Prepared And Ready For PSLE

By this time of the year, any student sitting for the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE), should have completed their PSLE English and Mother Tongue Orals Exams and already in the process of getting themselves ready for the Listening Comprehension (LC) papers and the written papers, namely English Language, Mother Tongue, Mathematics and Science. But then how prepared and how ready can anyone make an assessment if he or she is well prepared to sit for the exams? You may also ask how schools and teachers assess themselves on their students' readiness for PSLE.

There are varied ways to assess readiness and the simplest way is by question and answer. Sample questions are as follow:

1. What is my rating from 1 to 5 in terms of being prepared? (1 being not ready, 5 being ready)

2. What is my rating for English Language or MTL?

3. Which areas still need more practice or revision i.e. Composition, Comprehension or Comprehension Cloze?

4. What is my rating for Mathematics?

5. What is my average score for the recent practice papers?

6. Which are the weaker topics or areas where mistakes or carelessness should be improved upon?

7. What are some tips or guidelines from teachers to remember to put them into practice i.e. show workings?

8. What is my rating for Science?

9. What is my average score for MCQ and for Short Answer Questions?

10. What resources are available I can seek out to help in those key point Science questions i.e. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Resource book?

The above list of questions is simply a starting point to assess your preparedness and readiness for PSLE. Having answered them, you need to get to work and catch up whatever is lacking and maintain whatever are confident areas. In addition to that, you should also take short breaks in between and press on again.

You are into the final stride. Put in the effort now and look forward to the enjoyment later.