2024 PSLE Discussions and Strategies
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This batch of kids will not have any P3 mid-year exam.
So I dunno if the schools will be preparing them adequately for their first major exam, P3 SA2, which includes ALL the exam components and can be 2.5 hours long at one sitting…
Either total shock or some shock. Sure to have shock, unless adequate mock papers are given in the months leading up to October 2021. -
For parents who did psle beforehand, please advise. I am a bit concern on the syllabus, depth and schoolwork taught at school so far, and apparently some SAP school starts on more rigorous ground for lower primary after looking at their notes. Similarly the enrichment or tuition centre tends to teach more challenging stuff. If kids not going to tuition and parents only have limited time(1-2 hour per week in total) to revise own assessment given ( intermediate to advanced) for most subjects is this sufficient to prepare them? Or eventually most school will ramp up academic rigorousness by p5 so every school is equalized by then so nothing to worry? Assuming Kid is above average but not GEP material.
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P1-3 seems quite relaxing. My boy does not bring back any homework from school in these past years. When does the rigour kick in - in P4 or P5?
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This year P3 had their SA2 exams cancelled. So try to let your kids practice the past year papers at home to gauge how much of the syllabus content they have understood, especially as much of it was taught during 2 rounds of HBLs this year.
The rigor will immediately step up on 1st week of school in P5 (most schools).
Other schools may start in P4. -
Goodness. You guys are surely prepared for anything that might happen
It's only 2021... -
san20sg\" post_id=\"2043846\" time=\"1635287530\" user_id=\"76391:
Wow so nice, no homework at all? Amazing. Are you worried at all? Let him do some assessment books or last year paper to gauge his grasp of what had been taught so far?
P1-3 seems quite relaxing. My boy does not bring back any homework from school in these past years. When does the rigour kick in - in P4 or P5?
I believe most schools start to have more “kick” at p5, when there’s more depth. -
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2044054\" time=\"1635443179\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2044054 time=1635443179 user_id=58173]
It seems that the molly coddling of kids is starting to rear its head. No exams, schools not for students to compete amongst themselves, etc. Its ok until P5 when the reality of PSLE bites down hard. So MOE decides to retain the difficulty of PSLE and make good students compete for good secondary schools by balloting.san20sg\" post_id=\"2043846\" time=\"1635287530\" user_id=\"76391:Wow so nice, no homework at all? Amazing. Are you worried at all? Let him do some assessment books or last year paper to gauge his grasp of what had been taught so far?
I believe most schools start to have more “kick” at p5, when there’s more depth.
The point is, we can't have our cake and eat it too. If you want to retain the \"standards\", then you have to make it easy by having the kids prepare earlier for the exams. Or you have to reduce the difficulty of PSLE to let more pass and subject everyone to balloting so that even \"all Secondary schools are good schools\". It seems that MOE wants to reduce \"stress\" and yet retain high PSLE standards. :? -
ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2044057\" time=\"1635464300\" user_id=\"3:
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2044054\" time=\"1635443179\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2044054 time=1635443179 user_id=58173]
It seems that the molly coddling of kids is starting to rear its head. No exams, schools not for students to compete amongst themselves, etc. Its ok until P5 when the reality of PSLE bites down hard. So MOE decides to retain the difficulty of PSLE and make good students compete for good secondary schools by balloting.
The point is, we can't have our cake and eat it too. If you want to retain the \"standards\", then you have to make it easy by having the kids prepare earlier for the exams. Or you have to reduce the difficulty of PSLE to let more pass and subject everyone to balloting so that even \"all Secondary schools are good schools\". It seems that MOE wants to reduce \"stress\" and yet retain high PSLE standards. :?You base on the assumption that the kids will study hard because there is an exam or the purpose of going to school and studying are for getting a good exam result and chop a place in one of the \"Top\" school.
Is it the purpose for sending kids to school?
Could we trust the kids and let them develop their own interest in studying the acknowledge taught in school instead of becoming an exam machine? -
It’s not easy to get a child to study at all, I was wondering how parents can get their kids to study hard by themselves. It’s a total mystery to me - I’m so envious of these parents
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Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2044059\" time=\"1635466586\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2044059 time=1635466586 user_id=195250]
You base on the assumption that the kids will study hard because there is an exam or the purpose of going to school and studying are for getting a good exam result and chop a place in one of the \"Top\" school.ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2044057\" time=\"1635464300\" user_id=\"3:
It seems that the molly coddling of kids is starting to rear its head. No exams, schools not for students to compete amongst themselves, etc. Its ok until P5 when the reality of PSLE bites down hard. So MOE decides to retain the difficulty of PSLE and make good students compete for good secondary schools by balloting.[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2044054 time=1635443179 user_id=58173]
Wow so nice, no homework at all? Amazing. Are you worried at all? Let him do some assessment books or last year paper to gauge his grasp of what had been taught so far?
I believe most schools start to have more “kick” at p5, when there’s more depth.
The point is, we can't have our cake and eat it too. If you want to retain the \"standards\", then you have to make it easy by having the kids prepare earlier for the exams. Or you have to reduce the difficulty of PSLE to let more pass and subject everyone to balloting so that even \"all Secondary schools are good schools\". It seems that MOE wants to reduce \"stress\" and yet retain high PSLE standards. :?[/quote]
Is it the purpose for sending kids to school?
Could we trust the kids and let them develop their own interest in studying the acknowledge taught in school instead of becoming an exam machine?[/quote]Hi liew nga wing,
I totally agree! My children didn't have tuition or enrichment classes up until Pri 5! They didn't study very hard, just enough to get Bs. We only made them study harder from P5 onwards, since that is when the PSLE syllabus kicks in. Having 2 years of PSLE prep time is more than enough. Imagine taking 2 years to study for an exam.
Children are not meant to study from 5 years old to 10 years old non-stop. They are not meant to be competitive and stressed - psychologists have over and over done studies on the importance of letting children play, roam free and trust their friends and family, not compete with them. Trust, not compete. This makes for healthy, wholesome individuals - the bright ones will be bright, the average ones average, no matter how much their parents stress them out in the early years.
The brightest kids I know, with parents who are one or more doctors, all play hard, have little tuition, are loved, have many friends.
If parents read neuropsychology or developmental books, instead of parenting books, or worse, local parenting advice, then maybe we will have less of the RV High incidents, and a happier Singapore society and work environments.
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