2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[janet88]

tclhub:

Hi bean bear, thanks for the advices. I like your comment about surprising your DS with little treats, think it helps a lot, will implement this to keep DD motivated. My worry is burnout.

Those little treats do help...as well as anything he wants to eat. He just said he wanted to eat egg tarts. Whatever he wants to eat, we will try to fulfill...it has been very very tough of late. My worry is also burnt out. Brought him to eat buffet one day.

Rest is crucial...like today, he slept for 3 hours this afternoon. Didn't have the heart to wake him as he slept at 1230 yest. Even for us adults, if we are tired, we will be reading same paragraph for the next 30 min.
Weather is cold of late, wear warmer clothes to avoid getting the chill.

[fightingmom]

mummy so kiasu:

My son is having fever again. I think he has burn out due to insufficient of sleep. He has lot of homework to clear everyday & he likes to read before he does his homework. He sleeps at 11.30pm at night & gets up at 6.30am in the morning.

Hope your ds has a speedy recovery ! :grphug:

[janet88]

mummy so kiasu:

My son is having fever again. I think he has burn out due to insufficient of sleep. He has lot of homework to clear everyday & he likes to read before he does his homework. He sleeps at 11.30pm at night & gets up at 6.30am in the morning.

Reading may be his way to destress...but with so much homework to clear, it's hard to stop half way. Maybe you can ask him to get hw done first and if he has time after that, he can read a few pages.
Hope he recovers soon. Take care of yourself too.

[CDE]

janet_lee88:

mummy so kiasu:

My son is having fever again. I think he has burn out due to insufficient of sleep. He has lot of homework to clear everyday & he likes to read before he does his homework. He sleeps at 11.30pm at night & gets up at 6.30am in the morning.

Reading may be his way to destress...but with so much homework to clear, it's hard to stop half way. Maybe you can ask him to get hw done first and if he has time after that, he can read a few pages.
Hope he recovers soon. Take care of yourself too.

Agree with janet_lee88, reading half way hard to stop...specially those books that have series and the ending is hanging to be continued to next book, it's addictive. Dd just can't stop imagining what will come next in the continuing book. I advised her to curb her reading for a while till psle is over. Maybe good not to start reading any series book for now.

Mummy so kiasu, hope your DS get well soon. Take care :snuggles:

[BeContented]

Prelim 1 over today.


Now gotta get ready for prelim 2 in 3-4 weeks time.

[sandunes]

It’s very important for the kids to have 8-9 hours of sleep daily. The mind can work well only when it has enough rest.

[mummy so kiasu]

slmkhoo:

I think it may be good to enforce some rest for kids even if they want to work non-stop 7 days a week. Even adults can't cope with that sort of pace, and there's over 2 mths more until the PSLE. If school homework is too much, maybe it would be good to ask the teachers to cut back some? My daughter took PSLE last year, and her school must be quite unique? She's a fast worker, but even so, her homework rarely took her more than 1-2 hrs a day, and she only had 1 supplementary class a week (for Science). Since we coached her ourselves, she had no tuition, and we didn't give her much additional work once we felt that she had done enough. No point working so hard and falling sick on the exam days.

Wow... Your girl's school does not seem to push or put much pressure on the P6 kids, which is quite rare. My son has supplementary classes for every subjects, add up to 6 hours per week. The weaker kids need to attend remedial classes & focus learning group till 4.30pm everyday.

[mummy so kiasu]

Thank you Janet, fighting mom & CDE. I had advised my son to curb his reading for the time being until after PSLE or at least get his homework done first before reading but he just love to read. He has about 6 to 7 hours of sleep recently & I am not surprise that he got burn out. Now have to cross my fingers & hope that he does not fall sick during the Prelims & PSLE period. Will try to give him more herbal tea & barley water.

[CDE]

BeContented:

Prelim 1 over today.


Now gotta get ready for prelim 2 in 3-4 weeks time.

So fast :scared:
My oral prelim next week.
How fast prelim result out? Is it really that psle easier than prelim? Even for not so academic school?

[mummy so kiasu]

CDE:

BeContented:

Prelim 1 over today.


Now gotta get ready for prelim 2 in 3-4 weeks time.

So fast :scared:
My oral prelim next week.
How fast prelim result out? Is it really that psle easier than prelim? Even for not so academic school?

I think some schools have 2 Prelims before PSLE . Not all schools Prelims are tougher than PSLE, especially the not so academic ones. Moreover, a lot of people predict this year PSLE will be tougher than last year.