tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post3044211211298192113..comments2023-12-09T07:32:59.211+08:00Comments on Thoughts attic: While we celebrate ...Rainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697596827078496364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-46826576185029297872012-11-27T09:15:53.150+08:002012-11-27T09:15:53.150+08:00Haha, Christy, I knew it was you lah. Can understa...Haha, Christy, I knew it was you lah. Can understand can liao. Have a great week ahead too!Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14697596827078496364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-89407451665644780952012-11-26T15:27:32.905+08:002012-11-26T15:27:32.905+08:00Sorry, forgot to write my name to the post, christ...Sorry, forgot to write my name to the post, christyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-30740701343589384762012-11-26T15:25:55.127+08:002012-11-26T15:25:55.127+08:00Thanks very much, rain, I really appreciate your e...Thanks very much, rain, I really appreciate your ears to my verbal diarrhea. Hehe.. Sorry that I made you like an aunt agony. <br /><br />Thanks for all your time and patience in penning your thoughts too. Today. I went down to dd s pri sch, spoke to one of the p6 teachers about the 'rotten' results the best class achieved. He said he knew, there was a silent agreement on his face and he said, just move on.<br />Haiz. <br /><br />Have a great week and all the best to cocoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-16331335798431597492012-11-25T20:30:32.094+08:002012-11-25T20:30:32.094+08:00Thank you for the reference, Rain. I found it wit...Thank you for the reference, Rain. I found it without any problem after that. Good luck with PSLE 2013 - I am sure it will be a less stressful experience given your 2012 journey!<br />Thanks and God bless!Angelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-44449956106780206662012-11-25T00:31:43.700+08:002012-11-25T00:31:43.700+08:00Hi Christy,
Thanks for sharing too! I have read q...Hi Christy,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing too! I have read quite a few entries similar to yours on kiasuparents forum. I know it's not easy to talk about it yet you poured your heart out here. I really appreciate it. <br /><br />Coco didn't do her Science psle booklet until the very last minute, but it was no fault of the Science teacher. Coco herself forgot that she had to do it. In the end, the Science teacher didn't even get to go through with her as we got Coco to stay home for the last week before PSLE and she didn't even attempt Section B for at least two exercises. William said that the questions would not come out again anyway! <br /><br />The info on the forum may not be accurate and the number of neighbourhood schools producing high percentage of quality passes may not be as high as you'd imagined. It is very easy to think that the forum is dominated by the majority when it really is not. So many parents and students on the forum claimed that the Maths paper was easy but the result shows otherwise. <br /><br />From what you have described, it does sound like your dd's school did not do enough to stretch the children. I must say that's not common as most schools would try to up their quality passes by doing more for the best class/es, especially neighbourhood schools, because their best class/es is/are their best bet. But 7% of the cohort scoring 250 and above sounds good. <br /><br />No matter how hard our children have worked, or how much we have prepared them for PSLE, we would never know how they would do on the day itself. I went through something like that myself. I suddenly decided to change the way I approached the questions for Literature at 'O' level, thinking that it was for the better, and I got an F9 for it when I usually managed a B in school. <br /><br />You have prepared your dd to the best of your ability. You have finished this lap with her. She still has a few more laps to complete on her own. Brace yourself, so that she can draw strength from you when she needs it most. Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14697596827078496364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-25729603765140934302012-11-24T23:43:32.416+08:002012-11-24T23:43:32.416+08:00Hi Angela,
Thanks for sharing! I will go through ...Hi Angela,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing! I will go through another PSLE with my nephew next year. I hope I can hold out till then. PSLE is really not good for the heart!<br /><br />The page on compo-writing is here: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=24263&start=480 <br />Look for the post by 'psle2011mum' dated '12 Dec 2011 18:40'. She went on to share her strategies on other components and subjects on the next few pages.<br /><br />I am impressed by your big-heartedness in helping a boy who is from a disadvantaged background, financially and physically. William was telling me that one of his students' parents told him that his friend's daughter who was blind in one eye scored above 270 for PSLE a couple of years back. The parents were very strict with the girl and caned her when she performed below expectations. They didn't want her to bury herself in self-pity and give herself excuses not to do well. Hope this could encourage the boy.Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14697596827078496364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-39577441387919757432012-11-24T17:33:21.342+08:002012-11-24T17:33:21.342+08:00Hi Rain
I am so so happy for you, Coco and William...Hi Rain<br />I am so so happy for you, Coco and William. I stumbled upon your blog a month before the PSLE and it has been a source of comfort and encouragement for me as I journey with my son in his PSLE. My son did not get 250 but already we are over the moon with his result. I can imagine how you feel ... times 20!!! <br />I only have one one son but this will not be my last PSLE. I have been helping a hearing-impaired boy from a financially disadvantaged family background in his studies for the past 6 years since he was in kindergarten. This boy will sit the PSLE next year. I am unable to coach him in Math and Chinese as the curriculum is way beyond me so I plan to focus on English (my strength) and Science (not my strength but at least I have my son's Science tutor's notes to help me). <br />You mentioned that the mothers in the kaisuprents website gave very good strategies for tackling various subjects, in particular, composition writing. Can you point me to the thread please? I cannot find it and it is a maze in there! I would like to use those strategies to help this boy. <br />I would appreciate your help very much please. <br />Thank you and God Bless!<br />angelaAngelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865347327995940141.post-54674851382833916122012-11-24T13:25:03.063+08:002012-11-24T13:25:03.063+08:00Congrats to coco! I can feel how happy you were an...Congrats to coco! I can feel how happy you were and would have cried tears of joy too. 252 is superb! Now you can really go for a good break. <br /><br />My dd from a neighbourhood school didn't do well, scoring 22x, her classmates mostly scored 21x and 22. There was only 1 scoring 272, 7% scored 250 and abv. <br /> I hate to say that, the teacher was only doing PSle booklet, occasionally onsponge math, nothing more. The students were told to do 5-10 pages at home and teacher would go through when he's FREE.the few days before psle, the whole class was to complete the whole booklet, which was about 20 pages. I told dd not to be burned out, and not to do. I don 'see any other good worksheets,exc my pals revision. My dd is in the best class. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. For english, apart from psle booklet, it was just the little red dot reading and comprehension. Once in a while, I get to see top sch paper questions.<br />Science was also the psle booklet. Chinese was 1 other assessment book on vocab and that's about it. <br /><br />I kept reading neighborhood schools producing a high % of quality passes and felt this school should have done more.<br />I don't know what kind of strategies the school is using to help these pupils, but it was a sad day for us.<br />On our own, dh also helped dd in math thrice weekly since last nov. and we also enrolled dd in sci and Chinese tuition. <br /><br />Now to move on, dd s dream of going to a 2nd tier girls school is also impossible. And no chance of appealing. <br /> thanks for hearing me out , Rain, . Good day<br />ChristyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com