DylaDee\" post_id=\"2023081\" time=\"1620382619\" user_id=\"94810:

hello

i hv emailed to the school my query but so far i have not recvd any reply. i wld like to check, if my son applied to Riverside via Leadership, does that means that he cannot apply to be in the soccer team as CCA? how does the DSA works?

anyone can enlighten me pls?

thanks

My gal got in via leadership.
For DSA via leadership, u will not be tied to any CCA. U can apply to any CCA u are interested in. The kids will be required to undergo a trial for the CCAs he/she is keen in.

Just wondering, if a child already DSA into a sch, but the actual PSLE result is about 15pts lower from last year COP. Will it be tough and stressful to the child?

Anyone has issue logging in to the portal to submit the school preference? I have been getting techncial error. And I am currently overseas, cannot submit the physical form.

ShareShareLah\" post_id=\"1940763\" time=\"1570758995\" user_id=\"181541:

I think it's important for parents to at least let the school know first before taking out their kids or hols. I have came across parents who just let their kids absent from school with no explanation to the school (MIA).

yup. my DD teacher was telling my DD, that at least she take effort to submit letter of absence, where some students just simply MIA.

mengsan\" post_id=\"1940722\" time=\"1570715353\" user_id=\"31254:

Ever wonder what kind of example parents setting for the kids - ok to flout the school rules? What kind of values parent trying to teach 12yr olds? Can suka suka go holidays, suka suka stay home, go play truant, etc.

Quote the article on hp usage: \"Children can learn that they have to bear the consequences of their actions, and avoid repeating the same mistake in the future. They can also appreciate the importance of values like responsibility, respect and self-control.\"

go school also play games only. yesterday my DD school even told them to take a nap for from 11am till sch ends at 1pm.
so i find it nothing wrong in applying leave. not every parents can take leave during school holidays due to work commitments.

phtthp\" post_id=\"1940388\" time=\"1570570511\" user_id=\"35251:

Sec 1

is it compulsory that

- All students need to buy a laptop ?

- All students need to own a hand-phone, because class Teacher send whatsapp messages, through hand-phone ?

Laptop : depend on school. some school will use laptop and they will usually have their own preferred brand/model. best to wait till orientation before getting a laptop. if buy now and the model is not recommended by Sec sch, may have to get another one

HP : not all schools allows HP. best to check with the Sec school on HP policy.
My son school, they do not allow HP usage in school. we only gave him a HP in Sec 3, due to CCA commitment. and he can only use it after school when he is at home, due to no HP policy in school

Post PSLE activites for DD - DD has few playdates with her friends last week and this week.

and i got her to clear out her primary school books/notes over the weekend also.
she is also planning to do her 2 big Lego sets with her bro after her bro finish his exams.
will bring her to library this weekend to borrow books to read.

lee_yl\" post_id=\"1939808\" time=\"1570184669\" user_id=\"17023:

I checked with my neighbor whose son took PSLE this year. She said no one in her child’s school cried leh.She was soooo happy that her son (not in gep) got 2 out of the 3 tricky questions right

So I don’t understand why some parent can still complain to the press when her child got the 3 most challenging questions correct but got tricked by 2 other (and seemingly easier) questions.

i showed the social media post to my DD, the first comment i got from her, is 'what for?' :lol:
she say what over is over. complain to MOE also no use.
my DD is not a person who score A*. her first failure was in P5, CA1 where she only score 41 for her Maths paper.
From there, she work hard, ask her Maths tutor for help. And yes, she got a private tutor as the syllabus was getting to difficult for me and her daddy to coach. and her school don't really provide supplementary class for them.
she do lots of practice, assessment books, and her grades pull back up to 60s in P5 SA2. she gradually improve her grade to a A this year. but all this is due to her doing lots of practice papers, past year papers from other schools.
she told me, if paper was easy and everyone can score full marks, won't everyone get the same tscore and everyone can go to top schools? she understand that there bound to be some difficult questions to filter those higher ability students. that's why when she knows that she got the true/false question wrong, she says its okay.

entei17\" post_id=\"1939792\" time=\"1570178140\" user_id=\"162440:

I think your solution is still overly complicated. There is no need to shift the semi-circles nor visualize anything. The solution is just 3 lines, does not involve algebra and easier than model method:
Top=Bottom
3D + 12 + 12 = 2D +22 + 22 +16
D = 36

As for the triangle question part (c), the suggested solution by one of the tutor is overly complicated too, and he is a tutor! Primary school maths and national exams do not need rocket science to solve, to a certain extent,it extends to math olympiad questions too. So one additional heuristic should be added to the top of your tools, and that's the maxim \"PSLE question is meant to be easy, there has to be a shortcut somewhere.\"

The solution for the triangle question part (c) is:
Note that the difference between the white and grey triangles are 1, -2, 3, -4, 5, -6,....., 249, -250
So there are 250 more grey triangles than white triangles
So there are (62500-250) / 2 = 31125 white triangles
31125+250=31375 grey triangles

But even though the questions do not need elaborate solutions, it does not mean they are easy to comprehend and frame a solution, especially when most PSLE students would not have exposure to these question styles. This put an unfair advantage to GEP, E2K students and MO trained students who have gotten exposure to these question types. There is also an element of luck in being able to find the key to the above solution. Under exam stress and time constraint, sometimes you just can't 'see' it.

MOE promulgate the belief that all schools are good schools. I agree, but I also believe that some schools are better. The better schools would be able to better prepare/expose the students for these questions. The field is not even, and toughening the PSLE would make the field even more uneven. This totally run contrary to MOE's new mission to de-stress the educational system. The trend of tougher questions simply pushes parents to seek more help to tackle them, math olympiad classes will get more business and less well off students get left behind. OYK was still asking parents not to send their kids to tuition centres when they scrap some of the exams? The change to the AL system is supposedly for students to be graded based on their individual performance and they will no longer be as finely differentiated. If you are setting a tough question that almost every student has not seen before, then fine. But if some have better exposure, then they are definitely well differentiated.

not necessary only GEP, and MO trained students will get exposures to such questions.
my DD, she is not GEP, not in the top 2 elite classes, never MO trained, she did lots of practices on past year papers and assessment books. she managed to solve these questions. same for her classmates. they are in a neighbourhood school only. all her classmates agree is tough, but no one cried, no one looks defeated. they managed to attempted all the Maths questions mentioned in the recently social media posts

pslegodxd\" post_id=\"1939553\" time=\"1570086042\" user_id=\"181451:

Actually both 40 eggs tart each 1.80 and 46 egg tart each 1.53 works. This question is very vague therefore there is 2 scenario.IF each egg tart is 1.53 each jamie bought 40 it would 61.20 then she apply her 15% total would be 52.02 and she gets 9.18 change back . With 9.18 she buy 6 more egg tart .BUT if each egg tart is $1.80 and she buys 40 it would be 72 and then she apply her 15% disc it would be 61.20. SO both answer WORKS.

the question is, both has (or spent) $61.20.

if 40 tarts x $1.80 = $72
if 46 tarts x $1.53 = $70.38

no way the answer will WORKS since its above the $61.20 :slapshead: :slapshead: :slapshead: