Pei Chun Public
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Dear fellow parents, as elder son is taking PSLE this year, I am hoping to get some information here for my planning.
There is a parents briefing for P6 next Sat. For parents whose children already gone through the PSLE, does the school share information such as % of students who scored above a certain Tscore, students performance by banding (top classes vs average classes) and so on? I searched school website but only get to know % of passes by subjects and number of students who obtained 4A* which is meaningless. I am sure those who obtained A/A* are students from top classes but I want to know how about the other classes? Historically, is there any possibility that average class students are also able to score well in PSLE?
Despite studying hard, having tuitions and attending school AS, sadly to say, my son is still just an average student. I hope to find out in those average classes, what is the mean tscore? This will help me and my son decide if we should try DSA using sports or bypass DSA and just focus on actual PSLE.
Which are the more popular or common secondary schools that most of the PCPS students go to?
Thank you in advance for your input. -
Dear fellow parents, as elder son is taking PSLE this year, I am hoping to get some information here for my planning.
There is a parents briefing for P6 next Sat. For parents whose children already gone through the PSLE, does the school share information such as % of students who scored above a certain Tscore, students performance by banding (top classes vs average classes) and so on? I searched school website but only get to know % of passes by subjects and number of students who obtained 4A* which is meaningless. I am sure those who obtained A/A* are students from top classes but I want to know how about the other classes? Historically, is there any possibility that average class students are also able to score well in PSLE?
Despite studying hard, having tuitions and attending school AS, sadly to say, my son is still just an average student. I hope to find out in those average classes, what is the mean tscore? This will help me and my son decide if we should try DSA using sports or bypass DSA and just focus on actual PSLE.
Which are the more popular or common secondary schools that most of the PCPS students go to?
Thank you in advance for your input. -
My child took psle last year and is an average student too. My advice to you is to apply for DSA. We didn’t and we got a rude shock. Pei Chun’s % of top pupils improved but overall express eligibilty dipped. The worst dip is in HCL.
This speaks volumes about the emphasis of the school. If you are not in top class, you are very much on your own. -
Thank you for sharing manemo. From my observation the best teachers are always teaching the top few classes only. If you look at this year P5, it is also the same.
Average students like my son are those that need the most support because top classes students, they will still do well regardless of teachers.
I am worry if he is even eligible for DSA because of his average P4 and P5 results. Now I am trying to help him improve P6 results in order to qualify for DSA. -
I can empathise with you because we were in the same shoes last year…jiayou!
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Hi, any parents in the PSG? Can you please pm me? I have some queries. Thanks.
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EnEmom:
Hi, any parents in the PSG? Can you please pm me? I have some queries. Thanks.
You can try this email: pcps_psg@yahoo.com -
muska:
Thanks.EnEmom:
Hi, any parents in the PSG? Can you please pm me? I have some queries. Thanks.
You can try this email: pcps_psg@yahoo.com
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BePersevere:
Thank you for sharing manemo. From my observation the best teachers are always teaching the top few classes only. If you look at this year P5, it is also the same.
Average students like my son are those that need the most support because top classes students, they will still do well regardless of teachers.
I am worry if he is even eligible for DSA because of his average P4 and P5 results. Now I am trying to help him improve P6 results in order to qualify for DSA.
Bepersevere,
I've sent you a PM.
But in general from what I observed, (average of 4 subj @P5 and P6s)
90+ : high 250s to 260+
80s-90s: 240s to 250s
70-80s: high 230s to 240s
60s-70s: 220s to 230s
Its better not to bang on that one time exam to see hope for good result. In fact, i know many who get rude shock like what mamemo said too..so as parents, i think we should be realistic, and hope for the best -
Tnk you muska. I am not hopeful, in fact quite the opposite. I constantly remind myself that he is only from an average class so how good a result can an average student from an average neighbourhood school produce.
Sadly, I see no light at the end of the tunnel so I thought DSA is able to provide some sort of ‘insurance coverage’. However, like it or not, DSA is also meant for students who are strong academically.
For sports, you need at least 80% in order to join DSA. 80% is very high mark for an average student. If he can get 80%, I do not even want to DSA and tie him down for the next 4 years as he should be able to select a reasonable sec sch though actual tscore.
The chance that the average students get selected for DSA round 1 is very slim so if time should be put into other better use is also another big question mark. I guess i will probably just select one sch for my son to try.
Hopefully, parents are able to get more valuable insights from this Sat level briefing.
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