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How to support your child to prepare How to support your child to prepare for PSLEfor PSLE

(For P6 Parents)(For P6 Parents)

1 March 2013

How to support your child to prepare How to support your child to prepare for PSLEfor PSLE

Focus of sharing :

•What is the PSLE ?

•Child’s role

•Parents’ Involvement

•Partnership with school

How to support your child to prepare How to support your child to prepare for PSLE for PSLE

What is the PSLE ?What is the PSLE ?An emplacement test

Easy, average and difficult questions

Within syllabus

Thinking, application and process skills

How to support your child to prepare How to support your child to prepare for PSLEfor PSLE

CHILDCHILD

Ownership

-He/She owns the outcomes.

-He/she can determine what to do.

-He/She is in charge.

CHILD 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

CHILDCHILD

Doing well in the PSLE is for self

and not for parents.

CHILD - Develop a SMART strategy CHILD - Develop a SMART strategy for goal settingfor goal setting

Questions to ask oneself :Questions to ask oneself :

Specific - What specifically do I intend to achieve?Specific - What specifically do I intend to achieve? Measurable - How do I know when I have achievedMeasurable - How do I know when I have achieved them ?them ? Achievable - Are my goals achievable?Achievable - Are my goals achievable? Realistic - Are my goals realistic ?Realistic - Are my goals realistic ? Time frame - When will I have to accomplish it ?Time frame - When will I have to accomplish it ?

CHILDCHILD

No one can stop child from achieving the best result.

CHILD –NO LIMITCHILD –NO LIMIT

What does he want ?

How can he accomplish it ?

Action plan ?

CHILDCHILD

If he does not believe he can do it, nothing will get done.

CHILDCHILD

Do not look back at past failures.

CHILDCHILD 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.

CHILD CHILD Know his/her own weaknesses /strengths

CHILDCHILD 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 ?

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How to motivate your child

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Motivating them

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Understand the stress, pressure and anxiety faced by your child :Understand the stress, pressure and anxiety faced by your child : coping with homework, tuition coping with homework, tuition coping with parents’ expectation coping with parents’ expectation Fear of past failureFear of past failure coping with friends in schoolcoping with friends in school school projects, school projects, tests and examinationstests and examinations peer pressurepeer pressure computer distractioncomputer distraction Handphone distractionHandphone distraction

Tips to Help your child Tips to Help your child If you are disappointed with your child’s result :If you are disappointed with your child’s result :

Work through your disappointment before you talk to yourWork through your disappointment before you talk to your child. This will ensure that you don't vent your anger / frustration onchild. This will ensure that you don't vent your anger / frustration on him / her. him / her.

Attend to your child's feelings. Tell him that you know he /sheAttend to your child's feelings. Tell him that you know he /she is disappointed too.is disappointed too.

Share with him real life examples of failure and emphasize theShare with him real life examples of failure and emphasize the importance of learning from mistakes.importance of learning from mistakes.

Engage your child to move on, set targets and actions again, after he has Engage your child to move on, set targets and actions again, after he has worked through his disappointment. worked through his disappointment.

Tips to Help your child Tips to Help your child Children sometimes mask their sadness and disappointment with a Children sometimes mask their sadness and disappointment with a

"can't-be bothered" attitude. So you shouldn't judge them before you "can't-be bothered" attitude. So you shouldn't judge them before you talk with them.talk with them.

Sometimes children seem to “rebel” by not doing work or appear 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 lazy. That could be a real possibility that they do not know how to do the work.the work.

Children can be stressed too. Their coping mechanism may be Children can be stressed too. Their coping mechanism may be limited. They need help to cope.limited. They need help to cope.

Find out what can trigger off your child’s motivation.Find out what can trigger off your child’s motivation.

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Motivation

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Set Proper ExpectationsSet Proper Expectations Help your child set goalsHelp your child set goals Show your child you think School is importantShow your child you think School is important Support your child’s learning styleSupport your child’s learning style Speak the Language of EncouragementSpeak the Language of Encouragement Reinforce Learning at Home and in the CommunityReinforce Learning at Home and in the Community Encourage your child to be resilient.Encourage your child to be resilient.

7 proven ways to Motivate Children

By The Parent Institute, a division of NIS, Icn.,

www.parent-institute.com

MOTIVATE YOUR CHILDMOTIVATE YOUR CHILD

How to support your child to prepare How to support your child to prepare for PSLEfor PSLE

How to support your child to prepare How to support your child to prepare for PSLEfor PSLE

Partnership with teachers :

Communicate with teachers

Balance tuition work

Monitor homework

Discuss lessons learnt and application

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