SA2 2009

[jedamum]

watmekiasu:

I hear of many cases, of children being scolded/punished for not scoring high marks for the SA exams. I feel that most parents should ask themselves \"Could I have done any better, at their age?\".

i think maybe most kids got scolded for making careless mistakes rather than not scoring high marks.

[James Ang]

If the student is P5 and going into P6 next year to do PSLE, then it is imperative to prepare the student early for the PSLE otherwise next year the student will be overwhelmed and both parent and child will feel stressed. PSLE 2010 is only 11 months away and the students still have a whole year of P6 syllabus to cover and digest before their P6 prelims (SA2) in August which is only 9 months away.


If the student is P1-P4 then it is good to look through the mistakes and help the student to plan a revision schedule and to supervise on his/her weak subjects.

[Keroppi30]

i think kids nowadays do make alot of careless mistakes in their papers… it may be because they are generally smarter than us when we were kids as such they are usually complacent and do not check their work conscientiously…

[all.013398in.013398one]

James Ang:

If the student is P5 and going into P6 next year to do PSLE, then it is imperative to prepare the student early for the PSLE otherwise next year the student will be overwhelmed and both parent and child will feel stressed. PSLE 2010 is only 11 months away and the students still have a whole year of P6 syllabus to cover and digest before their P6 prelims (SA2) in August which is only 9 months away.


If the student is P1-P4 then it is good to look through the mistakes and help the student to plan a revision schedule and to supervise on his/her weak subjects.

I have advised P5 kids I know to start right away! Must cover everything
by June 2010 and start intensive exam paper practice from June holidays all the way to one week before PSLE. The week before PSLE will serve
as a breather for psychological preparation and exam tips on handling
exam stress and what to do the day before and during each paper. minimal worksheet during this week

[avell]

my girl is P3 student in best class. She scored all 80+ in all her subjects. is it very bad? pls advise.

[Keroppi30]

seriously speaking 80+ is quite good why would you think it is bad? It is bad only cos you are marking her performance to her classmates…

[jedamum]

avell:

my girl is P3 student in best class. She scored all 80+ in all her subjects. is it very bad? pls advise.

it depends.
have to see
1. class ranking
2. the school's standard (is it neighbourhood or those 'high-end' school?)
3. your kid's potential
4. amount of time spent on the exam preparations
different combination of the above will yield different opinions of good and bad. good or bad is actually really relative.

[James Ang]

all.in.one:

James Ang:

If the student is P5 and going into P6 next year to do PSLE, then it is imperative to prepare the student early for the PSLE otherwise next year the student will be overwhelmed and both parent and child will feel stressed. PSLE 2010 is only 11 months away and the students still have a whole year of P6 syllabus to cover and digest before their P6 prelims (SA2) in August which is only 9 months away.


If the student is P1-P4 then it is good to look through the mistakes and help the student to plan a revision schedule and to supervise on his/her weak subjects.

I have advised P5 kids I know to start right away! Must cover everything
by June 2010 and start intensive exam paper practice from June holidays all the way to one week before PSLE. The week before PSLE will serve
as a breather for psychological preparation and exam tips on handling
exam stress and what to do the day before and during each paper. minimal worksheet during this week

I have come across a popular primary school where the P5 SA2 Maths is a killer paper, the highest score is only 88 and lowest score is 4, average is 44. This is a wake up call to all P5 students to pull up their socks. (remember recent PSLE Maths 2009? Much talked about, even on CNA primetime Blogtv program?)

[peterch]

avell:

my girl is P3 student in best class. She scored all 80+ in all her subjects. is it very bad? pls advise.

Maybe you could check the average marks in other classes. So you could know how's your daughter had done. For me personally, I would be proud if my kid be the best in class regardless the mark he got.

[KingRascal]

MMM:

Hi hquek,


I totally agree. I feel that sometimes it's good for them to experience some \"failures\" of course during non-crucial exams. So having gone through that, they will remember whether they want to be in that position again or not. Hopefully kids learn from the experience and remembers it.

Haha my P1 son is now in the opposite situation. Did well during SA1, OK during SA2 except chinese.... careless mistakes again especially the handwriting on writing characters so he knows I am disappointed with him.

He was very proud of himself previously. Now.... he has to speak \"softer\" infront of the sister as his performance is not as good. But that means we've to work hard on his weaknesses... horrendous handwriting.

Hi MMM
Common point here! My P1 DS has really bad handwriting. Many times he had been penalised in his daily work over it. In the recent SA2 Chinese, he had a question marked wronged due to handwriting. The teacher explained to him that it's better to learn the hard way now...