nms1:

And the other thing to bear in mind is that if you use tuition to push him those few points higher to enter a \"top\" school it may mean that he needs tuition all the way through secondary school to keep up.

hercules:

All acceptable to me even though seem like falling a lot from all 90s in P1 and P2 (which is a norm).

resgmom:

Just received the report book. Having spent zero dollar on tuition (DH and grandpa are his tutors), and considering that DS entered the Sg educational system at P4 (with a totally exam/stress-free earlier childhood), we're very satisfied with his progress. I definately think it's more important to look at level positions - DS came in first in his class last year, but his level position was 80+.


This year, he jumped 40 positions for his level from P4 to P5. He'll take PSLE next year so we are just hoping he can maintain his standards. He barely made it to the top class for P6, which I think will help push him harder. On the other hand I'm happy he is doing well IMO, but I'm very sad that kids are pitted against each other as such young age. The key to enter a good school is not to do your best and score, but to make sure that you do better than most. I guess that's life.

I think he could have joined the top 5% if he we send him to the top tuition centres. Curious what are fellow parent's thoughts - is it worth to push your kids harder and harder, spending tens of thousands at top tuition centres, so that you child can be in the top few percentages, in order to enter RI/HC/RGS/NY/other top schools? Since no matter how good we are as DS's tutors, we don't know the exam taking techniques/tips that the top centres know, and a few points on PSLE scores could make a huge difference on which school you managed to get in. I am quite worried for DD (P1 next year) since she does not have her brother's 小聪明 and is just an average child.

But the flip side is, he might become stressed out and his performance drop.

limlim:

How about sharing what is your(everyone) acceptable marks?


>80?
>85?
>90?
>95?

Share share leh..... :evil:

Funz:

How many marks they get, to me, is not the most important thing. I look more at how they fare against the rest of the cohort. So I am looking at class & level average.


So far, both kiddos have been above class & level average. Dd had her first streaming this year and she made it into one of the top 2 classes, after GEP, of her school so I will say we are pleasantly surprised.

Next year think I will look more at level average instead of class average. I suspect the class average will be rather high.

jedamum:

Limlim

My acceptable score for this year is class average at least for tuition subjects or band1, whichever is lower - nontuition subject below class average is ok so long it is legitimate dunno how to do and not teach already still wrong.
Can bo?

magiccastle:

Well, with no Tuition or any enrichment plus the fact the she didn't even revise her work to prepare for the exam , she can still score above 93 marks overall for each of the subjects . I am quite happy with her result . Huby n myself are surprised :scared: when she told us she came in top in her class.


More importantly , we didn't stress her and can see that she is enjoying her school life. I don't believe in stressing a child with lots of academic enrichment classes. Hence, has not sent her for any classes at all .Save $$ n time. I teach her myself at my own pace. I m glad that my investment in books has paid off. She has become an avid reader and proclaimed herself to be bookworm . She spends more time reading than doing school work .
But I would like to see her develop on the social and people skill and to boast her confidence level. :imcool: This is the life skill that is more crucial in life .