2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[iFirefly]

rains:

firefly38:

Errr.. Papa must take leave during kid's PSLE meh?? :scratchhead:

I asked my husband,\"If you don't go, what if the two of us go and jump off a building?\"

He went.

I don't mean PSLE Results Release Day.. I meant during those few days of PSLE exam.. My DH never took leave when DS1 was sitting for his PSLE 2 years ago.. But he drove DS1 to school, instead of letting him take the school bus, on those few days..

[janet88]

Daddy could not take leave till 2 weeks before PSLE…didn’t have time to coach…so we had to outsource. The 2 weeks he was at home was to buy dessert and bring us out for car rides to relax. Also ferry son for tuition.

[wonderm]

BeContented:

firefly38:

Errr.. Papa must take leave during kid's PSLE meh?? :scratchhead:

Ermm.....some have to. Mine din tho. Yours?
But exam release that day must cos I scared. :nailbite: Just In case he has to manage one/two of us :rotflmao:

Our cases same as you, Papa only took leave on result release day.

[Geraldinelim]

good choice Janet. best to leave it to the professionals

[BeContented]

janet_lee88:

Daddy could not take leave till 2 weeks before PSLE...didn't have time to coach...so we had to outsource. The 2 weeks he was at home was to buy dessert and bring us out for car rides to relax. Also ferry son for tuition.

Actually you & your DS quite lucky that your DH is supportive & willing to take leave to coach, buy desserts, ferry around for the son's PSLE. And 2 weeks leh!!

My hubby hardly had time to coach DS & he leaves everything to me. So from the household chores, to the kids, to the chauffeuring to tuition & whatever activities and even some of mil matters (preparing mil daily medication, accompanying mil for routine doc appt, driving mil to run errands).....all on my plate.

I am also in-charge of the kids emotional & academic well-being & DH has not taken a single day of leave before, be it for sch exams nor PSLE. So life as usual for DS who took his PSLE last year.
This year my DD is taking her PSLE. Will be the same as DS time, DH is not planning nor expected to take any leave at all for her PSLE. Will only take one day to accompany DD during results release day.

So kudos to those daddies who are willing to take leave.

[janet88]

BeContented,

Hubby is not able to go on leave easily. He wanted to take leave like 1-2 days every month to coach son for PSLE but work prevented him from doing so…his 2 weeks leave last year was to clear the leave from prev year or else forfeited.

Your hubby is a very fortunate man.

[JohnYeo]

I'm just wondering if just taking 5 to 15 mins a day to look through DS and DD's homework and understand one to two concepts per day will work equally well too, if not better.


Love to hear from parents...do you prefer your spouse to take one to two FULL days to coach kids or a consistent 5 to 15-minutes block of time everyday to coach kids?

[sharonkhoo]

JohnYeo:

I'm just wondering if just taking 5 to 15 mins a day to look through DS and DD's homework and understand one to two concepts per day will work equally well too, if not better.


Love to hear from parents...do you prefer your spouse to take one to two FULL days to coach kids or a consistent 5 to 15-minutes block of time everyday to coach kids?

I have a different take - I feel that parents should have a more 'business as usual' attitude towards exams, even major ones like the PSLE. The kids are already stressed, so showing the importance to the parent can add to the stress. Not that parents should ignore the fact that there is an important exam coming, but parents should avoid adding stress. Of course, kids may be less stressed to have parents around more, but I believe it may be the reverse for some. I am a SAHM, so I was always around when my daughter took PSLE in 2011, but we actually avoided mentioning the exam more than strictly necessary, I still took her to the library every week, let her watch TV and play games when she had done sufficient revision (she decided what was sufficient), went out to eat, visited grandparents etc as usual. My husband made sure he could spend about an hour a day at her disposal to help with Maths, but he didn't specially stay at home. He drove her to school as usual, but she came home by public bus even on the exam days. I asked her if she wanted us to devote more attention to her before and during the exams, and she emphatically told us to \"act normal\"!

[wonderm]

JohnYeo:

I'm just wondering if just taking 5 to 15 mins a day to look through DS and DD's homework and understand one to two concepts per day will work equally well too, if not better.


Love to hear from parents...do you prefer your spouse to take one to two FULL days to coach kids or a consistent 5 to 15-minutes block of time everyday to coach the kids?

For our family, daddy and mummy both coached the kids in the evenings or during weekends when they were younger. As the kids grow up and take ownership of their learning, there is no fixed 'coaching time' but they are free to consult daddy or mummy when there are any questions. However, daddy never took leave to coach them in studies, no one expected that. He does take leave for family outings during school holidays though.

[SAHM_TAN]

I feel it can be a rather paralysing effect on the child if he/she feels that PSLE is the be all and end all event.