<![CDATA[Primary 5 in 2015]]>Oh mine thanks for your advice

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paradiseangelbabe:
Hi,


I would like to hear some feedback fro those of you whose child have gone to PRI 5 camp in DAIRY FARM?
son went to the p5 camp in dairy farm...but that was in 2011.
lots of mosquitoes like any camp. parking was a big problem on parents' night. the vendor who planned the program was ok but not the ones who carried it out.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1629728https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1629728Sun, 17 Jan 2016 01:58:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Sun, 17 Jan 2016 01:29:11 GMT]]>Hi,


I would like to hear some feedback fro those of you whose child have gone to PRI 5 camp in DAIRY FARM?

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janet88:
BabiesNU:


Results are relative. I usually don't quite bother myself with my girls' grades. Instead, I look at her performance relative to her class, and more importantly, her cohort. My philosophy is that as long as she's about at the 50 percentile, good enough for me!

So yes, tough paper or not, it doesn't matter. Good to challenge the kids.

yes, it's good to set a challenging paper to get the kids on the ball...lest they get over confident.

got back HCL paper ytd. Was bad. Highest in class was 44/60 (paper 2). According to her, the paper was super tough. 3 failures in her class and in the first HCL class, there were 5 failures and there's this HCL class where all the kids only got single digit. Don't know whether true or not.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599262https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599262Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:48:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:40:18 GMT]]>last paper on Wed…my DS already planned celebration with her classmates (watch movie) after her last paper

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BabiesNU:

Results are relative. I usually don't quite bother myself with my girls' grades. Instead, I look at her performance relative to her class, and more importantly, her cohort. My philosophy is that as long as she's about at the 50 percentile, good enough for me!

So yes, tough paper or not, it doesn't matter. Good to challenge the kids.
yes, it's good to set a challenging paper to get the kids on the ball...lest they get over confident.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599140https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599140Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:51:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:50:04 GMT]]>Last examination for my P5 girl today! Holiday is coming! Yippie!

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janet88:
daughter's EL paper 2 today...yesterday, the teacher told her class to be prepared for a tough one...to me, it makes no difference whether it is a 'can do' or tough paper because it just pushes notch up to my anxiety for her comprehension OE/cloze.

Results are relative. I usually don't quite bother myself with my girls' grades. Instead, I look at her performance relative to her class, and more importantly, her cohort. My philosophy is that as long as she's about at the 50 percentile, good enough for me!

So yes, tough paper or not, it doesn't matter. Good to challenge the kids.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599134https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599134Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:58:10 GMT]]>daughter’s EL paper 2 today…yesterday, the teacher told her class to be prepared for a tough one…to me, it makes no difference whether it is a ‘can do’ or tough paper because it just pushes notch up to my anxiety for her comprehension OE/cloze.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599106https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1599106Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Thu, 08 Oct 2015 05:50:41 GMT]]>Mine dreads Chinese too. Has tuition for it but loathes it. She avoids doing Chinese revision completely. She managed a Low 70s in her SA1 and is contented with the score. Though her CL SA2 is starting next week, she is still refusing to do anything about it :mad:

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plim4pc:
but for the languages... she struggles with her Chinese and hates her tuition so I don't know if I can even get her to revise if she'll already feel the stress from the difficulty in topics.. .


Is there a reason why she hates her tuition? Or is it becos she hates Chinese so she hates tuition? How are her Chinese grades?

Since you know that she is struggling with Chinese, its best to find a solution before it escalates n when you come to PSLE, it may get worse. Chinese is one of the 4 core subjects for T Score so best not to neglect it.

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plim4pc:

Thanks for the advice... year almost over. sometimes i think as parents we are more stressed then our kids.
the year is almost over...after the SA2.
as parents, we are often the ones more stressed and worried.

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janet88:
plim4pc:



thanks for the advise. I don't want to overstretch my girl but at the same time I don't want her to forget what she has studied... I will probably start at the end of P5... but for the languages... she struggles with her Chinese and hates her tuition so I don't know if I can even get her to revise if she'll already feel the stress from the difficulty in topics.. .

Don't make her have a fear of p5 or p6. The jump from p4 to p5 is already a big jump. Take it one step at a time. Settle this year (p4) first.

Thanks for the advice... year almost over. sometimes i think as parents we are more stressed then our kids.

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plim4pc:


thanks for the advise. I don't want to overstretch my girl but at the same time I don't want her to forget what she has studied... I will probably start at the end of P5... but for the languages... she struggles with her Chinese and hates her tuition so I don't know if I can even get her to revise if she'll already feel the stress from the difficulty in topics.. .
Don't make her have a fear of p5 or p6. The jump from p4 to p5 is already a big jump. Take it one step at a time. Settle this year (p4) first.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1584763https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1584763Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:35:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:07:38 GMT]]>

janet88:
plim4pc:

my girl is Primary 4 this year but i am just curious, did any of you start preparing for PSLE at the start of Primary 5 or the end of Primary 4? planning ahead and wanted some opinions. thanks in advance.


