[Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results?

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Sat, 07 Dec 2013 14:13:05 GMT

White_Gale — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 14:13:05 GMT

Both my kids have tuition twice a week at same centre, piano on sat, ballet on for for girl. My boy has 2 days CCA and supp classes. So far they are happy with the arrangement.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:30:14 GMT

chloecube — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:30:14 GMT

thks for sharing

Hi zeemimi, i (DS too) would love to do w/o tuition if not for the poor result
i tried reducing tuition for DS early this yr, but his result proven he needed them more than w/o

its such a headache, wanted to provide him help in studies but yet didnt want to load him to the max.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:08:11 GMT

zeemimi — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:08:11 GMT

chloecube:
hope some parents can share how is the timetable planned out for kids taking psle next yr.

thks.

My ds took psle this year. His schedule was
Monday: creative writing
Tuesday: piano
Wed: Chinese
Thur: tkd
Fri: swimming
Sat: cca
Sunday: nothing. Rest day.

Actually if the child is able to cope without tuition, keep it to the minimum. It's actually helping them for the longer journey ahead.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:54:23 GMT

BangalterLahPlz — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:54:23 GMT

Mumflower:
chloecube:
hope some parents can share how is the timetable planned out for kids taking psle next yr.

thks.
hi, My DD will sit for PSLE next year. we set her timetable as :
Tuesday : Math group tuition at centre
Thursday : chinese one to one at tutor house.

Saturday :
english
Science

sunday (both is nearby to our house ) :
piano
Chinese writing class

she is fine with above timetable and so far has no complaint.

:goodpost:

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 03:45:39 GMT

Mumflower — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 03:45:39 GMT

chloecube:
hope some parents can share how is the timetable planned out for kids taking psle next yr.

thks.

hi, My DD will sit for PSLE next year. we set her timetable as :
Tuesday : Math group tuition at centre
Thursday : chinese one to one at tutor house.

Saturday :
english
Science

sunday (both is nearby to our house ) :
piano
Chinese writing class

she is fine with above timetable and so far has no complaint.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:13:11 GMT

chloecube — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:13:11 GMT

hope some parents can share how is the timetable planned out for kids taking psle next yr.

thks.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:01:38 GMT

chloecube — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:01:38 GMT

thank you for all the feedback. i will look into it. the last thing i want to do is to tired him out. dun wish to do more harm than good at this time

intially i was also thinking sat a bit too siong for him, afraid he cannot absorb
but if he dun take on sat, then will be on a weekday nite and i am afraid he will be too tired after school.
i really wonder how some parents plan their P6 kids for such tutition

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:53:58 GMT

TheAnswer — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:53:58 GMT

For P6 kids, their workload is really scary… Especially from July onwards…

Personally I would prefer my boy to have private tuition rather than group tuition…
I would like to ‘attack’ the weak areas and not general revision…

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:51:06 GMT

TheAnswer — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:51:06 GMT

chloecube:
Hi,

DS is taking his psle next year, as mentioned in my previous post, he is quite weak in his result.
in order to better prepare him, intend to increase his tuition hr but yet does not wish to burnt him out before the big exam
pls help me see if i have overloaded him. thanks alot!

timetable:
1 of the weekday night - science tuition (one-to-one tuition at home - 1.5hr)

saturday - 9am-11am (English Creative writting) - centre
11am - 12.30pm (Chinese tuition) - same centre as above
4-5.45pm (Math) - another centre

Sunday - 9.30-11am (English) at tutor house near my place.

on top of the above, the school will be giving remedial class (i reckon is 2-3 times per week after school)

is it too much?

Saturday is overloaded.. Too many lessons.. Possible to change Maths to another day or at least change Chinese to another day? My boy will scream if I arrange his lessons back to back..

