2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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My DD’s school don’t used to release those marks too.Maybe, you can try to speak to the P. After I spoke to the P last year, then the school agreed to give us the breakdown of the marks. I think no use speaking to the teachers,normally they don’t act unless instructions from the P.
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Somehow I felt my son didn’t come to P6 academically prepared. If parents can build foundation in P5, P6 will be much better. Last year was hell bcos he failed Math the whole year.
I felt the same, haiz, now we hv to suffer double the stress. Mummies, better build the foundation earlier… -
Cherylaw:
Build foundation before going to P3. Then during P5 year end holidays, strengthen foundation before P6 begins. It's pure hell since P6 started this year.Somehow I felt my son didn't come to P6 academically prepared. If parents can build foundation in P5, P6 will be much better. Last year was hell bcos he failed Math the whole year.
I felt the same, haiz, now we hv to suffer double the stress. Mummies, better build the foundation earlier.... -
They don’t return compos because they wanna hide the spelling mistakes the teachers make. They would rather hide than step up and face issues that they need to address to deliver a quality education. If kids don’t get quantitative and qualitative feedback about their compos, how will they learn?
Therefore, parents need to pay tuition centres to mark, GRADE, and comment on our children’s compos. Since last year, I have to re-correct my son’s compos from exams and class practices. His teacher makes too many spelling and grammar mistakes… misses out other mistakes… and gives few comments. How to learn from school like that.
We just have to accept that our schools focus more on testing (and generating marks)and differentiatig than on teaching well -
Cherylaw:
It's so sad that PARENTS now have to build the foundation. Schools don't do that anymore. Poor parents who trusted the school reach P6 and can only watch the pain of their kids and know there is little time to do much now.Somehow I felt my son didn't come to P6 academically prepared. If parents can build foundation in P5, P6 will be much better. Last year was hell bcos he failed Math the whole year.
I felt the same, haiz, now we hv to suffer double the stress. Mummies, better build the foundation earlier.... -
Chenonceau:
I don't bother with his compos done in school. Teachers do not have a proper system to teach kids how to write a compo. That's why we have to spend money to get tutors to teach. That is a skill.
Therefore, parents need to pay tuition centres to mark, GRADE, and comment on our children's compos. Since last year, I have to re-correct my son's compos from exams and class practices. His teacher makes too many spelling and grammar mistakes... misses out other mistakes... and gives few comments. How to learn from school like that.
We just have to accept that our schools focus more on testing (and generating marks)and differentiatig than on teaching well
The other thing is annotation. Why must kids do it? Does it help at all? My son had to do that crazy thing and it cost him so many marks and time during SA1. Yes, our schools are doing very well testing kids stuff way beyond guideline. -
Chenonceau:
Yup, kids are expected to know hanyu pinyin in P1 or he/she will suffer terribly. One good example, my daughter. When she was in P1 last year, she hated CL classes. The hypy stuff like 'ui, iu, ei' etc killed her interest in the subject completely. This year, she had to write compos based on 4 pic
It's so sad that PARENTS now have to build the foundation. Schools don't do that anymore. Poor parents who trusted the school reach P6 and can only watch the pain of their kids and know there is little time to do much now.Cherylaw:
Somehow I felt my son didn't come to P6 academically prepared. If parents can build foundation in P5, P6 will be much better. Last year was hell bcos he failed Math the whole year.
I felt the same, haiz, now we hv to suffer double the stress. Mummies, better build the foundation earlier....
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Yes, those compo done in class, remarks given are one sentence comments, hardly useful. Not too sure are they given feedback for improvement in class. Was told to get them to read more to improve, year after year. When I get /dd to practice writing, I can’t mark as my EL is not gd! Tuition is def no no, I can’t find more time to squeeze into their alrdy crazy schedule.
Btw, their teachers also do not give out email addresses. All comm need go thru general office. Hesitant to write in to P. as I don’t want them being blacklisted! -
august24:
:scared: No email addresses given ?!Yes, those compo done in class, remarks given are one sentence comments, hardly useful. Not too sure are they given feedback for improvement in class. Was told to get them to read more to improve, year after year. When I get /dd to practice writing, I can't mark as my EL is not gd! Tuition is def no no, I can't find more time to squeeze into their alrdy crazy schedule.
Btw, their teachers also do not give out email addresses. All comm need go thru general office. Hesitant to write in to P. as I don't want them being blacklisted!
I don't understand the logic of all comm need to go thru general office. Isn't that a lot of \"red tape\" ? -
august24:
I don't know to teach compo...that itself is a skill.Yes, those compo done in class, remarks given are one sentence comments, hardly useful. Not too sure are they given feedback for improvement in class. Was told to get them to read more to improve, year after year. When I get /dd to practice writing, I can't mark as my EL is not gd! Tuition is def no no, I can't find more time to squeeze into their alrdy crazy schedule.
Btw, their teachers also do not give out email addresses. All comm need go thru general office. Hesitant to write in to P. as I don't want them being blacklisted!
Teaching compo starts with sentence structuring or something like that...but it's really a skill in itself. I don't mind coaching grammar, vocab, synthesis, comprehension for lower pri...but upp pri onwards, I surrender.
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