Primary 5...new topics. The jump from p4 to p5 is quite a big one in terms of difficulty of topics. For high ability kids, maybe they can be prepared for PSLE in p5 in terms of languages. For average kids...probably end of p5 after sa2.

thanks for the advise. I don't want to overstretch my girl but at the same time I don't want her to forget what she has studied... I will probably start at the end of P5... but for the languages... she struggles with her Chinese and hates her tuition so I don't know if I can even get her to revise if she'll already feel the stress from the difficulty in topics.. .

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1584501https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1584501Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:07:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:47:57 GMT]]>

plim4pc:
my girl is Primary 4 this year but i am just curious, did any of you start preparing for PSLE at the start of Primary 5 or the end of Primary 4? planning ahead and wanted some opinions. thanks in advance.

Primary 5...new topics. The jump from p4 to p5 is quite a big one in terms of difficulty of topics. For high ability kids, maybe they can be prepared for PSLE in p5 in terms of languages. For average kids...probably end of p5 after sa2.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1581354https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1581354Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:47:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:05:33 GMT]]>my girl is Primary 4 this year but i am just curious, did any of you start preparing for PSLE at the start of Primary 5 or the end of Primary 4? planning ahead and wanted some opinions. thanks in advance.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1581344https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1581344Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:31:28 GMT]]>My biggest worry is her comprehension OE and science.

I think having tough comprehension passages is across most schools.

When she passed Math for the first time this year (ca2), that bright smile on her face was so sweet. I really wish to see more of that.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1569529https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1569529Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:31:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:25:27 GMT]]>My ds got all his ca2 results back last Friday. A very relaxing week this week. Went to his p5 camp this morning.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1569523https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1569523Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:25:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Primary 5 in 2015 on Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:16:35 GMT]]>I find the Comprehension cloze & open ended compre difficult too. I bought the compre visual text open ended compre by Casco p6 because I know my ds won’t be able to complete the p5 book. So far, he is ok with the visual text but didn’t touch the open ended compre at all. I also bought the 2012-2014 psle booklets. He did 2014 & 2013 English except for open ended compre. I find it ok compared to some of the assessment books which are too difficult. 2012 science Mcq is doable too. Think 2/3 of the Mcq que are from p3-5. I didn’t let my ds do the process skill part. As long as my lazy ds is willing to do Mcq/cloze, I won’t force him to do open ended compre or process skill. moreover, I saw improvement in his Mcq.

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nicnac:

Only remembered that there is this last paper while I was in the shower this morning :yikes:
science test GONE CASE. English comprehension open-ended, I think also gone case. seriously I wonder what in the world is going on.

my table is filled with post-It notes (for example the science topics covered in school/topics to be revised)...brain is full of things-to-do.

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nicnac:

So far, I have not seen such tough comprehension passages in any of the assessment books in popular ....Not even in the p6 books. School standards too high or assessment standards not up to the mark, I really have no idea. Tomorrow I shall go to popular and flip through the PSLE papers to see the level of difficulty to expect.
the passages for homework are not easy. vocabulary used is so difficult :stupid: I've been using EPH challenging English 4-in-1 but the passages are no where as challenging as school homework as well as tests and other school past year exam passages.
what is going on? :frustrated:
all my EPH titles have to be put aside now. I am using this title 'comprehension visual text open-ended comprehension' by casco. the passages are lengthy.

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janet88:
nicnac:

:gloomy: completely forgotten about the last ca2 paper today. Thinking this is week 10 already, finally the pressure is off so we went shopping for teacher's day gifts yesterday. Only remembered that there is this last paper while I was in the shower this morning :yikes: :yikes: . Nothing we can do about it, so keeping fingers crossed. Of all subjects, it had to be Science 😓


is the ca2 graded in your child's school?
usually week 10 is supposedly the most relaxed one...furthermore short school week (3.5 days assuming eve of teachers' day is for celebration).
daughter will be getting her ca2 test scripts tomorrow.

Graded 😓 20% in fact :nailbite:
Precisely, I thought since it is already week 10, they should have completed all the Chinese and EL spellings for the term. I totally missed this last CA paper :faint:

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janet88:
I can't find the rest of the SA1 passages I printed...maybe daughter put them somewhere...there are 3-4 passages I need to read several times myself to understand. How can schools set such different ones? If don't understand, then how to answer the questions? :slapshead: absolutely :siao:

Daughter said the passage for her CA2 was equally tough...I need to see the passage when it is returned next week.

I am facing the same problem. On a few occasions, dd came home with her comprehension homework and asked for my help. I read the questions... Hmm, simple straight forward question I thought but when I read the passage, I couldn't understand it myself. After reading thru it again and yet again, I still couldn not figure how to answer the question. I had to tell dd honestly that I have no idea :oops:

So far, I have not seen such tough comprehension passages in any of the assessment books in popular ....Not even in the p6 books. School standards too high or assessment standards not up to the mark, I really have no idea. Tomorrow I shall go to popular and flip through the PSLE papers to see the level of difficulty to expect.

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