.[/quote]May I know where to get the compo written by PRC? or the audio tape. Thanks

[HAPPYH]

mummy so kiasu:

HAPPYH:

I am suffering in P3 itself. I cant think of P5 or P6. Hope I can sustain thro' the journey.

Your child is only in P3 & you have 3 more years. Don't have to worry. My boy was an average student when he was in P1 to P3. He started to pick up in P4. In fact, he managed to maintain when he went to P5, while his friends' grade dropped. So you still have a lot of time. Some kids just pick up slower & catch up later.

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I hope she can be little bit more independent.

[HAPPYH]

fifiyeo:

DS came home and reported his results for Math, Sci and Eng. Aiyoyo, so bad!


Although much better than CA1 (which he nearly failed), it is no where near good. (My good is not even band 1 in case some of you think I have very high expectations). :spank:

So today, DS took out his school books and started studying. He even started doing his school Math activity book and plans to finish everything before the end of the school hols so that he will have less homework and more time to revise in term 3.

So should forgive him or what??? :scratchhead:

You must really appreciate his attitude. And give him a lot more encouragement. Kids are really happy when they understand that mummy is not always result-oriented. They will then put in more efforts to improve further.

Saying all this, I can understand how we will feel as a mother if they come with below average marks. I too feel in the same way. My DD scored badly for mother tongue although she scored reasonably well for other subjects. I almost felt like crying and helpless. Nevertheless, I told her that I appreciate her efforts and hard work (which she really put in). She herself told me that she will work even harder next time. I liked her spirit.

We need to move on and help our kids somehow although low marks hurts us a lot. Encouragement is more important and make sure he is not demoralized by harsh words.

[coast]

HAPPYH:

You must really appreciate his attitude. And give him a lot more encouragement. Kids are really happy when they understand that mummy is not always result-oriented. They will then put in more efforts to improve further.

Saying all this, I can understand how we will feel as a mother if they come with below average marks. I too feel in the same way. My DD scored badly for mother tongue although she scored reasonably well for other subjects. I almost felt like crying and helpless. Nevertheless, I told her that I appreciate her efforts and hard work (which she really put in). She herself told me that she will work even harder next time. I liked her spirit.

We need to move on and help our kids somehow although low marks hurts us a lot. Encouragement is more important and make sure he is not demoralized by harsh words.

Agree! :goodpost:

[Layla]

fightingmom:

Augmum:

U're welcome.....
Unless there is last minute changes, ( which we are not aware of), but i doubt so lah....
Juz puzzled, why the admin couldnt confirm with the caller the date. :roll: :scratchhead:

maybe he / she realized that the caller is one of the kiasuparents so better kiasi a bit ... say don't know or not sure better... :rotflmao:

Dunno leh, I called end Mar, admin told me usually last Sat of Term 2 but not firm yet and asked me to call back later. I called last Wed, same answer! That's why so frustrating. Ought to \"shoot\" the lady who picked up my cal! :nunchuk:

[fightingmom]

Layla:

fightingmom:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
U're welcome.....
Unless there is last minute changes, ( which we are not aware of), but i doubt so lah....
Juz puzzled, why the admin couldnt confirm with the caller the date. :roll: :scratchhead:

maybe he / she realized that the caller is one of the kiasuparents so better kiasi a bit ... say don't know or not sure better... :rotflmao:

Dunno leh, I called end Mar, admin told me usually last Sat of Term 2 but not firm yet and asked me to call back later. I called last Wed, same answer! That's why so frustrating. Ought to \"shoot\" the lady who picked up my cal! :nunchuk:[/quote]Never mind. Lucky we have Augmum who confirms and double confirms for us !

[fightingmom]

Layla:

fightingmom:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
U're welcome.....
Unless there is last minute changes, ( which we are not aware of), but i doubt so lah....
Juz puzzled, why the admin couldnt confirm with the caller the date. :roll: :scratchhead:

maybe he / she realized that the caller is one of the kiasuparents so better kiasi a bit ... say don't know or not sure better... :rotflmao:

Dunno leh, I called end Mar, admin told me usually last Sat of Term 2 but not firm yet and asked me to call back later. I called last Wed, same answer! That's why so frustrating. Ought to \"shoot\" the lady who picked up my cal! :nunchuk:[/quote]Never mind. Lucky we have Augmum who confirms and double confirms for us !

[janet88]

Ok, son brought home all the SA papers today...what's done is done. So now, all the work he has to do will be timed. I put a red tomato design timer on his table...loud enough to scare day lights out of him when it buzzes.

Speed and accuracy...

[fightingmom]

janet_lee88:

Ok, son brought home all the SA papers today...what's done is done. So now, all the work he has to do will be timed. I put a red tomato design timer on his table...loud enough to scare day lights out of him when it buzzes.

Speed and accuracy...

:hi5: i also bought a timer last year to time my DD. This year she automatic takes out and time herself but usually she sets about 10-15mins earlier to remind herself to use the balance time to check through the paper.

Your tomato design timer sounds cool ... where you bought yours ? Mine is a simple one i bought from daiso

[underthesea]

DD got back all her SA1 results. All show improvement except for maths and the T-score is still far far away from her dream school…


So I will let do more maths now, to re-gain her confidence in maths. She hates maths!

Jia you all mummies!