I think you should ask your boy if he is ready to have 'Siong' Saturdays..
It looks like a 6.5 day work week :imdrowning:

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:48:11 GMT

Sun_2010 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:48:11 GMT

chloecube:
Hi,

DS is taking his psle next year, as mentioned in my previous post, he is quite weak in his result.
in order to better prepare him, intend to increase his tuition hr but yet does not wish to burnt him out before the big exam
pls help me see if i have overloaded him. thanks alot!

timetable:
1 of the weekday night - science tuition (one-to-one tuition at home - 1.5hr)

saturday - 9am-11am (English Creative writting) - centre
11am - 12.30pm (Chinese tuition) - same centre as above
4-5.45pm (Math) - another centre

IMHO,
It is 9 to 12:30 = 3.5 hrs of language at a stretch. Can be very draining. Of course it saves time on logistics , but check if your DS can take that. It is not about the hours he attends but how much he can absorb.

Sunday - 9.30-11am (English) at tutor house near my place.

on top of the above, the school will be giving remedial class (i reckon is 2-3 times per week after school)

is it too much?

Also his homework and self rev will be on mostly weekdays I suppose, he needs about half a day per week of R & R

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:33:51 GMT

chanelprincess34 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:33:51 GMT

I think try not to squeeze 3 subjects all in a day

It will do him more harm than good

For me it’s either his music plus a subject or swimming plus a subject on the same day. Don’t think they can absorb well if all comes together ?

Just my personal view…

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:08:34 GMT

chloecube — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:08:34 GMT

Hi,

DS is taking his psle next year, as mentioned in my previous post, he is quite weak in his result.
in order to better prepare him, intend to increase his tuition hr but yet does not wish to burnt him out before the big exam
pls help me see if i have overloaded him. thanks alot!

timetable:
1 of the weekday night - science tuition (one-to-one tuition at home - 1.5hr)

saturday - 9am-11am (English Creative writting) - centre
11am - 12.30pm (Chinese tuition) - same centre as above
4-5.45pm (Math) - another centre

Sunday - 9.30-11am (English) at tutor house near my place.

on top of the above, the school will be giving remedial class (i reckon is 2-3 times per week after school)

is it too much?

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:26:35 GMT

33mama — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:26:35 GMT

sleepy:
33mama:

I had the same problem with my P5 DD during CA2 for English and Maths. I kept getting her to do the top school papers.. and she was able to get 90+. In the end, her school paper came back with 70s and 80s....
I spoke with the teacher. The teachers have specific topics/items/words for them to revise on... Every school could have different. As such, because every school exams are tested differently, we need to follow the teacher's instructions on which areas they are focusing on. In this SA2, on top of the Top school papers (for English, I focus on the answering techniques -esp in compre), I asked her to ensure she revise through the topics/areas that the teachers had instructed her on. In the end she managed to get back most of the scores that she should have gotten.
They are not in PSLE yet... So, we should let me follow the flow of the school itself also.
How about doing past year papers from same school? Perhaps that would be a more accurate gauge of the standard of school paper to be expected?

My kids' teachers would give them mock papers (prior years exam papers) before exam. Usually the actual exam results and mock paper results would not vary too much.

I did not let them attempt other top schools exam papers. They are resistant to doing more exam papers

Yes. They did that too. Techniques applied to Maths and English Compre do not change.
For English, I find that it is what they learn in class and need to revise and apply in SA2 that works. These are MCQ vocab - 7marks, cloze passage - 15marks, that they lost.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:11:07 GMT

sleepy — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:11:07 GMT

33mama:

I had the same problem with my P5 DD during CA2 for English and Maths. I kept getting her to do the top school papers.. and she was able to get 90+. In the end, her school paper came back with 70s and 80s....
I spoke with the teacher. The teachers have specific topics/items/words for them to revise on... Every school could have different. As such, because every school exams are tested differently, we need to follow the teacher's instructions on which areas they are focusing on. In this SA2, on top of the Top school papers (for English, I focus on the answering techniques -esp in compre), I asked her to ensure she revise through the topics/areas that the teachers had instructed her on. In the end she managed to get back most of the scores that she should have gotten.
They are not in PSLE yet... So, we should let me follow the flow of the school itself also.

How about doing past year papers from same school? Perhaps that would be a more accurate gauge of the standard of school paper to be expected?

