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Chat with Principal and HOD

Chat with Principal and HOD. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE (For P6 Parents). 10 February 2012. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE. Focus of sharing : What is the PSLE ? Child Parents School. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE. What is the PSLE ?

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Chat with Principal and HOD

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  1. Chat with Principal and HOD How to support your child to prepare for PSLE(For P6 Parents) 10 February 2012

  2. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE • Focus of sharing : • What is the PSLE ? • Child • Parents • School

  3. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE What is the PSLE ? • An emplacement test • Easy, average and difficult questions • Within syllabus • Thinking, application and process skills

  4. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE WHO is taking the PSLE ?

  5. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE YOUR CHILD , not you

  6. CHILD • Ownership • He/She owns the outcomes. • He/she can determine what to do. • He/She is in charge.

  7. CHILD • Accountability • He/She is responsible for the outcomes. • He/She is aware of the importance of the • PSLE • -He/She should be self-motivated

  8. CHILD Doing well in the PSLE is for self and not for parents. SET OWN TARGET

  9. CHILD - Develop a SMART strategy for goal setting Questions to ask oneself : • Specific - What specifically do I intend to achieve? • Measurable - How do I know when I have achieved them ? • Achievable - Are my goals achievable? • Realistic - Are my goals realistic ? • Time frame - When will I have to accomplish it ?

  10. CHILD No one can stop child from achieving the best result. EXCEPT ONESELF

  11. CHILD –NO LIMIT What does he want ? How can he accomplish it ? Action plan ?

  12. CHILD If he does not believe he can do it, nothing will get done. GET GOING

  13. CHILD Do not look back at past failures. START NOW

  14. CHILD What must he do now ? Draw up a time table with time frame - be realistic - break time ? Take some time to look back how was his time spent the day before / over weekend.

  15. CHILD Know his/her own weaknesses /strengths WORK AT THEM

  16. CHILD • Know his /her own strengths and weaknesses - obstacles • What must he / she do first ? • What help does he / she need ? • Any habits that need to be changed ?

  17. PARENTS • Understand the stress, pressure and anxiety faced by your child : • coping with homework, • coping with tuition, • coping with parents’ expectation • Fear of past failure • coping with friends in school • school projects, • tests and examinations • peer pressure • computer distraction • Handphone distraction

  18. PARENTS • Involved • Innovative • Informative • Impartial • Inspiring

  19. PARENTS - INVOLVED Presence and Pleasure : Show interest Set example Show care and concern

  20. PARENTS - INNOVATIVE Physical Environment : • Conducive Resources: • Assessment books • On-line research Incentives: • Outings • Rewards / breaks • Games

  21. PARENTS - INFORMATIVE Communication and Connecting • Discuss school happenings • Guide child • How help can be rendered • Share your own journey in education

  22. PARENTS – IMPARTIAL Be objective and not subjective • Do not make comparisons • Do not bring up unpleasant past. • Avoid over-pressuring • Listen • Observe

  23. PARENTS – INSPIRING Be positive • Talk about narrowing gaps instead of failures • Look at improvement – tangible and intangible • Acknowledge strengths and effort • Come up with strategies to help

  24. Tips to Help your child If you are disappointed with your child’s result : • Work through your disappointment before you talk to your child. This will ensure that you don't vent your anger / frustration on him / her. • Attend to your child's feelings. Tell him that you know he /she is disappointed too. • Share with him real life examples of failure and emphasize the importance of learning from mistakes. • Engage your child to move on, set targets and actions again, after he has worked through his disappointment.

  25. Tips to Help your child Children sometimes mask their sadness and disappointment with a "can't-be bothered" attitude. So you shouldn't judge them before you talk with them. Sometimes children seem to “rebel” by not doing work or appear lazy. That could be a real possibility that they do not know how to do the work. Children can be stressed too. Their coping mechanism may be limited. They need help to cope. Find out what can trigger off your child’s motivation.

  26. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE Believe that your child wants to do well

  27. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE Motivate him / her

  28. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE Take practical actions to help

  29. Practical actions : Be interested - Spend quality time together Do school work together, encourage questions and processes in thinking Study with them Set target with them Plan time table with them Set and review time frame. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE

  30. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE Partnership with teachers

  31. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE • Partnership with teachers : • Communicate with teachers • Balance tuition work • Monitor homework • Discuss lessons learnt and application

  32. How to support your child to prepare for PSLE • Be with your child • Believe in your child • Balance your influence • Beware of your reaction

  33. Thank you

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