We’ve reached a milestone on our PSLE quest! It’s less than 100 days to the big week!

BB gave the last of his entrance tests yesterday – this is for his second choice school. Actually he is not too keen on this school, it’s me who is making him do the test as a back-up. This school test is supposed to be much tougher, some people in the groups I frequent say there will even be secondary 1 syllabus questions – well I don’t know how he will fare, it’s all going to be left to fate! BB did say the Maths component was very difficult and he could do just a handful of the problems with confidence, but the Science component was a lot easier, with most of the questions Chemistry based and which he was confident about. They were also told not to discuss the questions with anyone, so I didn’t really ask him anything else. 

School starts tomorrow and there’s no easing them back into routine – they start the full schedule right from day 1. I guess because this is the only 12 odd weeks they have before their exams and they still have to get the Prelims in….

Well here’s to a good term for BB & GG – this is the term where we will have the Prelims and the PSLE Orals (I got goosebumps while typing the previous line, that’s how stressed I am about this exam monster!)

The last weekend before the start of school for GG & BB, well technically school officially starts on the 29th, but in their school, the P6s have to come back from tomorrow from 8 to 12:30, so it’s almost a full school day for them!

BB gave his entrance exam for his dream school yesterday. It consisted of 2 papers – a verbal reasoning one for 45 minutes with 96 questions and a logical reasoning one with 30 questions to be completed in 30 minutes. BB found the verbal reasoning paper a whole lot easier than the logical one which he said he just finished as the bell went!

The institute taking the exams will send the results directly to the school (we don’t get to see the results at all) and if the school feels BB fits in the criteria they have based on the test results and his school marks, they will invite him for a half day camp in the school where he will interact with teachers and students. After that if found suitable, he will get an offer letter! All fingers crossed from all of us that BB makes it to the next round!

Otherwise a mundane week here, with loads of studying done (I hope)!

I am getting more nervous as the PSLE dates come closer…..

GG & BB have now started the holidays proper, but the caveat being they need to put in some hours doing PSLE studies…It’s unfair, I know, but when I see others doing six hours and more, it makes me even more anxious…

Next Saturday is BB’s test for his dream school number 1. We have applied to two schools for DSA and this test is for his first choice school. There will also be a test for the second choice school, but the date is not yet released.

GG’s application to her first choice school has also been submitted, and now we need to wait and see if she will be sent the invitation to audition at the school.

We’re finally on with our movie plans today and hopefully the movie should be worth the wait!