Which brand of pens are the best to be used for psle?

[MommySherrie]

I don’t have any preferred pens for them to use, but I only allow ball point pen, scared the ink one will smudge too much.

[janet88]

Pilot.

The grip is good…ink flow is also good.
Think it’s $1.75 each. Bought son 4 pens. Sorry need to check exactly which one it is.

[sharonkhoo]

Just try out a few until you find ones you like? We arrived back in Singapore a week before school started in June 2011 so I just bought a pack of pens (5 for $1!) at a shop near a market, thinking that I would get better ones later when I had time. But we all liked them so much - dark ink, smooth flow, pretty colours (that appealed to the girls) - that we continued using them and my daughter used them for her PSLE too.

[PuffyCakes]

My DD is in Sec 1 now. Last year, most of her classmates used the Pilot G2 pen. I will strongly recommend your child to use it. It costs about $2 if I am not wrong.

[keroppi]

Personally I prefer simple ball point pens like Pilot Acroball. Ink flow is really smooth. My kids like them too.

[MotherHen]

MommySherrie:

I don't have any preferred pens for them to use, but I only allow ball point pen, scared the ink one will smudge too much.

Same. I made sure dd only used ball point pen for psle last year. Esp since dd could not live without correction tape, ball point ink stays better on tape than gel ink.

[mummy OnABudget]

have gone ahead and bought uniball brand after one of ds teacher said he personally endorsed it anyway popular now having offer buy 2 get 1 free pack of 3 of 3.40. will see how.


Is it true that highlighter is not allowed for PSLE?

[A better tomorrow]

Highlighted is allowed for PSLE . My teacher even encouraged us to use the highlighters to highlight important points

[33mama]

For my son’s psle, i told him to try a few pens. whichever gives him best and neat handwriting will be the ones i would use for psle. in the end, he got himself Zebra Sarasa 0.5.


It also depends on whether the kid’s handwriting is big or small. If small, try to get them 0.7. If big, 0.5 is ok.

I tend to look at it from the point of view of the teachers’ marking the paper. making sure it is legible, easy/comfortable to read and will not smudge on the other side too esp… on compo…

[Haneyi]

Hello,


For my PSLE last year, I used a Sarasa Clip 0.5 blue pen. I feel that most pens are okay and it does not really make a difference on which brand of pen you use. It is best to use the pen he's most comfortable with though. I was a fan of Pilot G2 pens a few years ago, but I found Sarasa pen very very easy to write with, doesn't bleed and writes smoothly.

Personally, I have several bad experiences with 0.38 Signo DX pens. I find the Signo pens more fragile than other pens, the thinner the tip, the more fragile it is. I drop pens quite often unintentionally, my 0.38 Signo DX pen's tip always get spoilt after 1 or 2 drop and I could not use it even though the ink is still very full. I would recommend avoiding it for PSLE in case halfway the pen drops ( roll down by itself / accidentally hit it with elbow etc. ) and it stops working properly. However, if you are really careful with pens and love the Signo DX pens a lot ( like my friend ), go ahead and use them. ^^

Avoid Coleto pens for long writing, the ink is very little and won't last through the whole PSLE, I also realized it bleeds through the page behind when pressed harder ( like when drawing dots ).

I do not agree with getting a 0.7 tip if your handwriting is small, the ink will be thick and your letters will end up sticking together. If your handwriting is really tiny, getting a thin tip ( 0.38 / 0.28 ) will help a lot as it gives you more space in between the letters, making the words easier to read.

I feel that 0.7 tip is too thick and is not suitable for older children ( from upper primary onwards ) as that is when you develop your own handwriting ( that more or less stays with you permanently ) and learn to control the size of your writing well.

Now, I use a 0.5 Signo pen, it is not scratchy at all and is much less fragile than the 0.38 ones. I can drop them 5 times and they still work fine.

By the way, if you don't like how normal highlighters bleed through the page, get dry ones. I am now using some Soft Pastel Essenti Stick Dry Highlighters that I bought from Popular for $3.90 ( 3 highlighters ). They work a bit like crayons, but not messy at all.

Thank you, hope this helps.