KSP Family Huddle Webinar (Aug 2024): Help Your Child to Thrive and Choose a Suitable Secondary School
The teenage season is an adventure for both parents and teens. How can we support our tweens to prepare for the adventure ahead? What role does the choice of secondary school make in the overall development of our teens? Join the panel comprising a former principal, a psychologist, a father as well as youths for a conversation on how we can help our teens succeed.
Date: 28 August 2024 (Wed)
Time: 8pm to 9.30pm
Session will be conducted on Zoom
Fee: $15 per participating family, w..
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Not feeling pressured about the PSLE, although your child is in Primary 6 this year? The following scenarios are likely:
Your child is a quick learner, and has been doing consistently well in school through the years.
You’re not too concerned about the secondary school that your child enters.
You’re not worried about the posting group that your child will be assigned to.
But if none of the above statements apply to you, life with a P6 child can be stressful.
Academically, if your child isn’t scoring AL1s and AL2s in school, you may feel frust..
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If your child is taking the PSLE in 2024, reviewing previous years’ secondary school cut-off points (COPs) can be helpful for both you and your child.
Why is this necessary? Well, despite the national move to reduce the emphasis on grades, your child’s PSLE score will still determine their eligibility for secondary schools. Knowing the different COPs will help you and your child to make an informed choice after the results are released.
If you’re a first-time PSLE parent, don’t worry — it can feel overwhelming, but we’re here to help. Read on and we’ll wal..
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Do you have a child in Primary 6? Are you worried about how they will perform at the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)?
Many of us in the KiasuParents community have lived through the PSLE experience, and we hope our perspective will be helpful to you, especially if you’re a first-time PSLE parent!
We’re now in Term 3 (July to September), where things can get overwhelming for a P6 child, or even for the whole family. Academically, here’s what to expect: In July, schools will ramp up their practice sessions for the PSLE oral exams in mid-August. It’s ..
The 2024 P1 Registration is upon us! Phase 1 starts on 2 July 2024, and the official results date in on 10 July 2024.
Kranji Primary was the only school decommissioned this year. There is a total of 39,518 seats available compared to last years vacancies of 39,948. So this has fallen slightly by 430 seats. I guess Singaporeans need to work harder at increasing the fertility rate, instead of fattening their wallets!
Here’s a quick look at the schools’ standings for all the primary schools participating in the exercise this year. We now have 2 years’ worth of data from the “new” s..
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If you’ve been paying attention to local news media, you might’ve noticed the buzz about Singapore’s “tertiary internship rat race.”
The importance of internships in today’ks for interesting opportunities.
Today, we’re hearing about university students doing up to 10 internships before they graduate. To cite another example, at the Singapore Management University, the official estimate is that students complete two to six internships during their degree programme.
If you didn’t have a fulfilling internship experience in your youth, it might be diffic..
In April and May every year, some of Singapore’s most popular secondary schools will hold their open house events, in order to attract the best students for their Direct School Admission (DSA) intake.
Even if your child is not intending to participate in the DSA, or doesn’t feel ‘good enough’ for a top school, we encourage you to attend these events together. Here’s why:
It’s good exposure. Even if your child doesn’t have stellar grades right now, this could change when they develop better learning strategies or a strong interest in specific subjects in future. In any case, the p..
If your child is in Primary 6, chances are, the buzz in the early part of the year will be about the DSA, or Direct School Admission. This is where students can use their ‘talent areas’ to apply for a desired secondary school, and many parents view this as an opportunity for their children to access better schools.
From now till May, you and your child can use this time to learn about the different talent areas that schools look for. Begin by browsing secondary schools that are participating in the DSA:
Visit the Ministry of Education’s SchoolFinder page.
Click on ‘Secondary’, l..
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For parents with Primary 6 children, you might be anxious about your child’s performance at this year’s Primary School Leaving Examination, better known as the PSLE. Or you may be wondering:
When are the PSLE 2024 exam dates?
What were the cut-off points for those who entered secondary school in 2024?
How should my child prepare for the PSLE?
Below, we’ll highlight essential information and provide insights drawn from our personal experience with our children, who have taken the PSLE under the current scoring system based on Achievement Levels. Yo..
Primary 1 Registration 2024: 3 Questions on Every Parent’s Mind!
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Time to register your child for Primary 1?
If your child is born between 2 January 2018 and 1 January 2019, then yes, you should take part in this year’s primary 1 registration exercise. The Ministry of Education (MOE) will provide full details by May 2024, and the registration process will typically begin in July. Do note that registrations are now fully online, and that in-person registrations at individual sc..
