2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[mummy so kiasu]

yukilei:

Mayl:

Reading this blog at times it makes you receive lots of mental supportive :grphug: but at times really stress up.. :nailbite: especially when seeing all other DD or DS doing so much and yet own DC still don't know the time is running out. Even min school homework only like one math prelim past year pp, 1 portion of english paper cum 1 chinese comprehensive already dragging till 12am but still yet to complete. :slapshead:

wow, which sch is ur DC from? So much work? U mean ur DC work till 12am???

My DS's school didn't give so much work now. Only test paper but on ave 2 per day. Yesterday no homework!!!!

My boy still having a lot of homework. 1 set of English practice paper, 1 set of Science paper & 1 set of Math Prelim paper per day. Chinese has the least homework. Next 2 weeks need to stay back till 5.30pm on Mon & Tues for English & Maths Supp. Whereas, Fri till 3.30pm for Science Supp.

[mummy so kiasu]

Chenonceau:

To hell with PSLE. Ok I am :siao:

Wow.. Doesn't sound like you. Maybe do too many set of top schools Prelim papers already. :rotflmao:

[alng]

My dd is also still getting hw and the teachers are going thru corrections during curriculum time. She is doing everything that the teachers are asking her to do. This is my first experience of PSLE. Is this how schools usually "torture" the P6s before PSLE? My poor dd is so tired lately. I spoke to her teachers and they agreed to prescribe less work from next week. Otherwise, I will just pull my dd out from school to stay at home.

[kiasuaunt]

mummy so kiasu:

KSP:

is it important to practice the P6 prelim paper of other schools for the same year? there are many free paper for other years available in the internet which is enough to keep my child busy.....

Which year does not make much difference. Don't have to be this year paper. The main purpose is to expose the kids to the different type of questions. If your child have not done previous year papers, can just do those in the Internet. No point to buy more papers now. Still have homework & supplementary lessons. Only left two weeks to PSLE written papers. Any idea which website has NYPS 2010 Maths paper?

Hi mummy so kiasu - just pmed u.

[fifiyeo]

Chenonceau:

To hell with PSLE. Ok I am :siao:

I guess we all get that feeling once in awhile. It's good to take a break and then come back to reality. I'm guilty too! :oops:

[Sun_2010]

fifiyeo:

Chenonceau:

To hell with PSLE. Ok I am :siao:

I guess we all get that feeling once in awhile. It's good to take a break and then come back to reality. I'm guilty too! :oops:

Yeah all you got to do is rearrange the words
Ok I am :siao: to
I am OK

[Chenonceau]

slmkhoo:

When I was a student, as it got closer to exams, I would study less. I found that I absorbed less near exams, and the time was better spent just 'keeping warm' and consolidating what I knew rather than cramming. My parents could never understand it, but it worked for me. My husband is much the same, so we let our daughter relax before the exams too. We only asked her to revise for a couple of hours a day in the week before PSLE, and allowed her to read, watch TV, play with the Wii etc. She says the Wii helped! I think that if some schools are piling on extra lessons just before the exams, parents should just decline if they feel they are counter-productive.

Yup... that's what I said. To hell with PSLE. I bought 15 kouign amman and 15 croissants. I shall lay all in front of DS and see if he thinks the PSLE should go to hell too. :rotflmao:

[Chenonceau]

Sun_2010:

fifiyeo:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]To hell with PSLE. Ok I am :siao:

I guess we all get that feeling once in awhile. It's good to take a break and then come back to reality. I'm guilty too! :oops:

Yeah all you got to do is rearrange the words
Ok I am :siao: to
I am OK [/quote]Now I feel fat. Do you know how much butter in kouign amman or croissants. But yes I feel fat and very OK.

[Chenonceau]

fifiyeo:

Chenonceau:

To hell with PSLE. Ok I am :siao:

I guess we all get that feeling once in awhile. It's good to take a break and then come back to reality. I'm guilty too! :oops:

I dun feel guilty leh... feel fat.

[yukilei]

slmkhoo:

When I was a student, as it got closer to exams, I would study less. I found that I absorbed less near exams, and the time was better spent just 'keeping warm' and consolidating what I knew rather than cramming. My parents could never understand it, but it worked for me. My husband is much the same, so we let our daughter relax before the exams too. We only asked her to revise for a couple of hours a day in the week before PSLE, and allowed her to read, watch TV, play with the Wii etc. She says the Wii helped! I think that if some schools are piling on extra lessons just before the exams, parents should just decline if they feel they are counter-productive.

Totally agreed with you!!! Really no point to pile them with all the extra lessons & work now. I don't think they can absorb that much. Like what my DS says, consistency is the key. He still continues to play with his phone & we continue to bring him out on Sunday. I know some of his friends are grounded on Sun. So poor thing.