I would like to know if my boy fail his SA2 in P1 will he still can move to P2 next year? Please help............

Hi Adeline,

The Ministry of Education does not regulate Primary School's exams and criteria for promotion to next levels.  The only exam it administrates is the national level PSLE.  As such, individual schools are given their freedom to exercise their judgement over cases such as failure of SA2.

In general, for Primary 1-3, children will still be promoted despite failing some SA2 papers, unless the performance is really bad or the child had to miss all the examinations due to medical or other reasons.  Each case is managed differently to take into account all mitigating factors specific to the case.

Primary 4 students that do badly in SA2 will be recommended to take on fundamental level subjects in the following year, but parents will still have a choice to stay the course and try to help their children improve.  However, if a child does badly in Primary 5, he is likely to have to repeat that level, or be forced to switch to fundamental level subjects.  This is because Primary 5 is really the start of the 2-year preparation for PSLE.

For more information, you should really call up  and work your child's school educators who will be able to recommend to you the best action plan you can take.

Hope this helps.

Hi parents out there, im so disappointed with my sons result for this yr. From P5A he will be transfer to P6 foundation classes.

Will he be sitting for his PSLE? Will he be in Sec School? What kinda school will he be? Academic or Tech? What should i do? I send him for personal tutor and even enrichment classes but this what i get? Infact i lost my hope towards him. Can anyone help? what should i do?

Any recommendation or clue from you parents out there that can be share?

Thank and i do appreciate if you could help...

One of my friends' son studied EM3 course during their pri sch.  From what I know, he attended four years NT stream in sec sch, taking GCE 'N' level, proceed to ITE then followed by Poly.  He has graduated from Poly and now in NS.  Please do not give hope on them, they just need more times to excel in studies.  Your son needs your supports.

I know that i shouldnt give up hope on him. Maybe  because im surounded with smart children and families., EM3 is the worse classess i heard. once you been send there, there wnt be any chances for you to achieve. M i right? well being a working parent seems to be hard on us. Is there anyway or ideas that i can make him improve his studies?

My girl also failed one section of eng, maths & science at P5 SA1.  Someone in this forum asked if P5 is the worst yr.  Indeed, P5 is the beginning of PSLE preparation.  I have just engaged home tutor and she said SA1 paper is PSLE standard.

Final yr, as usual, I took leave during PSLE marking days to teach & revise.  She passed.  I have learnt to let go (ie my expectation), to accept the kind of standard achieved while at the same time still hope she can get better results to go to a reasonably okay sec sch.

We know our children's weaknesses.  I have also heard people saying that we know the subject / topics but the approach may be wrong.  Eg. Maths, now they use models.  At our time, we never learnt.  So when we teach, we don't use models.  Maths has certain strategies that we do not know.  Experienced teachers are able to make the kids see the link, why this step and that.  So you may like to consider 1-1 tutor.

Hi there,

Don't give up. Every child is gifted. Continue to support him. My cousin went to N-level, ITE, Poly and NUS! She has juz graduated early this yr. Some children are late bloomers and take longer route to success. Be POSITIVE! :)

Regards,

CT

Hi there,

My girl in P3 is simply not interested in her work at all. She will forget that she has homework to do, makes a fuss whether she's asked to do assessments and hates the idea of going to the tuition centre. She hates reading too. She has not passed any test since P1 and I'll really at a loss with her. What should I do to motivate or help her?

Does it really matter if your child did not score 100/100 for the exams? 

My MIL has the tendency of asking my nephew's (an average kid in P1) exam results "got score 100/100?"  If I reply "no lah, average only", then her reply will be "aiyoh, die ah!".  Reason for her to react this way is because he had tuition.  But tuition does not warrant excellent results.  Their thinking is if in lower primary you did not score 100/100 then your score will deteriorate when you move up to upper primary.  My sis expectation for his son is very simple - as long as he passed his exam. 

A friend of mine whose boy is also in P1 in a "popular" school in Bishan, scored 96% on average for all subjects.  Is this good results?  She wanted to reward her son, but the MIL (a retired teacher) said NO because she thinks his result is NO good.  The boy form teacher also called up my friend, asking if he has tuition, my friend replied no and the teacher thought if they had any financial difficulty (btw, my friend stays in a landed property in BKT area).  I guess many of the children would have scored 100%, and in case his results bring down their standard!

Does it mean tuition = 100/100 ?  I would not know if I will be like my MIL or my friend's MIL, expecting my child to score 100/100.  I just find it so stressful as a parent and as a child.... 

does it matter to you if tuition equate to 100/100 or not? why bother what others think? so long my boy put in effort to do well in his work, it's alright if he doesnt get 100/100. but having said that, if the paper is straight forward, and he lose marks over carelessness, that..he'll get nagging from me. :P

and...dont start rewarding for good academic results. the kid should be intrinscally motivated to do well and not motivated for the rewards. rewards if needed, should peg at effort and not results.

jmho.