2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[DesRey]

That’s my strategy too! I will get my DD to do the “ 同步练习” CL assessment book which follows closely the school textbook for reinforcement plus test-paper…

[AnneY]

fsp:

Dear psle kids' mums


Can anyone of you kindly recommend a good sci tuition centre or home tutor who is proficient in psle, can get A* or high A kind? My girl is in P5 now. I heard this year's psle is very tricky and more challenging compared to previous years. Route learning, memorising, drill & practice & doing tons of exam papers may not help. Understanding & integrating different concepts is a must now to do well. So seems that sci tuition centre has a better edge compared to home tuition. I'm considering one of the following>

Mr chong from starscape at balmoral plaza
Mrs sim from perceptum
Jason from edventure
Mr chai/Mrs chai from newton apple or sci heuristic

If you have sent your kids to attend any of the above, kindly share your experience with me. You may also wish to pm me. My girl is not strong in Maths, so I hope she can do well for Sci.

Thank you so much.

My daughter attended Perceptum Maths (P5 and P6) and Science (P6 only). Both Mr Kevin Lee and Mrs Sim are very experienced and dedicated teachers. They take a personal interest in each student, provides extra resources and guidance. Perceptum focuses on material that are above average in difficulty. They also set a fair amount of home work especially in P6 (on average the child needs to spend 2-3 hours per subject per week on homework). The child will only really benefit if he or she takes the time to complete the home work. Actually if your girl is not strong in Maths, she will benefit also greatly from Mr Lee's lessons. My daughter found Mr Lee's problem solving methods very helpful. Good luck!

[fsp]

Thanks. Does Mrs sim conduct experiment, provides notes n worksheets for classes. Do they do a lot of exam papers. Is she Gd in training p6 kids in process skills & answering techniques?

Appreciate yr feedback.

[AnneY]

fsp:

Thanks. Does Mrs sim conduct experiment, provides notes n worksheets for classes. Do they do a lot of exam papers. Is she Gd in training p6 kids in process skills & answering techniques?

Appreciate yr feedback.

yes, she conducts experiments, provides notes and (lots of ) worksheets. The P6 revision exercises are apparently taken from difficult questions from past prelims and PSLE exam papers. I can't answer your question on the process skills and techniques yet. Guess i will know when the PSLE results are out ! For Science, the scope of what may come out for section B is very large as the questions are application in nature. You seldom see similar or repeat questions.

[fsp]

Thanks alot. I have signed my child up after hearing from u. God bless your kid to excel in his/her psle!

[Belle2011]

Hello,

May I ask if the 2012 top school exam papers are available either online or for sale, please?
Thank you.

[Jennifer]

Hi, my boy will be sitting for 2013 PSLE.


He is unable to pass the OE EL compreh well.
He is able to find the answers in the passage, but what he wrote as the answer always gets rejected as the meaning/phrasing seems a bit off from the original passage.

He told me that lifting from passage is not allowed.

What can we do to help?

Please advise.

[Suz855]

Jennifer:

Hi, my boy will be sitting for 2013 PSLE.


He is unable to pass the OE EL compreh well.
He is able to find the answers in the passage, but what he wrote as the answer always gets rejected as the meaning/phrasing seems a bit off from the original passage.

He told me that lifting from passage is not allowed.

What can we do to help?

Please advise.

Hi, some lifting from the passage is ok, initially my girl face the same problem, later, we checked with her tutor n she told us that we can lift some key words n phrase n from then on she do better .... Hope this help.

Cheers

[Jennifer]

Suz855:

Jennifer:

Hi, my boy will be sitting for 2013 PSLE.


He is unable to pass the OE EL compreh well.
He is able to find the answers in the passage, but what he wrote as the answer always gets rejected as the meaning/phrasing seems a bit off from the original passage.

He told me that lifting from passage is not allowed.

What can we do to help?

Please advise.

Hi, some lifting from the passage is ok, initially my girl face the same problem, later, we checked with her tutor n she told us that we can lift some key words n phrase n from then on she do better .... Hope this help.

Cheers

Many thanks for the reply.

[Will_lim]

Hi everyone,


My DS is taking his PSLE next year. I have looked through his math syllabus. I realized that they hardly teach any algebra and emphasize a lot on the model method. My problem is this - while the model method is good, I feel that they take too long to solve the more complicated problem sums which can easily be solved using algebra. For example, there were a number of time my DS approached me with a math problem and I tried solving it using models because that’s the way he was taught in school, but it just took so long!! And I could have easily solved the question using algebra.

So my questions are:

1) If my DS uses algebra in PSLE to solve questions, will he be penalized? Like are the markers looking specifically for the model method?

2) Should I even teach my son the algebra method? Or will it just confuse him? Because if I were to teach him algebra, I would prefer to start now so that he has at least one year to absorb it. My theory is that since he is going to learn it in secondary one anyway so he might as well start early right? Plus, it will give him an edge in PSLE!

Thanks!!