Post PSLE blues

[jtoh]

octopusmum:

the second half of the psle week was v stressful for us cause the whole family came down with conjunctivitis!!! ds has to take his science and hmt in isolation. keeping my fingers crossed that his results are not affected because of this....

now that it is over, i have allowed him to do nothing but play and play...though i did tell him to be mindful of the fact that his brother is taking SA2 in a couple of wks time...
i have also told him to think about which sec school to apply. thinking of shortlisting some schools based on the different levels of t-scores....
as for books, do i need to keep for ds2 who is in p3 this year or is it okay to dump all?

octopusmum

Yes, you should shortlist some schools based on different t-scores. Do your research now. Attend Open Houses to get a feel of the ambience, culture and CCAs available there.

[octopusmum]

R CCas impt in sec school? If yes, in what ways? Tks

[prancingpony]

My ds is in sec 1 this year. Last December holidays I bought some English, geography and history assessments. English exercises were to be done in the morning for an hour or so everyday and after that the whole day would be his. Result - i think he did 4 or 5 pages and the rest was left undone! the latter 2 i bought to help with his new subjects. didn't use it even! they get notes from school plus the projects and assisgnments were enough to take up their time (and beyond) and not leave any for \"home\" assessments. I now know how different sec school is from primary. Of course, at the end of the day it is also about time management. something my ds is still struggling to get a grasp of. I sure hope he will. :xedfingers: But i did go through history with him by using (apart from his txtbk) the \"Companion Guide to the living past\" by Andrew Major and Lee Si Wei. Publisher Marshall Cavendish. Found the book quite helpful.

[Augmum]

PSLEmom:

My DS's Friend's Mother already \"ransacked\" Popular for Secondary 1 books :!: and have already started preparing her DS how to face the next round of challenges :shock:

:!: come on....let's them have a good break and rest....these few wks
as they will be terribly busy when they go secondary 1

[James Ang]

octopusmum:

R CCas impt in sec school? If yes, in what ways? Tks

CCA is very important in Sec school because of the 2 bonus point cut off the L1R5 and L1R4. Without the 2 CCA bonus point cut, the disadvantage can be considerable.

[Augmum]

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[JonC]

Kind of feel a little lost

But ds happily play his games

[tiger262]

prancingpony:

My ds is in sec 1 this year. Last December holidays I bought some English, geography and history assessments. English exercises were to be done in the morning for an hour or so everyday and after that the whole day would be his. Result - i think he did 4 or 5 pages and the rest was left undone! the latter 2 i bought to help with his new subjects. didn't use it even! they get notes from school plus the projects and assisgnments were enough to take up their time (and beyond) and not leave any for \"home\" assessments. I now know how different sec school is from primary. Of course, at the end of the day it is also about time management. something my ds is still struggling to get a grasp of. I sure hope he will. :xedfingers: But i did go through history with him by using (apart from his txtbk) the \"Companion Guide to the living past\" by Andrew Major and Lee Si Wei. Publisher Marshall Cavendish. Found the book quite helpful.

Thanks for the info. It looks somewhat futile to buy Sec 1 assessment books since they are likely to remain unused.

At the same time I feel very guilty to let 10 weeks of 'free tme' for DS to get wasted. It is alright to call it 'Destressing'. But is it really alright? I am not sure.

[looneytunezz]

tiger262:

prancingpony:

My ds is in sec 1 this year. Last December holidays I bought some English, geography and history assessments. English exercises were to be done in the morning for an hour or so everyday and after that the whole day would be his. Result - i think he did 4 or 5 pages and the rest was left undone! the latter 2 i bought to help with his new subjects. didn't use it even! they get notes from school plus the projects and assisgnments were enough to take up their time (and beyond) and not leave any for \"home\" assessments. I now know how different sec school is from primary. Of course, at the end of the day it is also about time management. something my ds is still struggling to get a grasp of. I sure hope he will. :xedfingers: But i did go through history with him by using (apart from his txtbk) the \"Companion Guide to the living past\" by Andrew Major and Lee Si Wei. Publisher Marshall Cavendish. Found the book quite helpful.

Thanks for the info. It looks somewhat futile to buy Sec 1 assessment books since they are likely to remain unused.

At the same time I feel very guilty to let 10 weeks of 'free tme' for DS to get wasted. It is alright to call it 'Destressing'. But is it really alright? I am not sure.

Yes, it is all right..my son is happily detressing. But I still get him to read newspapers and storybooks to keep his mind working. Cannot let him destress until his brain turns to mush..

[joconde]

James Ang:

octopusmum:

R CCas impt in sec school? If yes, in what ways? Tks

CCA is very important in Sec school because of the 2 bonus point cut off the L1R5 and L1R4. Without the 2 CCA bonus point cut, the disadvantage can be considerable.

can give some idea as to what kind of CCA/level of participation is required to attain this 2 bonus points ? DS is very indoor, if he doesn't join sports/performance/uniform, will he be disadvantaged ?