Does anyone want science notes? I found some of them in my drawer. I also have the 2012-2014 chinese oral pictures and readings!

I suggest http://www.testpapersfree.com/p5/?level ... est+Papers

It has a good variety of schools and very up to date.

Just some tips from your really bored senior


English papers are one of the hardest to score at but the easiest to complete.
English compo:
Don't panic and rush to start the paper. Instead, first read through the question and write out a quick story plan.
Even if you can't remember good phrases etc, the most important factor to a good story is a detailed and well linked story not very chim chim words.
English oral:
When you get the passage, read through 2 times (minimum) in your head and if possible mouth it out to get a feel of how it would sound like. Vary your tone, pause appropriately, articulate your words.. just a make sure you aren't monotous and you aren't speaking so fast that your teacher can't hear you
For the picture, when you get it, think about evey single thing in the photo (even like the small ballon and the edge of the paper for e.g) , think about possible questions and also think about any prior experience. Always link back your answers to the question!
English papers:
These are easy I'm sure you'll breeze through.
When doing grammar MCQ, think about the subject verb agreements and think about what the grammar word is referring to. For vocabulary MCQ, always always ALWAYS read through your spelling list before the exam. But during the exam, if you are still unsure of the meaning of the words, cancel out the definitely wrong answer which should usually leave you with two more options. With the two options, think about the way the question is phrased and similar words to the two options. When doing editing, grammar questions are easy so just breeze through them again. For spelling questions, if you know vaguely what the word is, write out all your options in pencil and pick the one that looks the most right (hehehe). For compre, if you have enough time, annotate the text. It really helps a lot even if you feel it's a waste of time and resources.

For science open ended questions, the teachers are looking for key words to answer the question. Do not write a whole chunk of unnecessary words. For example: Why is the hot bun moist? (the bun is in a closed box) The key words to answer the question are words from the topic condensation. Before you attempt the question, write the topic of it next to the question to be able to think of key words faster. Then key words teachers are looking for are words like condensation, evaporation, lose heat, water vapour, water droplets, touch cooler surface etc...

A tip from my science teacher last year was to write the topic of the question at the top right to get all the key words to flow into my head at once instead of keep on having to think about what topic the question was about and what are the important words to write. For example again, why are the buns moist? (the buns are hot and are in a closed box) write the topic condensation next to the question.

Science open ended questions are generally marked by key words for example they ask why is the buns moist? (the buns are hot and are inside a closed box) The key words that teachers are looking for are words like condensation evaporation lose heat touch cooler surface etc. As long as you remember the basic concepts and don’t write opposing facts (they can minus points) It should be easy to gain the full marks for the question.

This is coming for someone who just completed PSLE. (I'm in sec1) Personally, I feel that it's more important to revise and go through all my work and read through textbooks in advance compared to doing exams papers. To ocassionally test my standard, yes, complete maybe 1 or 2 assessment books but I feel that starting with exam papers and stressing over all the questions that I didn't know how to do really adds to the building up stress. Just my personal opinion!

Lynn2:

beebyboopyboop:

On 23 Dec, what do we wear? And, does anyone know what colour the sec 1 name tags will be next year? Is it yellow?

Yes.its yellow

:thankyou:

Would you happen to know what to wear on 23rd Dec?

iemum:

beebyboopyboop:

[quote=\"FantasyLandDreams\"]Dear parents,


Checking for a friend who would like to find out how does P3 class allocation works ( her dd is in P2):

For a P2 with a total score 280 to 289:
Are they assigned to top P3 class, or minimum must be 290 and above?

Thanks.

280-289 usually will be able to get to top class.

Hi Beeby,

Just to check, for allocation of classes, is it top 120 will be allocated to the top 3 classes and then the remaining 90 will be allocated to the remaining 3 classes? Or allocation is done based on top 40 going to the top class, 41-80 going to second class.. etc?[/quote]1st Class -- usually top 40-42 pupils
2nd Class -- usually next 40-41 pupils
3rd Class -- usually next 40-41 pupils
4th,5th,6th class -- pupils evenly spread out

On 23 Dec, what do we wear? And, does anyone know what colour the sec 1 name tags will be next year? Is it yellow?

FantasyLandDreams:

Dear parents,


Checking for a friend who would like to find out how does P3 class allocation works ( her dd is in P2):

For a P2 with a total score 280 to 289:
Are they assigned to top P3 class, or minimum must be 290 and above?

Thanks.

280-289 usually will be able to get to top class.