Any Singapore Int School P3 parents? Share experience please.

ultravox

Dear
My son is in P3 and just went through his first SA1.  I am not sure how you feel, but I think the exams are quite difficult and the teachers are very strict in marking.  E.g  in English comprehension, my son made 1 grammer mistake and even if he got the answer correct, they took away 1 whole point for a 2 points question.

He was a bit disappointed with his results for he got high 80s and 90s in P2 SA2, but now he only got high 80s for math and mid-70 for english and 80 for CHinese.

Can some SIS parents share their experience on the big jump between P2 and P3, and how to  help them with SA2?  I tend not to get him a private tuitor for he already has many other extra-curricula activities.

Please share

ultravox

Thanks thankful
My son made a few careless mistakes and did not thoroughly check his work.  I hope he has learned his lesson... I think SA1 is a good training ground on the exam style.... especially when this was his first time to fill in a computer marking sheet.

I remembered my first time to use a computer marking sheet was in Secondary  1

evatsoihk

我也聽朋友説過，PY1直P2這四年是SIS學生的開心期，一上P3就要接受一個很“嚴峻”的轉變了。

假若孩子在這個轉變的初期（P3上半年裏），成績與前幾年相比“一落千丈”，那麽我想了解：

1） 學校方面會有哪些支援和配合呢？

2） 學校會鼓勵或暗示學生們需要在外面自行補習嗎？

3） 老師方面會向孩子或家長間接式的給予某些壓力嗎？

4） SIS有留級或被勸諭離校的先例嗎？.....

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原文章由 thankful 於 08-1-29 16:58 發表
Yes, the exams are difficult.
In fact, they get harder and harder.
As a result, you will find that the kids’ average marks will get lower each year.
I myself don’t put too much emphasis on the exa ...

chanms

To prepare exam, please do supplementary exercise books.
You may buy those books from the SIS book shop.
It is very useful!