My kids' teachers would give them mock papers (prior years exam papers) before exam. Usually the actual exam results and mock paper results would not vary too much.

I did not let them attempt other top schools exam papers. They are resistant to doing more exam papers

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:19:18 GMT

33mama — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:19:18 GMT

mother777:

Different people different goals. Sometimes it is not just about A or A* or BCD. It is the capabilities of that child.

If you know your child can easily be in the 90s range and have been getting that kind of marks, and suddenly it goes below, naturally you will want to know if somewhere something was overlooked.

Of course if the kid has always been at best a C student, even with hard work put in, then to expect and A* out of them will too stressful for everyone.[/quote]

Actually my case is about the highlighted portion..I know my DD can score easily in the 90s and she has been doing this all along..but suddently it went down..so I got concerned..In fact you should see my DD.. her voice was so low over the phone when she told her marks to me..

She looked on the verge of crying when I spoke to her yesterday evening..she was shocked..
So I need to help her to understand what went wrong..Is it carelessness or just confusion on the concepts to apply..?

And I do agree that parents will know their childs strength and weakness..and try to improve upon them..
Stretching a bit is healthy..too much of a stretch goal is not good..

I am not looking for perfect centum..if you get my meaning..
I know my DD can perform well, just want to support and provide her means to do so..If she cannot.. then both me and DD have to accept it..and no regrets on it..

I am someone who will not quit without trying..just wanted to instill the fighting spirit and resilience in DD..[/quote]

I had the same problem with my P5 DD during CA2 for English and Maths. I kept getting her to do the top school papers.. and she was able to get 90+. In the end, her school paper came back with 70s and 80s....
I spoke with the teacher. The teachers have specific topics/items/words for them to revise on... Every school could have different. As such, because every school exams are tested differently, we need to follow the teacher's instructions on which areas they are focusing on. In this SA2, on top of the Top school papers (for English, I focus on the answering techniques -esp in compre), I asked her to ensure she revise through the topics/areas that the teachers had instructed her on. In the end she managed to get back most of the scores that she should have gotten.
They are not in PSLE yet... So, we should let me follow the flow of the school itself also.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:56:03 GMT

SAHM_TAN — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:56:03 GMT

concern2:
SAHM_TAN:
dd1 does not cry over results.

The way I know how well she score is the speed that she pass me her papers to me when she sees me.

If her result is good, she will pass me the paper when I pick her up.

When her result is not good, she will give it to me when I ask for it.

It was rather funny for eng compo. There was no marks indicated on the paper. I think like her father she thought she scored zero LOLOL. Her reaction abt that paper was to forget abt it LOL.
Haha! Same here. When DS says \"I cannot remember (the score)\", it must be bad.

Ds now has spelling and tingxi in kindy. He is following in dd1's footsteps in regards to how he reacts towards marks. heehee.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:49:17 GMT

concern2 — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:49:17 GMT

SAHM_TAN:
dd1 does not cry over results.

The way I know how well she score is the speed that she pass me her papers to me when she sees me.

If her result is good, she will pass me the paper when I pick her up.

When her result is not good, she will give it to me when I ask for it.

It was rather funny for eng compo. There was no marks indicated on the paper. I think like her father she thought she scored zero LOLOL. Her reaction abt that paper was to forget abt it LOL.

Haha! Same here. When DS says \"I cannot remember (the score)\", it must be bad.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:40:21 GMT

sleepy — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:40:21 GMT

pirate:
Is it reasonable for parents to be dissatisfied with their children's results if they are no worse than their own results all those years ago? Hmm...... :scratchhead:

:siam:

I always pride myself for being super hardworking when I was a student.
I have to qualify that statement because now I'm super lazy as a SAHM

Told my kids to try to beat me at that. If they can be nearly as hardworking as I used to be, I promise to accept whatever result they obtain.
What I want to see is effort.

And I think I've been quite spot on in gauging my kids' standard. I know how far they can stretch.

My dd1 came home with the news that Chinese teacher told them the highest in class is 55/60 and asked me excitedly whether I think she would be that person. She felt that she did very well during the paper.

