2010 PSLE Discussion

[sssdarlings]

I see more schools using newspaper articles for english lessons- compre and compos.

[Augmum]

junrahmat:

Thanks Augmum, I'm crossing my fingers. Hopefully my DS will fare much much better for his PSLE English

u're welcome . It's true, heard that fr many, many students after English PSLE exam. they said \"Easy\".
Some of my gal's classmates felt so bored that they even \"sleep\" during the paper. Unlike Maths paper, whereby they were struggling for time to finish.

Also , u can see from the 5-yrs PSLE Exam papers.

try to score more from the Compo writing and Oral.

[Sun_2010]

Hi,


My dotty is one of those push herself too hard type, since kindergarten. I'm worried that she is wilting under pressure. Her math teacher says she is a bit with drwawn in class compared to P5 (same teacher). she did not do to her usual level in the tests (test 1 and ca1) . Feel her confidance level is dipping...

Moms and dads - any suggestions? :?:

one thing is she is sleeping late, even after she is in bed she takes time to fall asleep. Trying to get her to go to bed b4 10, let the home work be damned

Na - i am not the typical kiasu mom, no caning, no pressure as to how much she should score, why she did this wrong, etc . But maybe unconciously i am putting a pressure, expectation?? :stupid:

[xxjustakidxx]

OngMum:

Oh really? I did hear normally the papers at Prelim are at the higher standard. This is to train the children and let them know that papers are not always a breeze.


I chanced upon this book from Popular - Approaching English through News by Diana Tham. The level is for Sec 1 but the news in there specially written to encourage children's interest in newspaper articles. They are quite refreshing, educational and interesting. This book motivates children to think critically and creatively. I have my daughter picks a newspaper article that she likes to read and then we attempt the questions and exercises together in line with the article. Personally, I find it's a good book to invest.

Cheers!

Our prelims are actually at low standard and I scored 276 for it, then at PSLE, I flunked the maths paper and I got 259.

[sssdarlings]

[quote]Our prelims are actually at low standard and I scored 276 for it, then at PSLE, I flunked the maths paper and I got 259.[/quote]
How can one flunk math and get such a high score? What was the math grade if you dont mind me asking?

Whats the formula to calculate aggregate esp the T-score?

[CoffeeCat]

sssdarlings:

How can one flunk math and get such a high score? What was the math grade if you dont mind me asking?


Whats the formula to calculate aggregate esp the T-score?

he might have flunked by his previous standards, but so have many. So overall, he might not have gotten a flunking grade for maths.

[sssdarlings]

CoffeeCat:

he might have flunked by his previous standards, but so have many. So overall, he might not have gotten a flunking grade for maths.

Erm, the way the message was phrased sounded like the math paper was flunked at PSLE- when a student gets only one chance ;>

[CoffeeCat]

remember the T-score is calculated from comparing your raw score with the average raw score of the cohort. So he could have flunked his raw score but gotten a decent T-score.

[sssdarlings]

CoffeeCat:

remember the T-score is calculated from comparing your raw score with the average raw score of the cohort. So he could have flunked his raw score but gotten a decent T-score.

True that T-score is reflective of the cohort performance. But 259 is pretty high. I suppose that the other subjects must have high grades too.

I suppose you all know tht an U-grade means immediate repeat of PSLE in EM3 the following year. but i now wonder if an unusually high aggregate can be a saving grace

[verykiasu2010]

sssdarlings:

Erm, the way the message was phrased sounded like the math paper was flunked at PSLE- when a student gets only one chance ;>

he said flunked means at his own standard lar...instead of 276 he got 259....probably still A* for math but not the good A*