2011 PSLE Result : Appeal to MOE to review the Test Result

[oliveminx]

ms_lim:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"ms_lim\"]

I was contemplating to recheck my dd's MT paper. After consulting FT, she shared that based on past years experience, the outcome after recheck is there is no problem. Thus, has given up this and just pray for the best for S1 posting.

Language paper is very subjective , difficult to change anything.

Agreed. Furthermore, we don't get to see the paper!![/quote]They will never let you see the paper because then there'll be no end to these kind of requests and argument for the sake of getting more marks. Language papers are even worse.

We can't request to see the 'O' Level or 'A' Level scripts, can we? The schools don't even return the English composition papers written during their internal exams.

[less kiasu liao]

Hi this is my 4th kid taking PSLE, hence "less kiasu liao".

This year’s language marks threw out surprises for quite a number of children. My dd has been consistently very good in Chinese, and it was the subject we banked on. She represented her school in Chinese compo. competition, topped her school in Chinese in the Prelims, and scored a distinction in higher Chinese in the PSLE. But her Chinese dropped to A, while the other subjects scored A*, pulling down her total marks to mid 255. These happened to the English marks for some of her friends. I was also comtemplating whether to recheck her marks, but decided to move on in the end, to spare dd any trauma.
Just want to encourage everyone to perservere in the long road ahead. Over the years, one of my kids did very well from begining to end, one had to climb mountains just to stay on the road, while another slipped into a crevise before climbing up into bright light. Just be there for them. Cheer, encourage and catch them when they fall!

[ms_lim]

less kiasu liao:

Hi this is my 4th kid taking PSLE, hence \"less kiasu liao\".

This year's language marks threw out surprises for quite a number of children. My dd has been consistently very good in Chinese, and it was the subject we banked on. She represented her school in Chinese compo. competition, topped her school in Chinese in the Prelims, and scored a distinction in higher Chinese in the PSLE. But her Chinese dropped to A, while the other subjects scored A*, pulling down her total marks to mid 255. These happened to the English marks for some of her friends. I was also comtemplating whether to recheck her marks, but decided to move on in the end, to spare dd any trauma.
Just want to encourage everyone to perservere in the long road ahead. Over the years, one of my kids did very well from begining to end, one had to climb mountains just to stay on the road, while another slipped into a crevise before climbing up into bright light. Just be there for them. Cheer, encourage and catch them when they fall!

Thanks less kiasu liao for sharing your experience. I am a first time P6 mummy, thus quite inexperienced and gancheong. However, after reading so many posts on ksp, I have gained much and will be more prepared for my ds who will take psle next yr.

[ngbrdad]

less kiasu liao:

Hi this is my 4th kid taking PSLE, hence \"less kiasu liao\".

This year's language marks threw out surprises for quite a number of children. My dd has been consistently very good in Chinese, and it was the subject we banked on. She represented her school in Chinese compo. competition, topped her school in Chinese in the Prelims, and scored a distinction in higher Chinese in the PSLE. But her Chinese dropped to A, while the other subjects scored A*, pulling down her total marks to mid 255. These happened to the English marks for some of her friends. I was also comtemplating whether to recheck her marks, but decided to move on in the end, to spare dd any trauma.
Just want to encourage everyone to perservere in the long road ahead. Over the years, one of my kids did very well from begining to end, one had to climb mountains just to stay on the road, while another slipped into a crevise before climbing up into bright light. Just be there for them. Cheer, encourage and catch them when they fall!

Well said.
Personally I feel you have a compelling reason to ask for a review.
Now I know quite a lot are on the same boat, for both English and Chinese.

[less kiasu liao]

from what I can gather from my dd, there could be 2 reasons for her drop inn CL marks. 1. The CL compo topic was <te bie de yi tian> meaning a special day, but what she wrote could have been unacceptable because it was more of <nan wang de yi tian> meaning an unforgetable day. 2.On the day of the CL oral, the chair for the student waiting outside the classroom was placed in such a way that the student waiting could hear the conversation inside the room. We heard that this happened in some other schools too. Thus, the oral examiner spoke very softly, and she had to ask for her to repeat the questions.

My dd is hoping to enter cedar IP with 255, while my original hope was that she could go to NYGS to further develope her language abilites. she does not feel sad about not going to NYGS, but I know she will be sad if I express disappointment with her results. Her 2 older siblings in the Uni both said that it really does not matter that much. Just continue to work hard from now on and she will be alright. Hence my reluctance to do appeal for remark.

[N3SKiasu]

Darling Bear:

handytouch:

[quote=\"Darling Bear\"]Just when to the school, fill up a form (name of school, student name, index no, subject to re-check & remarks), pay $, that's it.

What is the last day to submit for recheck? and when will they inform you about the outcome of the recheck?

Last day to submit is 1st Nov. School will inform parent on 15/12/11.
If result different, we can reselect the secondary school.[/quote]The deadline is 1st Dec, not 1st Nov.

[ngbrdad]

less kiasu liao:

from what I can gather from my dd, there could be 2 reasons for her drop inn CL marks. 1. The CL compo topic was <te bie de yi tian> meaning a special day, but what she wrote could have been unacceptable because it was more of <nan wang de yi tian> meaning an unforgetable day. 2.On the day of the CL oral, the chair for the student waiting outside the classroom was placed in such a way that the student waiting could hear the conversation inside the room. We heard that this happened in some other schools too. Thus, the oral examiner spoke very softly, and she had to ask for her to repeat the questions.

My dd is hoping to enter cedar IP with 255, while my original hope was that she could go to NYGS to further develope her language abilites. she does not feel sad about not going to NYGS, but I know she will be sad if I express disappointment with her results. Her 2 older siblings in the Uni both said that it really does not matter that much. Just continue to work hard from now on and she will be alright. Hence my reluctance to do appeal for remark.

For my boy it's the unexpected A for English.
I've communicated with his teacher and she said there were a few cases in the class with the unexpected As for English.
In her opinion there was not much point in appealing as marking of language paper is very subjective and probably nothing much positive will come out from the appeal.
My boy also did not make it to his dream school and will most probably go to ACSI which is much nearer to our home anyway.

[parent.031041parent]

is year T score is very low?? anyone can help to advise?

my DD got only 227 for 3A & 1A*, very difficult to choose the right sch for him at that moment & affect his self-confident upon receiving the result.

[Selfan4ever.05005423]

A friend of mine got A* for Mt, A for eng and sci and B for maths. His agg is 227.

[less kiasu liao]

Ngbrdad, ACSI is a very good school. My 3 boys went to ACSI. In my opinion (I was from the Rafflesian family and know many Raffles boys), ACS cultivates in boys something intangible, outside of the chase of good grades. DS1 and DS2 are now law students, though they would be considered average to above average students there. We are middle class and did not really spend on tuition, and they took MRT to school. They both emphasis that CCA is very a important part of secondary school life.