I told her with a straight face 'no way'. I predicted her score to be below 50. I even gave her my prediction of her marks. My dd1 complained that I'm so NOT encouraging. I told her that has nothing to do with being encouraging. I'm just being realistic.

And I know my dd's pattern. Always overly optimistic. Her cup is always half full kind. Even one quarter full she would have find something to rejoice about. Good and bad la. Have to realistic sometimes too, right?

The next day, she sulkingly told me that I'm spot on with her marks :evil:

Like I mentioned earlier, I know far my kids can stretch. Thus I won't expect the impossible but I won't be too forgiving if she underperformed due to complacency. I would make her do reflection.

I'm not complaining about her results la. I do see good effort this time round so I'm actually quite pleased with the improvement in her learning attitude. She did her reflection after SA1

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:37:16 GMT

SAHM_TAN — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:37:16 GMT

dd1 does not cry over results.

The way I know how well she score is the speed that she pass me her papers to me when she sees me.

If her result is good, she will pass me the paper when I pick her up.

When her result is not good, she will give it to me when I ask for it.

It was rather funny for eng compo. There was no marks indicated on the paper. I think like her father she thought she scored zero LOLOL. Her reaction abt that paper was to forget abt it LOL.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:29:30 GMT

Piscesmum — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:29:30 GMT

Hi Mother777,

I can understand your position.
Like your daughter, my son always scored A*. In the event, if there is a slight drop, both of us are very disappointed and stressed over it.

I asked my son "how do you feel when you first got back the papers in class?"
He will replied "I am very disappointed and I know mummy will definitely scold me"

I know in a way it’s good & bad. Good that he knows we will be disappointed and he needs to improve. As for the negative effect, I know we have been too tough on him. Now, I am trying my best to strike a balance in his study and hobby.

I always envy those parents with kids who have the initiatives to study on their own instead of having force them to study.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:26:01 GMT

SAHM_TAN — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:26:01 GMT

I wonder will the A*,A etc range be revised when MOE moves away fr T-score.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:21:34 GMT

SAHM_TAN — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:21:34 GMT

Sun_2010:

A is a big range. That is why a Tscore of 3 A*s and A can be quite a big range

Obtained from a pri school website:

Band 1 - 85 and above -Is very good at the subject
Band 2 - 70 to 84 - Is good at the subject
Band 3 - 50 to 69 - Has adequate grasp at the subject
Band 4 - Below 50 - Has not met the minimum requirements for the subject

A* - 91 and above - Has very good understanding of the subject
A - 75 to 90 - Has good understanding of the subject
B - 60 to 74 - Has good understanding of the subject
C - 50 to 59 - Has adequate understanding of the subject
D - 35 to 49 - Has fair understanding of the subject
E - 20 to 34 - Has elementary understanding of the subject
U - Below 20 - Has not met the requirements for the minimum grade

The band scoring is used fr P1 - P4

The A*,A etc scoring is for P5-P6 standard. The scoring for P5-P6 foundation is slightly different.

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:18:09 GMT

mother777 — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:18:09 GMT

concern2:
mother777:

She looked on the verge of crying when I spoke to her yesterday evening..she was shocked..
So I need to help her to understand what went wrong..Is it carelessness or just confusion on the concepts to apply..?
It sounds like she's the perfectionist, not you And you are just helping her overcome her ill feelings :hugs: Anyway, Funz is right, every child is different.

Ya my baby is growing up and has her own expectations. :snuggles:
I am learning from all KSP forumers about how to support kids in both emotional motivation and what are best resources like books, activities etc to support them..

:grphug: Thank you everyone..

Reply to [Fun Poll 13] How satisfied are u wif ur child(ren) results? on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:14:12 GMT

janet88 — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:14:12 GMT

the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment...since my daughter is weak, hubby and I just hope for the best because she cannot take the stress.

after sacking the Chinese tutor, I have been doing what I can, at the level my daughter (and I :rotflmao: ) can manage. surprisingly, she passed listening comprehension and mcq section marginally.