2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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happyheart:
The marathon towards PSLE is neither long nor short (9 months from Jan)...but the preparation can be over whelming after June especially. It is easy to lose steam...too much lost at early stage can lead to burnt out. After PSLE oral in Aug, we went for ice cream to recharge. It did help us breathe easier.
Ah...he does not have much supplementary class yet, very strange for P6.Not sure if it is the weather or his hormones, seems like he is losing a bit of steam to prepare for PSLE, not trying hard enough as he should for these last few months.janet_lee88:
Teachers pumping work plus humid weather do not make it easier either. This was the reason why I took him out of supplementary lessons. The whole year of supplementary lessons at P5 did not help.
Secondary school life is challenging...new environment, tougher subjects, endless tests and longer hours. -
popireis:
Isn't school and tuition work 'revision'? I don't think there is a need to revise yet if teachers are piling on the work. Just wait to patch up the weak areas from June.I also have not \"started\" revision lei, dunno where/how to start.
Just ensuring he completes school work and at least 80% -90% of tuition homework if it's really too much.
School work has increased expoenetially, tutor is also increasing the load, so I dun have the heart to add on anymore. 4 out of 5 days he finishes supp class/tuition abt 4-5pm, then do homework till about 10pm-11pm on average.... I jus hope these are enough to pull through SA1... -
My son needs constant revision for Maths and Chinese, on top of school work. Don't know why but he has selective memory for these 2 subjects, only remember certain things and tends to forget what and how to do certain questions :scratchhead:
I have no heart to give him more work, but for some reasons practice papers come back with enough mistakes and correction itself takes forever! Any mummy has similar experience? Honestly, I dare not give a lot of practice papers :nailbite: SA1 is stressing me out! -
Mama Mania:
Preparing PSLE with DC can be really stressful and if not managed well, in some instance, can hurt the relationship with DC.
Yes. You will feel how I feel and know how I feel if you are faced with profile of the kid who does not feel the heat yet and no amount of cajoling, hard, soft tactics will make her do more than she could/would do. It's really best if they are self-motivated as otherwise, it's very painful and tedious to try and get her to do just that little bit more.
So one of the ways is to outsource. If parents still want to support DC, there are many ways to do that and it is up to parents to leverage on what's already working...For example, some parents cook and DC loves the cooking and see it as a way parents motivate them...
Another way, is to identify high energy activities and couple it with studying. I know most study times are seen as the \"last thing to do while on earth\" So what about including some games and using game-based learning.
I use game based learning for my students in my group and I always ask them what do they learn from the games and that can be applied towards Math.
Introducing break (fun filled break) can replenish their energy too and make them look forward to studying.
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happyheart:
I have no heart to give him more work, but for some reasons practice papers come back with enough mistakes and correction itself takes forever! Any mummy has similar experience? Honestly, I dare not give a lot of practice papers :nailbite: SA1 is stressing me out!
My dd's compo took a month. I asked her to practise and pass to her tutor... The issues is that despite the homework... it doesn't seem enough to be doing homework only.... They need revision...
Yes.... SA1 is stressing me out too as it has implications on DSA as well.... :nailbite:
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happyheart:
One way to stop this common category of mistakes from appearing is to identify and group them up. For future revision, this can be used to and you just need to go through these mistakes....No need to go through practice papers because similar mistakes will still appear if they are not corrected...My son needs constant revision for Maths and Chinese, on top of school work. Don't know why but he has selective memory for these 2 subjects, only remember certain things and tends to forget what and how to do certain questions :scratchhead:
I have no heart to give him more work, but for some reasons practice papers come back with enough mistakes and correction itself takes forever! Any mummy has similar experience? Honestly, I dare not give a lot of practice papers :nailbite: SA1 is stressing me out! -
ngl2010:
I learned from Kiasu Parents Forum that the children will have more time at home if they do their homework in school. Of course cannot finish all but a little bit is better than nothing. Maybe your daughter can try to do some homework in school?
What is this structured programme? Is it Supplementary session by the school?ngl2010:
[quote=\"Goodluck8\"]My P6 Kid is a bit over stress. Three structured programme per week after school fot two hours. After school, still homework for Maths, English, Chinese. (Science depends whether that day having science lesson). And i found out that she tends to make a lot of careless mistakes on her works. Dont know what the use of the schoolto push the kid to the extreme?
Maybe my girl is not mature enough because not all the children felt tired. Some of them still so energentic after the structured programme. Maybe girls were feel more stress than boys as they need to face their puberty plus school works. Some of her classmates reflected that girls are so troublesome and will be so moody and tired on that particular days of the months.
My son will do some of his homework in the class if I remind him (need to remind him a few times a week. I've became very naggy... sigh...). But I still cannot ask him to do his homework during recess or lunch time as he said he wants to play police and thief :faint: (so old and still wants to play catching???)[/quote]Haha. Your son is so cute! But I think it's ok to let him play during recess. The kids need a break from all the studying. -
MMM:
When doing practice papers, usually our children do not check their work. So, I think it is normal if you can see some carelessness there. I think it is also good if you can categorize her carelessness. JohnYeo categorize carelessness into several types. You can check his posting on that.My P6 dd takes nap in the afternoon. I actually have concerns recently. During P5, dd did well for maths and science (80-90 range). She did not do so during CA1. She is below class average in recent CA1. Personally, I thought it was a good wake up call for her not to be complacent.
Her FT started a clinic lesson recently and she felt relieved that she was not invited as he probably felt that she was careless rather than weak in concept. On our end, we've been doing daily revision (including weekends) since the poor CA1 showing. Dh is alot more engaged this year and is there to guide her in her maths problem. Her enrichment class centre teacher is also available to take her questions via whatsapp. So the support is definitely there.
She speaks of trying to do well for SA1 but I personally feel that she is only putting in max 75% at this point when I am marking her paper as carelessness is still there.... I am starting to get worried and kept telling her that there is potentially a gap between her thoughts and the eventual results (the thought is that she will be able to do well again in her maths and science for SA1 as she has her \"problems ironed out\" which from my perspective - action speaks louder than words). I feel that there is so much more she can do on her own as she has been the self-managed type so far.
Maybe I should relax and trust her more.... :roll: Maybe I am more stressed than her???
Maybe it will be good too if you check what kind of mistake she made in the CA1 Maths and Science and go through the mistakes with her.
Is your daughter's school a top primary school? If it is, I think you don't have to worry so much as the standard should be higher than neighbourhood schools. -
I measured my heart beat and it averaged 80-90's at resting position! I am scared I will get heart attack! :yikes:
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Mama Mania:
Yes. You will feel how I feel and know how I feel if you are faced with profile of the kid who does not feel the heat yet and no amount of cajoling, hard, soft tactics will make her do more than she could/would do. It's really best if they are self-motivated as otherwise, it's very painful and tedious to try and get her to do just that little bit more.[/quote]Yes yes yes. I can understand. Sometimes, it's really :frustrated:JohnYeo:
[quote=\"Mama Mania\"]Can somebody please motivate me. Dont know why I feel so xian, so lax, no stamina to keep track of her progress. Nothing revised yet, just keeping the momentum of finishing school's homework. SA looming near, I just don't have the mood to get her started. How ah?
Are you saying u need someone to motivate you so u can motivate your DD?
Are you a SAHM?
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